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Heal The Bruise
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Hey everyone! First off, I'd like to thank you for checking out our GoFundMe page. It's dedicated to our special pup. Bruiser, our golden retriever, was rescued from a home in which he received joint damage after prolonged medical neglect. The diagnosis was a fragmented choronoid process of the Ulna (which translates into Elbow Dysplasia). Unfortunately, we were unaware of the existing damage that he'd been dealing with. Just a six month old puppy, he can hardly control his urge to run, play and fetch. It's difficult to watch him struggle to do these things without causing serious damage to his elbow. Currently the vets believe he will already suffer premature arthritis as a result later in his life, but for now, we want to give him all that we can so that this dog doesn't fall down every time he tries to jump off the couch or struggle to climb into bed; we want our boy to have the ability to take a walk outside.
Lucy and Myself would love nothing more to pay for the surgery ourselves, but the cost of living in Southern California and paying bill after bill for the vet check ups and x-rays are really racking up on us. It would take simply too long to save up that kind of money on our own, and possibly blow our chance at saving our Bruiser. So our vet recommended using this site. So here we are, and humbly asking for your donations to help our happy dumb cute pup live a full-filled life.
We will be making little special thank you gifts for anyone that participates and lends a helping paw :). Thank you again for taking the time to check this out and helping out our cause to save a dog from a painful life.
Corey and Lucy
Organizer
Lucy Markham
Organizer
Thousand Oaks, CA