Help Puppy Melody Get a Healthy Life

Help Puppy Melody to a Healthy Life

Update June 9th @ 1:30 pm: Thank you to everyone who is following Melody's journey. You can watch Melody leaving the emergency vet and cuddling with her foster mom. Melody still has a ways to go but this is positive progress. This sweet puppy is a fighter. Stay tuned for more updates. Thank you for helping meet Melody's goal. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sEQyz2egqWPKOlNsd-cJ-Bf1I-RXAjBq/preview

Update June 9th @ 10:00am: Melody is coming home today!!! Look at this cutie! It’s still a step at a time but this is a huge hurdle for this dear puppy. Thanks to everyone for positive thoughts and donations to Melody’s GoFundMe. We’ll keep you posted on how she is doing. Check back today for her coming home video.

Update June7th @ 10:00am: Thank you to eveyone for your generous donations. Puppy Melody is hanging in there. Vets have increased Dextrose so her diarrhea is improving. Foster Hara plans to visit Melody this afternoon and hold her paw. Stay tuned for additional updates.

Update: June 5th @ 8:00pm: The vet feels that Melody is making some progress so she’ll receive a blood transfusion and we’re hopeful the plasma will help her diarrhea subside and the red blood cells will make her stronger. Hopefully this might tip her over the edge to where she can leave the emergency vet and return to her foster home. Paws crossed.

On June 4th, Gold Ribbon Rescue received a call from a woman in East Texas who had two adult dogs (one was the mom) and three puppies and she needed the dogs gone by end-of-day. The owner said originally there were 12 puppies but all had died except these three.

Gold Ribbon Rescue sprang into action! A volunteer jumped into her car and drove four hours to pick up the five dogs and four hours back to Austin, arriving at Foster Hara’s home yesterday evening.

Hara immediately noticed that puppy GRR 24-056 Melody was very sick: she was quite small, lethargic and dehydrated. Hara rushed her to an emergency hospital where they determined Melody has coccidia and as a result, her glucose level was 44 and it should have been over 100.

Melody was admitted to the emergency hospital where she is being given a dextrose drip and subcutaneous fluids. The next 24 to 48 hours are critical for this sweet puppy and will likely determine whether she will make it. Melody is getting the best veterinary care and will be given everything that she needs to hopefully survive and thrive. We are also treating the other two puppies for coccidia as a preventative measure.

Melody’s initial vet expenses total $3100 for her 24 hours at the emergency vet. She is showing progress so she has received additional blood transfusions, antibiotics, fluids and additional days in care at the emergency vet so her current expense total is $4100.

Every donation helps and your donation will go directly towards Melody’s care. We appreciate your support. Check back for updates on how Melody is doing.