Sweet Evie was a rescue from a gentleman who had passed away, and none of his family members stepped up to take his two dogs. She was definitely very loved at one point in her life someone who showed her kindness and gave their heart to her. Unfortunately though, this sweet dog ended up at around age 8, with no home and no place to go. We heard about her, and set up for her to be transported to one of our incredible foster homes in Georgia. This loving and knowledgeable lady was able to put about 14 lb on each of the two rescues, who were each more than 20 lb underweight. Both of these girls had body scores of one to two which is extremely thin with hip bones, ribs and shoulders protruding and complete loss of muscle mass. They had no muscle on their legs or Hind ends. Both girls had extensive surgeries to correct the horrible skin issues they had as a result of severe fly strike from the terrible green heads and black flies down south, when they were rescued; they had surgical revision of the black scars that stretched for about 10 in length and 4 to 5 in in width. Evie had a tumor the size of a baseball coming out of her rectum, and the other older rescue girl, had a similar sized Mass hanging out of her vagina. Both of these beautiful rescue girls retained their sweet dispositions and thrived at their amazing Foster home. These surgeries were not covered by insurance and we received some donations to cover these initial surgeries.

These two special girls went through a lot. They are miracles. Evie went on to become a wonderful evaluator, and her incredible intelligence and kindness, empathy if you would towards special children and adults, was further honed and trained into her becoming a tether dog, light Mobility dog, and even Comfort dog. Evie has trained dozens and dozens of handlers, special kids and veterans, and has endeared herself to all who meet her. She found her life of service to others.

Tragically, only a couple of weeks ago, Evie was found to have a very Advanced and metastatic cancer. The cancer covers her insides as she had ruptures of two nodes that were softball size, and that spewed the Cancer all throughout her abdomen and the rest of her body. But this is no ordinary dog. This is a fighter. This is an amazing soul whose time on this Earth is nowhere near over. Evie went into surgery, clinically normal. Blood work was great and no reason to think there was anything wrong. It was not until the CT scan revealed some strange results that we even know there was anything wrong with her. She is very stoic indeed as is common with her breed. Once the surgery began, the gifted surgeons realized that this was no ordinary situation and no ordinary dog. Evie initially had 1,000 mL of fluid in her lungs, 3000 milliliters of fluid in her abdomen, and cancer literally on almost every organ. The morning of the surgery, she had another 600 ml of fluid in her lungs. Not at all a good sign. The surgeons finished, removed her omentum, which was full of cancer, her spleen, and the huge burst masses inside of her. The prognosis for the average dog would have ended there. But not for evie. She is a fighter. It was expected that her lungs would continue to fill with fluid, after two thoracentesis procedures, it was expected that her lungs would refill with fluid as is normal and common. But not easy. 2 days post- surgery, her lungs were still clear. No one has a clue why they did not fill up again but this is Evie. She's not going anywhere.

The initial prognosis was days to weeks for her, but after the second day and such a quick recovery from surgery, we now have a glimmer of hope! Because of her indomitable spirit and fight, she is now a candidate for chemotherapy. Chemotherapy with dogs is not the same as chemotherapy for humans. It is tolerated very well typically, much more so than for humans. The surgery is extremely expensive as is the chemotherapy to save her and prolong her quantity and quality of life. But she is worth it and she is a young nine, with lots of spunk. Now we are asking, pleading for help with this incredible dog who has given so much to so many.

We will need approximately another $10,000 for the chemotherapy and potential thoracentesis in the future. Please share this special dog's special story. Please donate what you can to help this sweet girl who has helped children with cancer, children with autism, veterans with PTSD and Mobility challenges, children who are cancer survivors, and parents who needed to trained to utilize the service dogs their kids would receive. This dog has given so much. Please give what you can and share. We don't want this amazing creature to leave this earth, remembering the severe neglect she suffered, but rather the kindness of strangers who became friends. Please share her story, because this may help another sweet dog, and it may save Evie's life.

Thank you!!!

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By MERLINS KIDS INC.

Help Service Dog Evie

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