Poor Fig had been refusing food and very lethargic for a few days. Any pet owner knows how much our furry friends LOVE to eat, so it’s always a warning sign when they refuse food. Fig’s dad did not hesitate to bring Fig to our local emergency hospital, @pacificsantacruzvetspecialists, to find out the cause of his food strike. After the X-ray revealed an unidentifiable blockage in his small intestines, the doctor explained that immediate surgery was the only option to save Fig. As a full-time student working part-time as an EMT, Fig’s dad had no hope to afford this surgery... 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺... We are so happy Fig’s dad called upon BirchBark and we got to lend a helping hand to Fig and his loving family.
“𝘍𝘪𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦. 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦. 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘍𝘪𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 "𝘰𝘶𝘳" 𝘤𝘢𝘵; 𝘍𝘪𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘫𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 "𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩" 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘱, 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 "𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘴" 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥”.
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