Poppy is a 2 year old French Bulldog in Cortland, NY, who needs $2,000 for Cardiac Stent Placement.

Poppy came into our lives very unexpectedly. Prior to her coming into our home, we adopted a bulldog named from a rescue group in PA. She was a patient at the veterinary teaching hospital I work at, Cornell University. She had a disorder called pulmonic stenosis and surgery to repair it. About 6 months later I got a call from the rescue that they had another dog that had the same heart disorder.

Poppy was taken in as a foster and initially had a procedure done to attempt to repair her heart called a balloon valvuloplasty. Unfortunately it wasn’t successful. The rescue doesn’t have the ability to pay for a $9k procedure for a stent placement (next step), so we have decided to officially adopt Poppy and get her the surgery she needs. Without it, she has less than a few years to live.

Poppy is our “Marley and Me” dog. She was a naughty puppy. Destroyed everything, had no manners, couldn’t be trained to save her life, and potty training was a nightmare. But she got us through so much. We unexpectedly lost our bulldog and she innately knew how to calm our broken hearts. Then we lost my mom and my mother in law. We were wrecked. But Poppy became a silent therapist for us all.

We had the sole intention to be a great foster home for Poppy. With her medical disorder, we knew that we couldn’t afford her care. The rescue wanted her close to Cornell, so we wanted to help. Once they wouldn’t do the next surgery which means life/death, we had to step up