Please help us mend little Charlie's
broken heart before his time runs out.
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little Charlie was born with a congenital
heart defect known as a Patent Ductus
Arteriosus
(PDA).
The ductus arteriosus is a conduit for blood
flow from the pulmonary artery to the
aorta that allows oxygenated blood to bypass the undeveloped lungs of the fetus. The ductus arteriosus usually
closes up a few days after kittens are born, but if it stays open (patent) blood flows backwards into the lungs and
into the left
side of the heart and results in congestive heart failure
and death.
Fortunately, PDA is one
of the very few surgically
correctable heart defects in cats. If
surgery to close theductus arteriosus is performed early enough,
Charlie
can live
a normal life and have a normal lifespan, but if
surgery is delayed, irreversible damage
can occur that
will shorten Charlie's life drastically. Without surgery
Charlie will probably die from congestive
heart failure
wthin a few months to a year at most. Charlie is
already
almost 5 months old and at high risk of developing permanent
damage to his heart. In order to prevent this and congestive
heart failure, Charlie must |
have surgery to close the ductus as
soon as possible.
But our medical and emergency budgets
are exhausted and our credit is overextended from the flood of
kittens we received this past kitten season in addition to
the high number of abandoned, surrendered, and "foreclosure
pet" we received. We desperately need your help to save
sweet little Charlie's life. Any donation, regardless of
how small will help and will be deeply appreciated.
Please, lets not let this sweet little cat die in the dawn of life.
On behalf of Charlie, Thank You from the bottom of our hearts.
You may also send a donation by check or money order to:
Max's House Animal Rescue, Inc.
P.O. Box 1581
Ridgewood, NJ 07451
(Please be sure to note "Charlie's Fund" on your check.
100% of your donation will go directly to Charlie's Fund.
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