Some of the animals that come to HEART require extensive medical care or rehabilitation. They have suffered serious trauma – physical or emotional, or have painful or debilitating conditions that can require expensive medical care. The animals enrolled in the HELP ME HEAL program face many weeks recovering before they can be placed for adoption.
By becoming a HELP ME HEAL sponsor you will be helping some of the neediest animals at HEART. With your help we will make sure that these animals get the surgery, medical care, time and attention that they need to heal. Your donation will help give them a whole new life. Once they are healthy, they are ready for adoption. At this point, we work extremely hard to find the most perfect, loving, new home for them.
Read about our latest HELP ME HEAL animals below. We will tell the ongoing stories of these animals as they heal with updates from their caregivers. You can follow their stories online from the beginning, watch their progress, even apply to adopt!
Donate to a HELP ME HEAL animal and put your love of animals into life-saving action!
MY NAME IS "COLON POWELL"
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This tiny boy was a pound and a half of solid determination when he came to HEART.
He was just six weeks old when he was abandoned in a box with three littermates. All the kittens were exposed to distemper and two of the kittens soon died.
Little Colon Powell began vomiting and was severely dehydrated. He was anemic and had a severe upper respiratory infection. He was examined by the veterinarian who said he had a telescoping bowel which required major surgery and prolonged hospitalization.
Colon Powell had expensive surgery in December 2009 to remove part of his colon. He is recovering in his HEART foster home but requires weekly trips to the veterinarian for blood work. He's on steroids, appetite stimulants, and antibiotics. He has residual sinus damage from his upper respiratory infection.
Colon Powell is now five months old. If HEART hadn't rescued him and gotten him the life-saving surgery he needed, he wouldn't be here today. He knows that kind and caring people worry about little animals like him. He could use all the help he can get with the medical care he needs to survive. Through HEART's HELP ME HEAL program you can make a donation towards his medicine and medical needs. Any contribution, small or large, is greatly appreciated.
"PELVINA"
I'VE BEEN ADOPTED
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO
HELPED ME HEAL
This adorable little girl was brought to HEART on June 24, 2009 by a caring HEART volunteer who heard about an injured kitten that was left to suffer with no medical care. Pelvina was only three months old at the time. The volunteer rushed Pelvina to Dr. Mary Lee Fornes at Boston Valley Animal Hospital where she was given pain medication and antibiotics. X-rays showed she suffered a severely fractured hip. The veterinarian says her injuries are consistent with either being hit by a car or being kicked. Poor Pelvina!! She was in such pain and so frightened.
Pelvina has a sweet disposition but right now she doesn’t feel very well. She went to see Dr. vanEe for consultation. Dr. VanEe is an orthopedic specialist and surgeon. Dr. vanEe said Pelvina has suffered severe trauma and sustained fractures on both sides of her pelvis. She recommends that for right now we maintain Pelvina with supportive care as surgery at this time would be very intense. She may need her colon removed or another option is to break the pelvic plate that is intact and push both sides of her fractured pelvis into shape.
Pelvina’s current condition is not life-threatening but her broken little body needs to be monitored to be sure she is defecating properly. She loves to be petted and held. She is currently in a HEART foster home where her foster family is giving her lots of hugs and stimulation as well as much needed quiet time.
"VIVIAN"
I'VE BEEN ADOPTED
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO
HELPED ME HEAL
When I was only three weeks old when I was found in Buffalo along the side of a very busy street. I was just a baby and all alone. I was dirty, hungry, sick, and scared. A caring man found me and swooped me up into his arms. The first place he took me said they would have to euthanize me since it was too costly to save my life because of my severely injured left eye and upper respiratory infection. No way was he going to do that. He never gave up until he found HEART, who welcomed me with open arms.
HEART immediately took me to see Dr. Mary Lee Fornes at Boston Valley Animal Hospital. She gave me medicine for the pain in my eye and for the upper respiratory infection. If I had been out there on my own much longer, I would have died with that respiratory infection. It was really bad. Then I went to see Dr. Stanz, a specialist in veterinary ophthalmology at Animal Eye Care of WNY. Dr. Stanz gave me some bad news. I am blind in my left eye. I feel constant pain in the eye which can only get better if I have the eye removed. The good news is that after my surgery and a few weeks of expert medical care I will be good as new. In fact, one eye is not much different than two. I will be able to run around without everyone trying to calm me down. There is nothing a kitten loves more than running and jumping and acting crazy. I can't wait to get to do all of that.
