#saverocky

This is Rocky. He is my beastly friend. He is sort of the first born in this house, he looks out for his two younger siblings.

   Recently however Rocky has become sick. What we thought was a possibly urinary tract infection has had him on weeks worth of antibiotics; progressively stronger, a surgery, prescription foods and he is only getting worse. We are a lower middle class family. We are currently spending every penny we can on saving this guy. He is so amazing and seeing him in pain daily and doing not much more than crying is killing me. The vets keep telling us there is hope, the problem is hope is breaking us financially. We are averaging $300 a week in vets visits and another $40 a week on food. When he is willing to eat.

   He was the most active dog around less than a month ago, his favorite activities were jumping at low hanging tree branches and playing fetch. He was so muscular and full of life. Over the past few weeks he has barely been able to climb the back stoop to get in the house. We've been carrying him up and down stairs, to help him alleviate the pain it takes for him to climb. All of the muscle in his back end is slowly disappearing. All he does is cry, and I cry with him because I just want him to be better. He is our kids best friend. Especially our son. They are attached at the hip. Connor; my son, is now 5 and doesn't remember a time without Rocky. They play outside for hours. I always know where Connor is exploring because I can hear Rocky's tags jingling. Connor is feeling lost without his playmate.

   When we dropped Rocky off at the vets for surgery Connor was very adamant with the vet about how she was to care for Rocky, whom he calls his "big, big friend"

    I'll try to keep this updated, in case anyone cares to follow our story, but the long and short here is my husband started a go fund me account to help us pay for his vet bills. Anything will help, even just a share folks. Please help us out, we don't want to see this gentle soul of an animal gone before his time. Thanks so much for reading this! Take care!