DOODLES MESSENGER POST: TWO NEW DOODLES IN NEED!

[Karan Johnson]

A POST FROM THE DOODLE MESSENGER:

Our Doodle community has been so generous in the past - all you have to do is check out pictures of Hurley's fluffy cyst-free head, or picture Riley finally being able to walk and run like a doodle.
Now we have two new needy doggies.

BELLA is a spunky 4 year old goldendoodle battling cancer, and her family has already gone through many fund-raising efforts. Unfortunately they need more help.
""Bella has completed 9 out of 16 chemotherapy treatments (the 10th treatment will be on 3/8/13). The treatments are working on the cancer cells, but they are also destroying her healthy cells. We are doing our best to keep the side effects at a minimum. Despite that, Bella still has many days of playfulness and spunk. She continues to wag her tail when she sees us and that alone is a reminder to me that she is still fighting and not ready to give up in her battle against this awful cancer. We love her with all our hearts. She is only 4 years old and we are not ready to give up on her. She has a lot more life to live and lots more love to give!
Any help you can provide for our sweet girl will certainly be greatly appreciated."

Please read sweet Bella's story here:

http://doodlemessenger.webs.com/doodleinneedbellam.htm



MAX is a service animal: a sweet labradoodle who is also battling Lung Cancer; he has bronchoalueolar carcinoma. It seems very sad that a service animal, who helps his partner Michelle in so many ways, should be so sick. Michelle says:
“Max means everything to me. I could not function well at work or home without him. He can quite literally pick anything up. He can pull off clothes (socks, pants etcetera). It is not an exaggeration to say when the pain of muscle spasms & spasticity gets really bad; my will to persevere is tied to him. I'm aware that I need to keep going for him; he needs to eat and go out.
He steadies me when walking. He improves my social life through contact with others, especially if they are afraid to talk to me. There’s really no aspect of my life he doesn't improve.”

You can read Max's whole story here:

http://doodlemessenger.webs.com/doodleinneedmax.htm

There is a donate link on each story (thank you, Lynne Fowler of Ooodles of Doodles for making it easy to donate through PayPal) ...please give what you can!

[Lucy & AnnaBelle's Mom]

I just wanted to add here that the lady that has listed Bella above went to Doodle Messenger because I told her about it.   I met her through an e-mail that I received from Karen and Jack.  Shari had joined the DRC site and Karen learned that her Bella had the same type of cancer (lymphoma) as our Sophie did.  Shari and I have been corresponding and comparing treatments and symptoms for several months now.  Her sweet Bella is doing much better on the treatments than our Sophie and I wish them all the success in the world in having a continued long remission for Bella.  Unfortunately, they did not have pet insurance and the surmounting medical bills are a problem for them.  I cannot even imagine having the added burden of wondering how you are going to pay for the treatments on top of everything else that comes along with this miserable diagnosis.  I hope that you will read their story.  I personally will be sending a check in Sophie's memory in the hopes that they get more time with their Bella than we did with our Sophie! 

[Karan Johnson]

Thank you so much!

[Allyson, Peri & Taquito]

Thank you for the background on this. What an amazing community we have here!

[Ronna, Murphy & Wilson]

I am assuming we can still donate directly to the doctor as we have in the past and not through the new paypal link?

[Karan Johnson]

I think so - let me check on that for you. THANK YOU!

[Lucy & AnnaBelle's Mom]

that's what I did.  It said right there by the Vet's address to note on the check it was for bella the goldendoodle!

[Karan Johnson]

Thank you, Lucy and Sophie's Mom!

And thanks for the donation.

[Ronna, Murphy & Wilson]

Perfect, I will donate to Bella in memory of Sophie.

[Lucy & AnnaBelle's Mom]

Thank you Ronna, that is so very sweet of you!  I truly hope that Bella can get a long remission!

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Me too!

[Jill, Woody & Maxi]

Same here!! :)

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Karen, I just donated to Bella's fund in memory of Sophie but I never came to a place where I could specify that my Pay Pal donation was to be used for this purpose...at the end it looked like I was donating to Oodles of Doodles.  How will you know which donations are coming in for Bella?