Clarice's fund

Every year, about 50% of our rescue dogs come to us as "heartworm positive." This means that, due to the negligence of the the humans in their life so far, they were not given the inexpensive, monthly medication that PREVENTS this condition. And so, we begin the 90-day process to kill off the worms. Including the pre-treatment medicine, xrays and immiticide, the cost to treat a dog for heartworms costs approximately $600 per dog. For larger dogs, the cost is even higher.

Please consider helping us continue to provide this life-saving treatment to the dogs in our care.

Clarice's story

 

Clarice was a beautiful girl who was saved from a high-kill shelter outside of Houston in January 2017.  Within a few days, she became increasingly lethargic and stopped eating. Clarice had Caval Syndrome caused by a very heavy burden of heartworms that went ignored for too long. After 10 days of supportive care, blood transfusions and steroids, Clarice underwent open heart surgery to manually remove the worms from her heart. She survived the surgery but unfortunately died in recovery due to a pulmonary embolism.

Clarice was something special. Everyone who met her, used one word to describe her - SWEET! Her death was met with tears from all of the doctors involved in her care, their staff, volunteers and strangers who followed her story. She fought so hard to live, but it was not to be.

Clarice's fund is our tribute to this amazing dog who touched so many.

You can view videos of her surgery below. Please note these videos are graphic.

You can read the details of Clarice's journey and see more photos here.