Cancer is unfortunately rampant among humans and animals alike. Max (AKA Maxine) is our latest victim of this dreadful disease. Max has developed soft tissue sarcoma on her right back leg and now the only way to save her life is to amputate her leg to remove the tumour in its entirety .
Max AKA Maxine, pre-surgery
Soft Tissue Sarcoma, usually does not spread to other organs and remains localized in the original area but it grows progressively larger in that area. That is exactly what has happened to Max. In the last few days the tumour has opened up, and it is now an open bleeding wound. Both the oncologist and the surgeon are assuring us that once the leg is amputated and the sarcoma is entirely removed , there will be no more problems and Max should be able to continue living, pain free. She is also expected to walk well on three legs. 84% of interviewed dog owners who had their dogs’ leg amputated, due to sickness or injury, would do it again. That is certainly a comforting statistic. Animals, do not suffer from the emotional trauma of losing a limb and therefore they usually recover quickly.
We hope that this will be the case for Max.
The alternatives are between putting down a n otherwise healthy dog or amputating her leg and allowing her live to the end of her natural life. The first alternative cannot be considered as an option.
There is one only issue: the cost of the procedure and related treatments. But should money hold us from saving a dog’s life?
The surgery will take place, Monday Sept 16th.
We appeal and count on your generosity and your love for animals. Please donate towards Max’s surgery’s costs. As you can see from
the attachments on ORA's Facebook page, the total bills will be over $7,000. Please give generously and forward this post to as many animal caring people as you know.
Max is a very sweet dog. At the clinic, they did even need to muzzle her to take her blood or to do any other diagnostics. She just complies with any request. Despite her kind disposition, Max, a Husky mix, never got adopted. Large black dogs are often passed over by potential adopters, who get attracted by more colourful dogs. But every volunteer at ORA loved Max for her sweet nature, playfulness and her sparkle of joy in her eyes. We hope to be able to tell Max that many other people out there care for her and for her life.
Please donate on line through Canadahelps .org at
https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/10929
or call us with your credit card information at 416 726 5762 as we need the funds pretty fast to pay these bills. Alternatively, you can send a cheque payable to ORA to:
ORA
P.O. Box 22608,300 Coxwell Ave
TORONTO, ON M4L 3W7
Charitable Tax Receipts are issued for any donation over $20
Many thanks from all of us at ORA and from Maxine.
Claudia Vecchio
Chair
ORA-Organization for the Rescue of Animals
www.ora-animalsrescue.org
Tel: 416 726 5762
Ora is a Grassroots, All Volunteer-Based, strictly No-Kill, Registered Charity #85580-9448-RR0001
ORA does not receive any public funding and we are funded uniquely on private donations
PO Box 22608
