i am so happy to see Emma doing a bit better today. we will keep praying for her to recover, but even after she does she will need to be treated with gentle care. I always say like a china doll. There are other organizations out there that will help with vet costs to help families in need. I will try to get some names together so you can research them. Some there are a lot of hoops you have to jump through but then if Emma needs it I am sure you will be doing a lot of jumping.
I will pm you these groups and organizations. I will also try and start a candle site for Emma.

Candle link for Emma
 

Okay I am here to place a link to Emma's candle ceremony. I hope you do not mind Ken. I know that Yorkie Talk prayers go a long way. You click on the link and click on a candle that is not lite and follow the directions it is very easy.
Hope this works if not please someone tell me what I am doing wrong.
http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/...?l=eng&gi=Emma
It works I tried it.

Thank you so very much, Val...I will go now to light a candle and say my prayers for Emma...

The Candle Prayers Are A Great Idea... So Appreciated Too!

Just Lit My Candle...... Thank You All So Much.... I Am Totally Overwhelmed With Gratitude For Your Kindness & Concern.
I Truly Am!

Ken you are quite welcome. I know what it is like to be in your shoes. So I like to try and help as much as I can. I do not have the funds to help but I do try and get the information to help others. It just hurts me inside to see anyone go through what I did with my little guy Babybear. We still fight everyday for him to walk. And if him and I can give help to another pup in need we will do our best to do so.
Big prayers to you , your family and of course Emma.

We lit a candle for Emma, too. Praying she continues to recovery even if very slowly. Praying also that Ken has the strength to continue to persevere with Emma's care. There will be someone out there to help her!!!!

Friday - How is Emma?
 

Praying that Emma has improved since yesterday's report.

What an angel she is. My heart breaks for all of you.

Ken, I pray you are getting enough sleep.

I've lit a candle and await today's news.

I will light a candle for your baby

I lit my candle. Get well Emma. Hope your feeling better today.

Hugs,

Any news? Praying for her pain to ease.

Lit my candle tonight.

Emma Update Friday Afternoon
 

WELL... I WISH I HAD BETTER NEWS TO REPORT... MADE LOTS OF CALLS TO MANY VETS AND VET HOSPITALS.... THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT IS THAT IN THIS TOWN THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR SEEMS TO RULE. I DON'T GET IT... MAYBE I LIVE IN SOME SORT OF ALTERNATE UNIVERSE BUT EVEN IN OUR SITUATION WE STILL GIVE, WE STILL DONATE, WE STILL DO COMMUNITY SERVICE... JUST BECAUSE IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. IT'S HOW I WAS RAISED AND BESIDES... IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD TO DO A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE AND NOT GET "FOUND OUT"! I GUESS PRO BONO WORK IS JUST FOR KIDS IN 3RD WORLD COUNTRIES WITH CLEFF PALETS AND ALIKE.

OK... SO I AM NOT GOING TO LET IT SULLY MY OUTLOOK ON THE WORLD... IT'S JUST A SHAME. BEING A DOG LOVER ALTERS MY PERCEPTION OF WHAT SHOULD BE FAIR I AM SURE....LIABILITY IS PROBABLY A CONCERN OF THEIRS .. BUT I HEARD AN AWFUL LOT OF EXCUESES WHEN I ASKED "WHY WON'T THEY HELP"? I THINK BACK TO WHEN I FOUND A RABBIT INJURIED IN OUR BACK YARD AND TOOK IT UP TO THE VET TO GET IT SOME HELP A FEW YEARS AGO... THEY SAID THAT SINCE IT WAS NOT A DOMESTIC ANIMAL THEY, FOR 70.00 WOULD OFFER TO PUT IT TO SLEEP. I WAS APPAULED & WE ALL TOOK TURNS NURSING IT BACK TO HEALTH. WITHIN 2 WEEKS HE / SHE / IT WAS READY FOR THE WORLD AGAIN AND WE RELEASED HIM.

ANYHOW... BACK TO EMMA.... SHE'S IN THE CRATE, IN AND OUT OF PAIN, HEAD AND NECK ARE NOW TWITCHING EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.... I AM EXHAUSTED, WIFE IS EXHAUSTED, EMMA IS VERY THIN AND SEEMS WEAK TODAY...LAST NIGHT SHE WAS LAYING ON MY LAP AND BREATHING REALLY HARD AND DEEP... NOT PANTING MIND YOU BUT ... I GUESS YOU WOULD CALL IT LABORED. SHE WAS REALLY & HAD BEEN LAYING VERY STILL SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS A DANGER SIGN OR NOT.

TELL ME SOMETHING.... IF G-D FORBID EMMA PASSES AWAY... ARE ALL / MOST YORKIES OF THIS TYPE OF TEMPERMENT? FUN & FUNNY, LOVING, GREAT WATCHDOGS, STUBBORNE TO HOUSETRAIN AND JUST WONDERFUL LOVING LITTE "DOGPEOPLE". I REALLY CAME TO LOVE HER SO MUCH... CYRUS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE "MY DOG" AND EMMA WAS TO BE MY WIFE'S "DREAM" DOG. TURNED OUT THAT IN NO TIME EMMA STOLE ALL OUR HEARTS AND IS AN IMPORTANT MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY!

ANYHOW....SHE'S IN A LOT OF PAIN AS I WRITE THIS....THINKING I WILL TRIM HER UP AND MAKE HER LOOK PRETTY.... WE SAVED FOR A LONG TIME TO HAVE A YORKIE AND CHANCES ARE NOT GOOD THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE ANOTHER....I SWEAR IT IS LIKE HAVING A FAMILY MEMBER ILL.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT... I NEED SOME REST... THIS HAS BEEN EXHAUSTING. PICTURE OF ME INCLUDED SO YOU CAN SEE I'M JUST A REGULAR GUY WITH A SOFT SPOT F0R MY EMMA.

OLBEAR / KEN

I lit a candle. I am continuing to pray for Emma

i know you are doing everything you can for emma. I do hope she gets better soon. I've been following your thread for the past few days. its very sad. i know the surgery to fix her is a couple thousand dollars and its not easy money to come up with.

Most vets do accept care credit but what some people on this thread need to understand is that care credit doesn't always give you the money you need for surgery. Its highly unlikely that they are going to give the total amount or near the total amount for this surgery and sometimes they won't give anything at all.

Ken, i know lots of people here have thrown different ideas at you telling you that you need to get her medical attention. I'm not going to question what your doing to help her, because just by reading your posts i can tell your doing everything you know how to do to get her help. I would just like to offer another idea possibility. When i wanted to get laser eye surgery i knew it was going to cost me $4000, and i also knew that i did not have this money. So i began researching credit cards that would give me a high credit with no interest for the first year. I ended up getting an american express clear card. I put the surgery on that and put down a few hundred or whatever i had each month. At the end of the year i still didn't have it paid off so i got a discover card with no interest for a year and transfered the balance of the american express to the discover card and was finally able to pay it off. just wanted to share my experience.

good luck to you and emma.


and yes most yorkies are just like you described emma give or take. :)

Ken, Thank you for the update.

Prayers continue for Emma, you and your wife and children.

Do you even know a ballpark dollar figure for what it would cost for an MRI & additional care for Emma? Just wondering if you had a dollar amt if together we might all be able to make a difference for Emma.

Yorkies are wonderful pets as far as I'm concerned, but I didn't know that first hand until a few years ago.

Praying for peaceful sleep for the regular guy you are.