Mayra Baeza - MEDICAL Expenses

Mayra is a HUGE INSPIRATION & rescue advocate in the Permian Basin. She spends countless hours volunteering at the Andrews Animal Shelter in Andrews Texas. She has SAVED HUNDREDS of animals in the Permian Basin. Unfortunately, she was hurt during an adoption event. She is currently out of the hospital but has a long recovery ahead of her. As we know, hospital visits are expensive... we would love to rally around her and support her the way she supports the Andrews Animal community. Anything you can donate will be greatly appreciated and will go straight to Mayra.

This is the original post from Mayra explaining what happened:

This is really hard for me to post. Please bare with me on hearing about what happened and the extremely unexpected outcome and financial expenses that have occurred. I never ask for help. It is very rare that I ask for help because I do not like to bother people. I’m more of a person who will go out of my way to help friends, family, strangers, and of course unwanted animals. I am very experienced in the rescue world and with dogs. However, there was an incident.

On Saturday June 25th, at our adoption event I was taking pictures of an owner surrendered dog. As he was being walked, an extremely dog aggressive dog was accidentally taken out and he went straight for the kill. Meaning he lunged and latched on to the small 20lb dog and was trying to maul it to shreds. Animal control, myself, and a volunteer tried to help get the aggressor off the small dog. In doing so, without thought… I quickly grabbed the small dog once the aggressor lost its hold. Instinctively, I was bit my by the small dog on my hand. I realize I should not have intervened, but it’s also not in my heart to do nothing. I went to urgent care right after for treatment, but sadly since then my injury took a toll for the worse.

I ended up with cellulitis. An infection deep in my hand. MCH quickly got me on antibiotic drips and worked on trying to drain any infection. I have been admitted since Tuesday and as much as I wished I had good news that I’m out. I do not. I now am dealing with kidney issues due to how strong the antibiotics are.

To say I’m worried and sad would be an understatement. I never ask for help but financially this is going to be huge hit. I debated posting because of judgments and unwanted comments, but I’m setting my pride aside. Over the years many people have wanted to give me monetary donations and I’ve always declined. After some convincing from friends, I will gladly accept those donations now. [REDACTED]

Sorry about the pictures, but this will help to better understand how quickly this turned very bad all from the bite of a less than 20lb dog. Even if you cannot donate I will greatly appreciate any prayers and good vibes that the bite and kidney issues improve. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your time and I will still advocate for shelter adoptions.