Koda's Success Fund

 

I want my dog, to have a success story.

 

Koda is a Belgian Shepherd of 2 years and a half, and was diagnosed with IMMUNE MEDIATED HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA or “IMHA” in April this year 2014.

Quoted from Morris Animal Foundation: ‘Canine AIHA/IMHA (autoimmune/immune-mediated hemolytic anemia) is a serious, often fatal blood disorder. In dogs with AIHA/IMHA, abnormal antibodies stick to the red blood cells and cause the body to believe the red blood cells are a "foreign invader." The dog's immune system attacks the red blood cells and destroys them, leading to anemia. Scientists estimate more than 50 percent of dogs with AIHA/IMHA will die from the condition, usually within weeks of diagnosis.’

 

Koda is still fighting this horrible disease, but each time I think he’s getting better, he seems to struggle and falter. I have so much love for my boy; I hope that he can battle this disease off.

 

Since April I, and my family have enquired to other dog owners to see if anyone knows of anything that can help solve and stop this disease. I have heard too many fatal stories of mortality with this disease that I am often too scared to hope for the best, but every day he fights, and every day I wish I could do more for him.

 

Now I realise by asking for funding/donations to help cure this disease that it will not produce immediate results, but I don’t want to wait, and I don’t want to act on a sad fatal story. The time is now, and I’m asking for your help to end this vicious disease. I am giving myself 10 weeks to raise $5,000, and all the money raised will go towards research for a cure for this disease.

Nothing will change if we don’t do anything, and I can’t give enough on my own to make a difference, they may be our pets, but Koda’s my best friend, and I think I speak for all of us who have had a pet of any kind can relate, if you could save them, wouldn’t you do whatever you could? Wouldn’t you at least try?

 

I have no idea what the future holds for me, or for Koda, all I know is that I want Koda, and any other animal that encounters this disease to have a success story.

 

Because we did something to change the outcome.