Katie Needs Sponsors

Meet Katie. She is such a sweetie-pie but she needs some expensive surgery. When Katie came to CRN we knew she had a lump on one of her mammary glands and knew that would need to be removed if it became larger or if it started bothering her but other than that she was in fairly good health for a 9-year-old gal. She had some slight arthritis so we put her on some Glucosomine and she perked up.

To make sure the lump on her chest was just a cyst we did some tests, including things like blood work, the old poke-and-prod and some other stuff just to verify it wasn't cancer. All the tests came back great, her organs were in terrific working order. Except for one thing. One big thing actually.

Katie has a very large mass inside her abdomen. She had some x-rays done and it was found the mass has shoved her bladder, her stomach and her colon out of it's way. We debated what to do. If the surgery didn't work, she could be incontinent for life. We waited, watching and monitoring the mass to see if it was growing at all because we had no way of knowing how long this enormous lump had been there inside her or what it was.

The vet is now certain the mass in her abdomen is not cancer, it is likely a very large cyst and they might be able to remove it.

Last week the cyst on her mammary gland got larger and is causing her discomfort. It really needs to be removed. So it's been decided that when she is put under for that surgery it will be a great opportunity for the vet to take a look and see if anything can be done about the mass in her abdomen. If, while she is under for the one cyst, they can remove the abdominal mass they will do it at that time.

Katie really needs sponsors to help pay for this surgery. At a minimum it will be around $1000 and if the surgery is complicated, well, it will be much more than that.

Katie is in over-all good health and we need to give her this opportunity to live a full and happy life. Once she recovers she will be ready to find her fur-ever home and get a chance to have a real family for the first time in her life. If you can sponsor this sweet girl and help us give her that chance, please visit the Collie Rescue Network website where you will find information on how to sponsor Katie.