We were so hopeful that our brave young Levi was heading in a positive direction after his stay at MedVet, but sadly, his little body just didn't cooperate and he lost his battle on March 13th. Rest in peace baby boy.
From our founder, Donna Smith~
Unfortunately our questions were never answered. We spent thousands of dollars ( FAR more than was donated) to find answers as to why Levi was so ill. He was very thin and frail from the beginning. He had almost constant regurg with very thick mucus. We took him from LC4 because they were unable to find the cause and couldn't give him the care he needed there. Little did we know none of our vets including internal specialists could determine the actual cause either. All they could do was treat his symtoms with medications. Those medications were changed, more added, diet changes, feeding procedures tried ( feeding upright as if it were Mega Esophagus) frequant trips to the vets for supportive care because oral meds wern't staying down. They tried everything they could think to treat his symptoms and it just didn't work. If you haven't noticed we tried to stay as positive as we could because we wanted nothing more than to make him well. He only had short repreives from his regurg to actually be a puppy and feel half way better. Those moments are captured in the video posted on Facebook. The majority of the time he struggled, didn't sleep, paced and whined and regurged over and over. It wasn't anything anyone did wrong. It was just progession of his condition and failure to thrive. He wasn't growing, or gaining weight as he should. His frail little body just couldn't keep up anymore. He started to very quickly go down hill. He became lethargic, not wanting to move, not eating, breathing rapidly, all signs his little body was giving up. He was rushed to our emergency vet who verified he was in failure. She recomended that the kindest thing we could do for him was to give him peace. That's what we chose to do. It wasn't without absolute anguish, but it was the final kindest thing we could give him.
Unfortunately our questions were never answered. We spent thousands of dollars ( FAR more than was donated) to find answers as to why Levi was so ill. He was very thin and frail from the beginning. He had almost constant regurg with very thick mucus. We took him from LC4 because they were unable to find the cause and couldn't give him the care he needed there. Little did we know none of our vets including internal specialists could determine the actual cause either. All they could do was treat his symtoms with medications. Those medications were changed, more added, diet changes, feeding procedures tried ( feeding upright as if it were Mega Esophagus) frequant trips to the vets for supportive care because oral meds wern't staying down. They tried everything they could think to treat his symptoms and it just didn't work. If you haven't noticed we tried to stay as positive as we could because we wanted nothing more than to make him well. He only had short repreives from his regurg to actually be a puppy and feel half way better. Those moments are captured in the video posted on Facebook. The majority of the time he struggled, didn't sleep, paced and whined and regurged over and over. It wasn't anything anyone did wrong. It was just progession of his condition and failure to thrive. He wasn't growing, or gaining weight as he should. His frail little body just couldn't keep up anymore. He started to very quickly go down hill. He became lethargic, not wanting to move, not eating, breathing rapidly, all signs his little body was giving up. He was rushed to our emergency vet who verified he was in failure. She recomended that the kindest thing we could do for him was to give him peace. That's what we chose to do. It wasn't without absolute anguish, but it was the final kindest thing we could give him.
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This is your chance to help us pay for Levi's medical expenses
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This is your chance to help us pay for Levi's medical expenses
AND maybe win some money for yourself!
Information on the 50/50 Raffle and PayPal link: https://paypal.me/DeaconsHope
Facebook link for current total (which is over $1500 as of 3/13): https://www.facebook.com/DEACONSHOPE
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