๐ ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐น๐, ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ. 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 heโs doing great. Heโs sweet, lovable, and gets along with humans, cats, and dogs.
Unfortunately, the trauma also injured his throat, and ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ. 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. ๐ช๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ, ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ.
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