As many of you know, Sophia is a rescue puppy being fostered by me in NYC. If you haven't been following her story, please scroll down to earlier posts.
Update 9/19/08- Sophia and I went to the AMC to visit the neurosurgeon and get the final details of her surgery. The doctor explained that just "closing" her dangerous bubble is not an option. If we do that, her bubble will just continue to reform and come back over & over again.
Instead, a metal plate would need to be implanted in the bubble's place to keep it from coming back. Her tiny body will continue to grow over the next year which would mean several of these same surgeries and plate replacements until she is fully grown.
Our objective is to get her to her 1st birthday and have the surgery then. We will not put her through several surgeries. The risks are too high. We do not have the funds. And we are not keeping Sophia alive to have a life of surgeries. This chip-in is to cover the expense of that surgery.....removing the deadly bubble and implating a metal plate in its place.
