Help Me Heal
Animals We Have Helped
 
 

Welcome to our Help Me Heal Program

The animals enrolled in the Help Me Heal Program face treatments ranging from minor to serious and some must spend many weeks recovering in the Medical Center. The staff at the Alex Lewyt Veterinary Medical Center provides medical care for the nearly 25,000 dogs, cats, puppies and kittens that enter North Shore Animal League America’s doors each year. Once the animals are healthy, they can be placed in our Adoption Center. At this point, our dedicated staff works extremely hard to find the most perfect, loving, new home for them.

This extraordinary program helps animals receive the surgery they need to live a happy and healthy normal life. The Help Me Heal animals rely on kindhearted donations to assist with their medical issues.

Read about our latest HMH animal below.

My name is Pink and had the Animal League not rescued me and placed me in their life-saving Help Me Heal Program, I would not be here today. I would have been euthanized. Prior to coming here, I was severely neglected. Neglect takes its toll in many ways – physically and mentally. Though I am not beyond repair, I need a lot of care.

I have some medical issues that will need surgical correction. I have bilateral medial patellar luxations (MPLs) in my hind legs. That means that my knees slip out of their sockets. When this happens, it is very painful. Sometimes MPLs don’t progress to cause lameness, but mine are advanced and require surgery to fix them.

I also have inguinal hernias. These are tears in the wall of my groin, which are common in pregnant dogs or dogs that have been pregnant. Hernias range from minor to life threatening and mine need surgical repair.

The Animal League thinks I may have originally come from a puppy mill where animals are cruelly forced to produce litters for profit and receive no medical care. It is likely that I’ve had too many litters and my body is very tired and worn.

No one has properly cared for me in a long time, but here at the Animal League, I am truly loved. I’ve never known such tenderness.

The Animal League has promised me that I will never be mistreated or neglected again. I am going to get corrective surgery on both my knees and my hernias. I will be lovingly cared for and respected. I will be treated with dignity and love. For all of this and more, I am truly grateful.

Thank you so much for supporting the Help Me Heal Program. Your contributions to this program help so many pets like me – pets who have been hurt, neglected, abused and who have taken ill. All of us deserve a chance at happiness and your generosity guarantees we will have it.




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