Thanks to our very special donors, we have REACHED OUR GOAL!!

Brent Mirchandani
Herm and Elizabeth Triezenberg
Judy Miller
Jen and Chris Schwarz
Paula Henry and Beth Panwitz
Sally Hull (Hull’s Haven Border Collie Rescue)
Dean and Paula Smith
Deirdre Hanlon MacDonald 

Chance is a sweet, gentle guy who was in big trouble in a Kentucky shelter. He was picked up as a stray, and was horribly matted and painfully thin. He also had an unknown growth on one of his legs and was heartworm positive. With all these strikes against him….his chances of getting out were pretty much zero to none. Luckily, one of our volunteers found out about him and offered to foster Chance while he went through the numerous medical procedures he would need.  So…thanks to the help of some very kind transport  volunteers – Chance made his way from Somerset, Kentucky to his new North Star foster home in Muncie, Indiana.

Upon arrival Chance was in even worse condition than we could have imagined. After numerous baths and hours of grooming….he finally looked and felt much better. However, he was far too thin to start his heartworm treatment and so his first three weeks were spent trying to put weight on him. It was also decided we would have to wait to remove the tumor on his leg and his neuter surgery until he had a chance to recover from his first heartworm treatment. Because he had such a heavy load of heartworms it was decided he would need TWO treatments instead of one. Chance had his first treatment on November 2, 2011.

After having six weeks to recover from his heartworm treatment, Chance was healthy enough to be neutered and also have the growth removed from his leg. We were on pins and needles for the ten days it took to get the pathology report….but the GREAT news is that the tumor was benign! Now Chance will be able to heal from his two surgeries and then hopefully have a few months without any restrictions to finally get to just be a “dog” again before he has his second heartworm treatment in the spring of 2012. His foster mom says he is the most likeable, easy going, love bug you can imagine and has been amazingly good-natured throughout his long ordeal.

As you can imagine…Chance’s medical bills are very high. But he is young and strong and we felt it was worth the money to save his life. He suffered enough in his earlier years and deserves a “chance” to have a happy life. If you would like to help sponsor Chance by making a donation….we would be very grateful. His costs so far have been over $700.00 and he still will need one more heartworm treatment, which will be an additional $300.00.

You can see the invoices we have paid so far below. We have wonderful vets that work with us, but of course medical procedures (like everything else these days) are VERY costly. If you would like to help, we promise every penny will go towards paying Chance’s medical bills. It doesn’t have to be much, as small amounts add up quickly.

We certainly understand times are difficult, so if a donation isn’t possible we would still welcome your prayers for Chance’s full recovery. To see updates and photos of this special boy please visit his webpage located here: http://www.northstarbcrescue.org/chance.