Sunday, March 1, 2009

HAVE A HEART FOR CASPER


This blog I have set up for a good friend of mine who has a one year old Pomeranian puppy named Casper that needs to undergo a second life saving heart surgery. He had the first surgery last fall and it was initially successful, however scar tissue is closing the valve opening that was made in that operation and he is right back to where he started. What he has is called Severe Pulmonic Stenosis. I will be doing a lot of copy and pasting from other places to save time, in order to put a lot of information here for you to read. Without this surgery, Casper will die. Time is also critical, he is showing all the signs that his heart is working very hard and he is under a lot of physical stress. That is not good. The sooner he has the surgery the better but the University will not do the surgery until his mom has all the money up front for him to have it. She needs $3,500.00 in advance of the surgery. We have a lot of fundraisers going on at this time and would like you to take a look at what we are doing to raise money for Casper. You can make a difference, even in a small way. There is a raffle, you can buy tickets for, we have many retailers that are donating a portion of their profits to Caspers fund, there is a special music download sung by Caspers mom that you can get with only a $2 donation, there will soon be a dog/cat/human cookbook available for sale or you can simply give a donation of any size.

PLEASE HELP US SAVE CASPERS LIFE

This is Caspers story in his words.

My name is CASPER and I just recently turned one. I have a heart condition called SEVERE PULMONIC STENOSIS, mommy tried to get my heart fixed about 4 months ago at the University of Gainesville in FL. They performed heart surgery on me to correct the problem, But sadly I recently found out after going for a recheck that the operation was a failure, the scar tissue in my heart closed off what has been corrected.Since my Stenosis is severe that means my heart works 2 times harder than a normal dog… I am currently in risk of sudden death, or even a cardiac arrest if I get too much activity. I don't have much time to have the operation repeated, as my scar tissue keeps closing the valve. If it closes all the way my heart will keep enlarging, because of the lack of blood flow... by the time I had the operation last time my heart was already 25% larger than it should be… I CAN NOT HAVE IT GROW ANYMORE OR IT CAN COST ME MY LIFE…. AND I AM NOT PLANNING ON GOING ANY WERE ANY TIME SOON!!!!

PLEASE HELP ME RAISE THE MONEY FOR MY OPERATION, THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS THAT YOU CAN HELP:YOU CAN JOIN MY SUPPORT GROUP AND BUY A RAFFLE TICKET TO WIN SOME WONDERFUL THINGS for both Humans and pets (ALL RAFFLE MONEY IS GOING TOWARDS MY OPERATION) here's the link to my group

Or you can buy some awesome jewelry from
all proceeds also go towards my operation.

IF YOU WISH TO MAKE THE DONATION DIRECTLY TO THE UNIVERSITY YOU MAY DO SO BY: calling FL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL and do it over the phone with Credit or debit and they will send you a receipt and it is TAX DEDUCTIBLEthe number is 352- 294- 9894the donation is for CASPER SANTOS Account number- 241807

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU LET THEM KNOW MY NAME AND ACCOUNT NUMBER

or if you like you can make a check to

FVMFA
P.O. BOX 100121
GAINESVILLE FL 32610

make sure that on the check it says that it's for
ACCOUNT NUMBER 241807 and its for CASPER SANTOS

For Raffle tickets and information: http://www.dogster.com/forums/group/thread/598628

To purchase jewelry that profits will be donated to Casper: http://angelgirl107.etsy.com/

To purchase Avon that a portion of sales will go to help Casper: http://www.youravon.com/mvosburg
Then email mustangmari@comcast.net to let her know you ordered to help Casper
Free Ship Code: REPFLYER

Dogster Have A Heart Group

For A $2 Donation, A Special Music Download
We now have a beautiful Have A Heart Cookbook for sale in both hard copy form and PDF format. It contains recipies for both humans and for pets: dogs, cats and a few bird recipies. They were submitted by Caspers fellow dogster friends with their pictures included. The cost is $15.00 for the hard copy (includes shipping) and $10.00 for the PDF copy. For information on how to order go to:




2 comments:

  1. Great job Barbara to help get the word out about Casper! We really need more help to SAVE his life ASAP! Please!, anyone reading this HAVE A HEART & take the time to check out all the ways & links that you also could help Casper. Every dollar we raise DOES help! He is only a year old and so deserves a chance at a long life!
    "Saving just one dog won't change the world, but it surely will change the world for that one dog."

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  2. wow barbra this was such a well put together bolg! way to go!

    let hope that it get's the word out there :)

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