This Family Already Maxed Out Their Credit Cards Paying For Their Child’s Medical Bills, And Now Their Rescue Puppy Needs Open Chest Surgery
Midge, a sweet pup, was recently welcomed into a family and instantly became a special companion to not only the children but her sister, an older amputee Red Heeler, Mercury.
Within the first week of accepting their beautiful rescue pup, Midge was diagnosed with PRAA, a vascular ring anomaly, which is a congenital disease.
After feeding Midge dry food, the family would notice it would trigger her into vomiting. While she had no issues with wet food, she still had weeping eyes, and a slight fever, all while being completely covered in ticks.
Thankfully, the family found a fantastic vet willing to listen and give Midge the help she so badly needed.
“We had already called the vet before picking her up to get her in ASAP, knowing she was coming from rough conditions as a rescue,” Midge’s family wrote on a GoFundMe page.
“The vet saw her just two days after picking her up, and Midge received all of her dewormed and the first round of shots.”
While visiting the vet, the family explained what would happen when Midge ate dry food. The vet then asked to keep her overnight to observe her actions.
“Our brilliant Vet worked up labs and took X-Rays,” Midge’s family said. “We brought Midge home for the weekend and followed up with more X-Rays on Monday.”
GoFundMe; pictured above is Midge
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“The X-Rays on Monday confirmed the doctor’s suspicions. Our darling Midge has an Avascular ring anomaly called PRAA.”
Unfortunately, during the development of this congenital disease, something went wrong, which caused Midge’s esophagus to become trapped by vessels at the base of her heart. The vet compared this situation to a kinked garden hose.
To make matters worse, every meal Midge eats stretches out the muscles within her esophagus, and this will, unfortunately, cause severe damage to her esophagus beyond repair.
With all of this in mind, Midge needs open chest surgery, which is $7,000. As much as the family would do anything to ensure this happens, they are now reaching out for help as the medical bills must be paid upfront.
With every passing day, Midge is at high risk for aspirating and irreplaceable stretching of her esophagus, which will ultimately lead to death if the surgery is not carried out.
As small business owners with a child who faced a critical medical event last year, they have already maxed out all of their credit cards.
You can visit the GoFundMe page set up by Midge’s family here.
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