Hello everyone,
My baby boy needs help. We’ve had him in and out of vets, neurologists, x-rays and MRIs for the better part of a year now- to no avail. Our sweet boy has some kind of infection in his spine, which has now caused a disc to become crushed. As of fairly recently, he is no longer really able to move around on his own, and his quality of life is rapidly declining.
We cannot do anything for him until we get the infection under control. We have run out of trial runs with antibiotics, and it looks like the next step is an invasive biopsy to try and identify the infection, cure it, and then he will need spinal surgery to add plates and screws to realign his spine.
I know I am asking for a lot and struggle is universal, but I am not above asking for help. My Kenji boy is everything to our family, and he is everything to his best friend Kayda. I can’t really even bring myself to picture her life without him in it. They were both rescues, but she came from a more traumatic past and has bonded to him like no other. Just having him away to take him to all of his appointments has shown us just how much she cares about him and doesn’t know what to do with herself when he is gone.
Kenji was only just turning 8 years old when all of this started. He will be 9 soon, and I would give anything for the last years of his life to not be spent this way. To be able to take him on another adventure through the woods, another car ride where he can stick his nose out of the window and hold a big goofy smile through all of his sniffs, to watch him willingly sit outside and be buried in snow.
He is still such a happy boy, and he is so mentally alert and present. The idea of taking his life away seems so cruel and out of touch, but seeing how fast he is declining physically feels like a whole other form of pain and cruelty.
We would not ask for help if it wasn’t necessary. Anything helps. And if you have any tips or insight or direction to point us to possibly find better/alternative treatment without the invasive procedure, I am all ears. If you’ve read this far, thank you so much. This is a very helpless situation, and even if all I get out of this post is support, that will be okay.
All donations received will go directly to Kenji’s medical care.
