Sometimes the Hardest Part Comes After They Go Home.
Healing Doesn’t End at Our Clinic Door – Healing Takes Time, and Your Help!
When an animal leaves our clinic, most people think the story is over. For us, it’s often the moment the hardest part begins.
Recently, we cared for a beautiful dog suffering from a seriously infected wound to her ear. For more than two weeks she stayed with us while our veterinary team gently cleaned, treated, and bandaged her wound every single day.
Finally, she was strong enough to go home. We carefully explained to her owner how to continue caring for the injury and hoped she was on the road to recovery.
We thought she’d won her battle. We were wrong.
A few days later, during one of our routine follow-up visits, we were devastated to find the wound breaking down again. Infection had returned, threatening to undo everything we’d fought so hard to achieve.
Now, every morning, two members of our team travel miles down rough dirt tracks to the edge of the jungle to clean her wound, apply medication, protect it from flies, and carefully monitor her recovery.
Then our hearts sank again.
During one of those visits, our team discovered her brother was limping with a painful wound on his hind leg. Suddenly there were two dogs depending on us instead of one. They were in pain. Undernourished. They didn’t even have names. BUT they were safe – a huge step up from a life scavenging for meals on the edge of the jungle.
This is the reality of life for so many animals in rural western Thailand.
They may have an owner, but that doesn’t mean they receive medical care, enough food, or even relief from terrible pain. Without our team, dogs like these would often be left to suffer.
We can’t make these journeys alone. Every mile we travel is powered by people who refuse to look away. People like you who make sure we can keep returning, no matter how rough the road or how many miles lie ahead.
Every visit requires fuel in the tank. Fresh bandages. Antibiotics. Nutritious food. And precious hours our staff and volunteers give because every animal matters.
On average, it costs about $35 for fuel and supplies to make just one follow-up visit. One journey. One more chance for a dog or cat to heal instead of suffer.
Today, will you send your most generous gift – $35, $50, $100, or whatever you can afford – to help us keep showing up tomorrow for this brave dog, her brother, and the countless other animals who are still waiting for someone to come?
Because of you, healing doesn’t have to end when an animal leaves our clinic.
With heartfelt gratitude,
PS: Every time our team climbs into our vehicle for another follow-up visit, they do so because someone like you made that journey possible. Please donate today so we can keep our promise to animals who still need us long after they’ve left our clinic.
