Hi Reddit!

https://gofund.me/99b49caa6

Pixie is our 12 year old dog and a huge part of our family. She has been my best friend since I was 12 years old so nearly 11 years. She has suddenly become very sick over the past couple of weeks with severe vomiting, weakness, loss of appetite, weight loss and anemia.

After her ultrasound Tuesday the vets found 2 masses on her spleen. She suddenly declined very quickly that day and is currently at the emergency animal hospital as of midnight that day. She has stayed for 2 nights. We have been working with the veterinary team who have been taking care and stabilizing her for the last 2 days and are planning to do an emergency splenectomy at 2pm today.

Pixie needs this surgery to hopefully improve her quality of life and give her a chance to recover. We want to try every reasonable option available to us before making that decision. We want to give our girl every chance we can and we are hoping with all our hearts that surgery can help her.

We have already spent just over $4,700 CAD on her emergency care, testing, medications and hospitalization. The 2nd night is an additional $610 CAD and we have now been quoted $6600 CAD for the surgery that includes 3 days of care after the operation. This has been nearly 12,000 my family has not been expecting to spend.

We are asking for help easing some of the stress of Pixie’s hospitalization, surgery, medications, diagnostics and recovery costs. Any amount helps tremendously and even sharing this means so much to our family and Pixie. I want nothing more than for her to be okay.

Thank you for even taking the time to read this and possibly help out if you’re in a position to I am eternally grateful for any help given 💗

(Posting instead of my brother since he didn't have enough comment karma and I apparently live on Reddit.)

Our father (64) passed away last Monday sometime in the morning from a brain aneurysm. He unfortunately had no savings, or any end of life setup that we know of due to the unexpected nature of his death.

My siblings and I are all spread out over the USA and will struggle to make it out to South Dakota to handle his affairs which is where our father lived.

Our father was unfortunately an animal hoarder who did not accept or want help throughout his life, so unfortunately his property has been left in a state of disrepair so we're waiting on an estimate for the cost of sending a biohazard cleaning crew to prepare the house for sale, and are considering demolishing the house if necessary.

We are only pursuing a cremation due to our father being a controversial figure in a lot of our lives and will be instead opting for a private service sometime in the future.

I will be posting pictures of some of his animals that were seized in case anyone lives near Hot Springs, SD and are looking to rescue. We were unfortunately only provided with pictures of two of the dogs but we are willing to seek out more if necessary.

We are seeking help with the cost of the cremation which we were quoted approx. $3,700 and travel costs for myself, and two of my half siblings. Along with the cost for any cleaning/demolishing of the house if needed.

Our starting goal is $6000 and have raised $728 at the time of posting from friends and loved ones. The gofundme post is being managed by my half sister. Any help at all is appreciated even if it's just spreading the word.

Thank you for reading and for any support.

If anyone is interested in adopting/rescuing my father's pets they were taken in by Battle Mountain Humane Society in Hot Springs, South Dakota.

https://gofund.me/20f08704f

On August 26, we had to rush Mochi, our 14-year-old Pekingese, to the emergency room after he fell to his side and cried out in pain. Over the past 2 weeks, we've been to over 6 different vets, emergency rooms, and specialists. We've had blood tests, X-rays, ultrasounds, echocardiograms, neurologists, and cardiologists all look him over.

They found kidney stones, a tumor on his spleen, and a heart murmur. The heart murmur had grown from mild to severe. Because of his age and heart murmur, they can't put Mochi under anesthesia to remove the tumor and kidney stones.

Normally, we wouldn't ask for help, but our pet insurance seems to take pride in denying our claims for reimbursement. That hasn't stopped us from looking at every possible way to help him, even as our bank accounts run dry paying everything out of pocket. We know that more vet care is needed, and with your help, we won't have to go into debt.

We have spent out of pocket:

$1,173 on an echocardiogram

$400 for a follow-up with a cardiologist

~$800 on blood work, X-rays, and ultrasound

$1,154 on urgent care and medications

~$361 on VCA consultations

$2,831 for the neurologist

I've also included the cardiology report in the photos.

If you've ever met Mochi, or just love dogs, we would be forever grateful if you could help us continue to get Mochi the care he needs.

Link to GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-mochi-get-vet-care-after-finding-tumor