Harley - Day 2

48 hours have passed since this sweet yellow boy lay helpless on a cold hard floor. His bones rubbing on the concrete and his heart devoid of hope.

Today he struggles for his life, but it's surrounded by warmth, soft bedding, good food, people that are gentle and kind, and a community that has more hope than we know what to do with!

His emotional needs are being met, yet his physical needs are difficult at best to combat. What we now know, and have confirmed medically, is that it is not cancer but instead years of systematic neglect has taken an unforgiving toll on this gentle boys once sturdy and handsome body.

Too anemic to produce his own new red blood cells, and kidneys that are barely functioning are sandwiched around a case of heartworm disease that is as infested in every part of his body as the ticks that fed on what barely remained of him. His prostate is enlarged and diseased and requires a neuter to rid his body of it...yet he is too weak and fragile to undergo such a procedure.

Yet despite his plight, he is as gentle and sweet as they come.

Harley's prognosis is brutally poor.




Our commitment to Harley is to heal his body and his spirit, but this includes knowing that our first responsibility to him is to ensure that he absolutely does NOT suffer at our hands.

Blood transfusions and critical care is costly and we know that our community of support will rally around Harley to ensure that no reasonable effort to save him will prevent others from being saved as well.

So today we hope and we wait! We hope for our medical efforts to not be in vein and we wait for his frail body to fight.

We ask for your continued prayers and thoughts.

We ask for your continued financial support.

We are grateful to be surrounded by so many that care for the weak, fragile, sweet, yellow boy that we know as "Harley."

If you are moved to contribute to his care please use the link:

http://www.retrieveafriend.org/donate

*The TSBR Medical Special Needs Fund supports dogs like Cash and Gunter and ensures that we can take in dogs like Harley on a moments notice.