Help Willy Breathe!

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜†, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ. When he was brought indoors and into the care of 9 Lives, he had an injured front leg that our vet figured was the result of trauma, likely a fall from 2- to 3-stories high! 9 Lives immediately treated his leg and heโ€™s doing great. Heโ€™s sweet, lovable, and gets along with humans, cats, and dogs.

Unfortunately, the trauma also injured his throat, and ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—น๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. On a good day, Willy breathes with an awful wheeze. On a bad day, he struggles to breathe, and the obstruction is life-threatening.

A simple but expensive surgery will open up his airway and relieve his suffering. The bill will be high, but we can’t turn our backs on Willy. ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ, ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ. ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ

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