Saphira is 1-year-old pit bull mix in Connecticut, who needs $2,000 for an emergency C-section, as she had been in labor for two days.

Saphira came to us with an emergent need for c-section, as she had been in labor for two days and her owners were unable to afford care. Despite it being almost midnight, we immediately stepped in, and Saphira had her emergency surgery the very same night. One puppy was stillborn, and the other was born with both hard and soft cleft palate, as well as cleft lip on both sides. We named this puppy Raphael, and because he is unable to nurse from mom, has needed to be separated from her to be tube fed by a very experienced foster. Saphira is on antibiotics for a bacterial infection, and is still recovering from her emergency surgery.