Hero, the husky puppy rescued by Alleys Rescued Angels, died Sunday night.
Although surgery Sunday morning was successful in removing fluid from his brain and placing a shunt to help remove the rest, while in surgery Hero’s heart stopped. Doctors were able to revive him, but he continued bleeding internally and died about 6 p.m.
“I am so sorry and sad to tell you all that our Hero passed at 5:51pm. Thank you to all of you for being right with Hero this whole time, for donations to help with his huge bills, for your support of me and this rescue,” Alleys Angels founder and head Alison Ramirez wrote on the group’s Facebook wall Sunday night.
“Hero will be privately cremated and will come back to his rescue where he belongs. Please continue to donate in Hero’s honor so we can pay his bills and help the next one in need.”
For information on how to contact Alleys Angels and donate to help with Hero’s bills and other dogs in need, click here or here.
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Hero is fighting for his life.
The husky pup was dumped at a shelter in Los Angeles County by his owners two days after Christmas, says Alison Ramirez, who heads Alleys Rescued Angels, a nonprofit group based in Corona.
The shelter contacted her, Ramirez emailed, “knowing how I love the huskies,” asked if her group could save him, and Ramirez agreed. Her group takes animals facing euthanasia at shelters throughout Southern California.
The pup likely was dumped, she wrote, because of the seizures.
Figuring out what was wrong with the little pup, who Ramirez believes was taken from his mother at far too young an age, has been difficult. According to her blog about Hero on Siberian Nation, Hero continued to have seizures and appeared to be blind in one eye.
Although treatment would promise to be costly and not guaranteed, Ramirez and others decided they had to do all they could to help him. A neurologist at VCA All-Care Animal Referral Center in Fountain Valley is treating Hero, Ramirez wrote. Hero’s age is a factor in his favor, Ramirez says the neurologist said.
His diagnosis, according to the blog: a pocket of fluid on his brain is causing the seizures, loss of sight and other problems. He was scheduled to have surgery at All-Care over the weekend to place a shunt in his brain to draw off the fluid.
“Hero is a fighter,” Ramirez wrote. “I know we can’t save them all but we save many and I think we can save him.” Saving Hero will cost Alleys Rescued Angels thousands of dollars. The group is hoping to raise at least $9,000 several ways:
•Through a ChipIn
•Through selling posters designed by artist Alisa Bradish. All sales of the $25 poster will go toward Hero’s care.
•Through the group’s website
•Via mail to P.O. Box 79246, Corona CA 92877
•The group also is looking for businesses willing to allow them to place donation boxes.
