God Bless each and every one of you..I will certainly pray for you and I ask that you also send some prayers our way as well..We need your prayers and we need your help...Thank You and God Bless You..and YOU ALL will be in my prayers.
Please go to the following link to read more and again God Be With You..and comfort you in your time of need.
*content removed, requests for financial assistance to personally owned animals not allowed*
Apollo is a beautiful 14 month old AKC Alaskan Malamute. He has been neutered and has all of his vaccinations and heartworm preventative. Our family searched for a pet like Apollo for almost one year. Two weeks ago we finally located Apollo in Ohio, 7 hours from where we live. On February 16th we loaded up our two teenage sons and headed off to Cleveland to pick up our new family member. The weekend went great, lots of time with our boys and beautiful Apollo joined right in. His former owner was in the process of a divorce and for whatever reasons Apollo would not fit into his new lifestyle changes. So we happily made him a part of our family. The first night back home was so great. At bed time he went from room to room checking on our two sons and also on our pregnant daughter and our 2 grandsons staying with us temporarily until the can get moved into their apartment within the next couple weeks. He finally settled right beside my husband and I in our bedroom. We immediately formed a very close bond to this loving animal. My husband works in the construction field and on Monday he took Apollo with him on a trip to Lowes Hardware Store. Everyone in the store just made over Apollo and commented on his terrific manners and how gorgeous he was. I could tell when my husband was telling me the story about their day that he was so proud of Apollo. Monday night, just 24 hours after Apollo had joined our family within our home something terrible happened. My husband had taken Apollo outside for his early evening romp around the farm while I mopped the kitchen floor...the next thing I know my husband had come through the door with Apollo and took his leash off. When he did Apollo came running through the house and run right across the wet floor. He started slipping and sliding and legs went every which way. We did not know at that time he had been hurt by the fall. He acted normal for the next 2 days..But then we started noticing him crying out when he would start to get up after laying down for a bit. We immediately took him to the veterinarian. $250.00 later we were told Apollo had a spinal injury and would need emergency surgery or he would have to be put to sleep. This is just killing our family. We love him so much but we do not currently have the money to get this surgery.
I spent all day yesterday and all night last night applying to different organization in an attempt to get funding to help pay for Apollo's surgery. I begged the surgeon on the phone last night to please work with us, but he repeatedly told me he had to have a $1000.00 deposit before he could go any further with Apollo. The surgery and the MRI will cost between $2500.00 and $3000.00. Two different organization online are working with us to raise a portion of the money needed for the surgery but they will not pay the deposit and the surgeon will not even look at Apollo without this deposit money. If Apollo doesn't get this surgery soon he will die. He is currently on strong pain meds and anti-inflammatory meds to help him to get through this waiting period, but each day that passes he only gets worse. He is now dragging his left back leg and cannot stand up fully at all let alone walk. The vet told us to keep him restrained and to not allow him to get up or have any activity. I change his blankets and bedding three times a day, I clean his area constantly, and I keep a chart of everything he does. Our family takes turns sitting with him day and night, giving him his medications and keeping him calm. We are all truly exhausted but we are not giving up on Apollo. My husband and I have been happily married for 17 years. We have 4 children, 2 grown and 2 teenage sons at home. We also have 2 grandsons and another grand baby on the way. We have ask everyone we know for help, we have tried to get a loan from the bank and we have also tried to set up fund raiser to help raise this money. But our time is running out and we have to make a decision soon.
*content removed, requests for financial help for personally owned animals not allowe, duplicate posts not allowed*
Sincerely,
The Johnson Family