4/27/23 – On April 24 I received the following e mail from Savannah who works at an emergency vet where the dog’s owner was brought into after his eye ruptured. The owner could not afford the surgery, let alone the diagnostics and surrendered the dog to Savannah. The vet Savannah worked at was unable to fit in the surgery and she brought him to another:

“I have a male, intact bulldog whose medical needs were neglected by the prior owner, and he now needs his right eye removed. I am trying to find potential funding for this so that I can get him fixed up quickly and get him into a new home. If a rescue would take him in that would also be amazing but due to his eye problems he is potentially special needs at this time. He also does need to be neutered and I hope to get that done for him at the time of his eye surgery. I’ve attached a photo of his worse off eye. He seems to be an amazing loving dog and I’d love to see him find his perfect home.”

Gucci and his rescuer, Savannah, were already at a veterinary hospital trying to raise the funds for surgery when I was contacted. After much discussion, it was decided that 4 paws 1 heart could, fortunately, pay for Gucci’s surgery which could be somewhat complicated. Gucci had surgery and went to his foster home yesterday. Here is Savannah’s report:

“The eye came out well and they kept him overnight to watch for breakthrough bleeding. The other eye has a rough corneal ulcer that I’ll have to medicate intensely. There appears to be some potentially permanent damage to it but the doctor thinks I can save the eye as long as we’re religious about combatting the chronic dry eye. Now his neuter was odd–we noted on Saturday that one of his testicles appeared to be smaller than the other. Consequently, it was difficult for the doctor to get that one out and they’re saving it in case I choose to have it sent out. They theorize there was potentially prior trauma to the one or that it was twisted.”

I advised Savannah that we will continue to be there for Gucci’s remaining eye follow up and we will all pray that he finds just the right loving home when he is fully recovered. We commend Gucci’s owner for having the courage and love to surrender him so that he could get the help that he could not provide. – diana.

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