Man Faces $24,000 Vet Bill To Save His Dying Dog

Dogs are part of the family, and as such, we do everything that we can to take care of them and keep them healthy. While we do our best to give them the highest quality of care, there’s sometimes little we can do to save our furry friends when a medical emergency strikes.

For those with limited resources, a medical emergency or diagnosis of a pet can be devastating. It can also mean they’re forced to give up time with their fur babies because vet care or life-saving treatment is too expensive.
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Much like human medical care in the United States, veterinarian bills can be staggering and that’s something Jaxon Feeley recently realized when his dog, Rambo, came down with an unexpected illness.

Jaxon shared in a GoFundMe that his 2-year-old Weimaraner started vomiting unexpectedly one night and by the next morning, she was in the emergency vet for treatment. While Rambo seemed healthy just days earlier, the vet diagnosed her with “an emergency condition in which severe blood or other fluid loss makes the heart unable to pump enough blood to the body.”

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The condition created a “type of shock [that] can cause many organs to stop working.”

Unfortunately, the medical bills started piling up as Rambo’s treatment intensified.

In a GoFundMe update, Feeley revealed that her care was reaching the £20,000 mark (around $24,000 USD), but he refused to give up on her. According to Manchester Evening News, Freeley said: “I’d sell my house to keep her alive.”

Feeley shared that he did have insurance for his dog, but it only covered the first £6,500 of the bill. Desperate for the funds to keep his baby alive, Freeley hopped on social media and linked his GoFundMe which ended up raising £30,888!

Between the donations and expert veterinary care that Rambo received, she was able to start to overcome her condition and go home.

In a Facebook post, Feeley explained:

“My little angel is by no means all better, it will be a long road to recovery for her and she still requires 24/7 observation at this point along with a significant amount of medication. However, we did what we said we would, we came home.”