Hi everyone, My name is Kenny and I am a keen animal lover and have my own 4 month old rottweiler puppy (and 2 snakes!). His name is Roscoe and he is also the ambassador for my drainage company. Roscoe has a very exceptional story which has made me want to partner up with PDSA (people's dispensary for sick animals) and do yearly fundraisers.

Roscoe is an energetic bundle of fun and anyone who has ever met him has said how tame he is for a rottweiler, especially a rottie at 4 months! He was purchased by myself because when I first saw him (at this point he was very young and couldn't be separated from his mum yet) he nibbled at my ears and from then I knew he was mine. He is a cheeky boy who gets into mischief and eats practically anything but then gives you the puppy eyes so he can get away with it!

The story starts on 19/07/2023 when Roscoe had sickness and diarrhoea. We just thought it was a stomach bug but by the evening he became very lethargic and I knew he had changed from his usual self so I called an emergency out-of-hours vet who charged me £411 for an anti-sickness injection. He seemed to perk up a bit but had stopped drinking water and eating at this point.

The next morning (20/07/2023) he was still the same but we thought maybe he will perk up again in a few hours. Instead, I heard a noise in the bathroom and ran in to find him having a seizure (which petrified me, but I done what I would do if I saw a human having a seizure, put him on his side and comforted him as best I could). It lasted about a minute and as I was on the phone to the vets, I was told to put honey around his gums in case he had low blood sugars (I instantly thought that he might be a diabetic). Took him to the vets and was told after bloods were taken that Roscoe had been poisoned and only had a 50/50 chance of survival. He was kept at this vets for 2 days on fluids but due to them not being a huge vets they had to disconnect his fluids at night and send him home which obviously put him back into a worse state and reversed the progress he had made. He was on aggressive fluids for 2 days and the bill had racked up to over £1200 and by the time the weekend had come and that particular practise had closed, we had no money to continue treatment at the price they were asking for (in their bigger branch).

On 22/07/2023 we travelled to PDSA (Thamesmead branch) and he was taken in straight away (I had used PSDA before and they were excellent- but from this I found out that not may people know about PDSA, especially around North London where there are no PDSA charities). Within about 10 minutes of the vet seeing his previous blood results she thought he might have Addison's disease due to his potassium levels being high and sodium levels being low. He has been in there now (still currently in there but I will update when he is out) for 3 days and its only cost me £600 as I qualified for reduced rates which is half of what the private vets wanted.

25/07/2023- Roscoe has acute kidney failure but is getting better and back to his usual energetic self everyday and without the help of PDSA he wouldn't be here right now and I owe them everything!

PDSA help people who are on low income and benefits afford vet treatment. Some services are free and some are lower charge rates then what a private vets would cost. I understand that cost of living has effected everyone and without services like the PDSA our beloved dogs, cats, rabbits etc wouldn't get the help they deserve.

If you could donate anything at all then that would be greatly appreciated as I'm sure I'm not the only pet lover.

Thankyou all for taking the time to read this and donate!

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