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Today Kayla's torture ended.  Someone saw her starving to death, tied to the outside of a garage, and they put a stop to it.  Waukegan Police Animal Control were called, and Kayla was immediately removed from the premises and taken to the emergency hospital, because not only was she barely able to stand, she was struggling to breath.  Tonight she is in the ER, fighting with every single breath to stay alive long enough for us to help her get through a horrific case of pneumonia.  Both of her lungs are almost completely full.  Euthanasia was considered for a moment, but we cannot end her life without giving her a chance, one day, or maybe even one hour at a time, to know a kind hand and to make it through this nightmare to live the only life she has.  PLEASE share, and PLEASE help if you can.  Thank you!!!

We are URGENTLY trying to raise money to save this poor boy's life!  Hercules has severe heartworms, a very high fever, and a bowel obstruction!! He needs emergency medical care and a life-saving surgery!

Hercules was rescued by a family who took him from someone who wasn't able to care for him. At first everything seemed OK.  He was a little skittish, but he quickly warmed up and became VERY close to their son.  Not long after he arrived though, he began eating less and less, and having trouble keeping food down. Their son was hand feeding him small amounts of food around the clock to try and keep the food down and the weight on, but he started vomiting and dropping weight very fast. The prior owner said he had eaten part of a foam cushion awhile back, but he seemed fine.  So the family took him to the vet.  Xrays showed a blockage in his intestines.  They think it's the foam cushion pieces.  The foam didn't initially cause a problem, but the vet thinks it moved and is now causing a life-threatening blockage.  Poor Hercules has been violently throwing up his food and water for the last few days, and as you can see from the pictures, he is losing weight very dramatically.  His family has exhausted every option, so they reached out for help, and have made the EXTREMELY painful, but selfless decision to surrender Hercules in order to save his life.

So tonight we are stepping in to get him the care he needs. He is currently at the hospital getting a full evaluation. In addition to the blockage, he has a raging infection and a very high positive heartworm load, which we think he got well before this family rescued him. Unfortunately he can't have the bowel surgery until the infection is under control. Then if he makes it through surgery, he has to endure a long hard course of treatment for heartworm. This poor puppy is barely a year old. We are going to fight for him as hard as we can. We CANNOT do that without YOUR help though. We need you to PLEASE share his story and help us to raise the desperately needed funds to give him back his life.  Thank you as always for loving our Waukegan animals.

This poor guy is Rojo, now named Falcon, a 2-year-old cattle dog.

He was hit by a car on Sunday night around 7:30 in front of his own house in Waukegan.  His neighbor called the Waukegan Police who immediately picked him up and took him to Premier Emergency center where he was stabilized, put on pain medication, and kept there overnight. They found his owner who promptly rejected him and signed him over to animal control because they didn’t want a “broken dog.” The next morning, Waukegan Animal Control took Falcon to a regular vet where X-rays were done and he was found to have a broken hip bone. Sometimes the pelvis can be repaired, but more often it has to heal on his own. Because of the delicate nature of a break like this and being hit by a car, Falcon was sent to a foster home where he ended up having a seizure overnight and then another one not long after. He was rushed to another veterinarian where he was treated for the seizures and his XRAY was reviewed again; he could possibly have nerve damage and may need a plate for him to heal properly. When a dog is hit by a car, the effects aren’t always immediate. They can have complications like nerve damage, blood clots, shock, internal bleeding, that aren’t immediately apparent. His seizures could be from hitting his head, or they could be the result of an underlying genetic condition, but only time and more diagnostics will tell us that. Additionally, Falcon may need further assessments with an orthopedic surgeon and much more supportive care like bloodwork, fluids and continued close monitoring. We won’t know about his future without these important diagnostics. Falcon’s poor leg is very swollen and painful, but even through all that pain, he is one of the sweetest dogs they have ever taken care of. His eyes light up when the children walk in the room and, despite his pain and brokenness, he is an absolute lover.
Waukegan Animals Getting Saved needs your help in getting Falcon the important care he needs so he can heal, rest, and recuperate.