Sissy is a Hound Mix puppy in Huntington, WV, who needs $2,000 for emergency treatment and hospitalization.

The dear, sweet puppy's cries broke the hearts of rescuers at One By One Animal Advocates.

"When you hear her, your heart just tightens up. We knew something was terribly wrong," Heather A., from the nonprofit group, tells Waggle.

It all started when a rescue volunteer sent One by One Animal Advocates video of a hound mix puppy yowling in pain. The volunteer asked if the group would save the dog--- and of course, they could not say no. The pup, named Sissy, needed immediate medical attention, but the nearest animal hospital was two hours away. So, the puppy's rescuer literally went the extra mile and drove her to the ER. That's where veterinarians discovered an infection spread to her brain, and she was having constant seizures. Then the news got even worse: X-rays revealed she had severe pneumonia.

"The veterinarian said, 'She does not look good.' Her lungs looked like a snowfield, indicative of severe pneumonia," Heather says. "We thought, 'Are we going to be able to help this dog at all?' It sounded pretty dire." The emergency room stabilized Sissy by giving her IV fluids, antibiotics, and valium to control her seizures. She spent the night in an oxygen tank.

The next day she was transferred to Proctorville Animal Clinic. That's when a new set of X-rays showed she also had a belly full of bones! "She was out living on her own and eating bones to survive," Heather adds. "They could not even do abdominal surgery to remove the bones because she was in such horrible shape."
Sissy spent a week in the hospital, and slowly all the treatments began to work. Her seizures stopped, the pneumonia and infection cleared up, and she passed the bones. Now Sissy is out of the hospital and doing well, but One by One Animal Advocates is still trying to pay off one heck of a veterinary bill for all her care. They need your help!

"When we get a phone call at 10 pm, and a dog is in obvious pain, we say, 'Yes,'" Heather says. "We don't have time to decide, 'Can we fundraise for this or not?' We are very dependent and grateful for donations because they give us the ability to help a pup like Sissy, who is in pain, get the medical care they need."