Winston Wants to Walk again
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Dear Friends and Family,
Most of you reading this already know that this is Winston, my dog, and one of the most important things in my life. He is 7 years old, and has shown me unconditional love, friendship, and loyalty since the day I brought him home.
This past week, Winston ruptured a vertebral disk in his spinal cord and lost complete use and feeling in the back half of his body. He couldn't walk and he also couldn't wag his tail or go to the bathroom. There isn't any rhyme or reason as to why or how this happened. At 5:00 pm he was trotting along on our daily walk and by 1:00 am, he wasn't able to move.
The condition is able to be fixed with surgery. And after surgery, Winston will need 4-6 weeks of physical therapy and rehabilitation to learn how to walk again.
With surgery, hospital stays, and physical therapy, costs are about $8,000. So here I am, incredibly humbled and desperate. I need your help to make him walk again; to give him back his active and happy life and me back my loyal, loving boy. All money raised will be going to vet bills for surgery and rehabilitation. Any little bit helps!
Winston is my family. He has brought so much joy and happiness into my life! And while this is a difficult time for both of us...he has still nestled his nose into my arms, licked my tears away, and looked at me with his big brown eyes to let me know it's going to be ok.
I can't even begin to describe how much your support means to me. Thank you so much for considering helping. And please keep us in your thoughts and prayers.
Much love,
Whitney and Winston
Most of you reading this already know that this is Winston, my dog, and one of the most important things in my life. He is 7 years old, and has shown me unconditional love, friendship, and loyalty since the day I brought him home.
This past week, Winston ruptured a vertebral disk in his spinal cord and lost complete use and feeling in the back half of his body. He couldn't walk and he also couldn't wag his tail or go to the bathroom. There isn't any rhyme or reason as to why or how this happened. At 5:00 pm he was trotting along on our daily walk and by 1:00 am, he wasn't able to move.
The condition is able to be fixed with surgery. And after surgery, Winston will need 4-6 weeks of physical therapy and rehabilitation to learn how to walk again.
With surgery, hospital stays, and physical therapy, costs are about $8,000. So here I am, incredibly humbled and desperate. I need your help to make him walk again; to give him back his active and happy life and me back my loyal, loving boy. All money raised will be going to vet bills for surgery and rehabilitation. Any little bit helps!
Winston is my family. He has brought so much joy and happiness into my life! And while this is a difficult time for both of us...he has still nestled his nose into my arms, licked my tears away, and looked at me with his big brown eyes to let me know it's going to be ok.
I can't even begin to describe how much your support means to me. Thank you so much for considering helping. And please keep us in your thoughts and prayers.
Much love,
Whitney and Winston
Organizer
Whitney Rappana
Organizer
Chicago, IL