🙏 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣 𝗨𝗦 𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 '𝗕' 🙏
B is one of our much loved shelter dogs. She has been struggling since May 2021 with a rare medical condition. Something is continuing to destroy the red blood cells in her bloodstream. She has now had 6 blood transfusions!
The problem is possibly a combination of things, such as a severe blood parasite infection that might be inducing the bone marrow suppression, or be related to the immune problem that her body has started.
Our veterinarian's opinion is that B may have IMHA (Immune Mediated Hemolytic Anemia). This disease can happen from many causes, such as a tumor in the body, blood parasite infection, congenital problem, chronic inflammation in the body etc.
B has now been started on new oral medicines (7/6/21) that will help suppress the immune system (faster and better to use in combination with steroid medicine). During this time B will likely need another few blood transfusions to buy time in waiting for the effect of the medicines, which usually takes 3-4 weeks. The IMHA can be cured if it is caused from the blood parasite problem, but it cannot be cured if it is caused from congenital problem or mass/tumor/other immune problem. In this case B may need this oral medicine for her whole lifetime.
B is a 3 year old Husky/mix breed. She has been with us at Lanna Care for Animals Foundation (LCA), in Chiang Mai - Thailand, since she was a puppy. We rescued 3 siblings, named Si, B, Ria (Siberia). Si and B are still with us. Ria got adopted. B has always been completely healthy and happy with no symptoms, so this was a shock to us when she suddenly became weak, and suffered a seizure. She is the sweetest, most placid natured dog. It is sad for us to see her now enduring this serious health issue.
We cannot keep up with B's continuous medical costs! We need your help! We get no government funding assistance, and with over 300 dogs in our care to provide for daily, LCA's funds are limited. Separate fundraising for donations is always necessary to fund special medical cases like this one.
The costs are high! With each blood transfusion, laboratory cross-matching from different donor dogs is necessary until a match is found, plus hospital boarding fees, medicines, treatment fees, transport, and more! This amounts to almost $300 USD per week!! We have had support from many of our followers already, THANK YOU! We're not at the finishing line yet though!
We rely solely on your donations to continue B's much needed medical treatment.
𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙪𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝘽! Help her continue getting the medical care she needs. All contributions are truly appreciated, no matter how big or small. It all helps!
100% of donations go directly to the cost of B's medical treatment and care.
Our fundraising goal amount includes predicted future blood transfusions and treatment costs. Any remaining funds after treatment is complete will go towards the medical costs of our other LCA dogs.
Thank you for your support!
