Roscatel’s story goes like this:
“Roscatel (Redhead) urgently needs help. He is a stray who used to live in the huge campus at the Veterinary Medicine Faculty in Bucharest. Unfortunately nobody seemed to notice or care that he was not well. I saw him for the first time on the 3rd of April, in a pause between classes – I’m a first year student, but I also have a job in Craiova, so I couldn’t continue to take care of him. I took him to the Faculty’s Clinic, he was seen by doctors and suspected to suffer from a ruptured diaphragm. He got free radiography (as I am a student), the radiologist told me it doesn’t look like a rupture but that he has a lot of fluid in the thoracic cavity and every day without treatment is decreasing his survival chances. Unfortunately he couldn’t (or rather wouldn’t) be hospitalized in the Faculty’s Clinic. But they recommended Ortovet (a private clinic) to me. The NGOs in Bucharest didn’t have an available place to keep him, they told me to call back in a few days. I had very little money with me (and I had to go back to the job in my town, I postponed it for the next day), that’s why I arrived at Ortovet late in the evening, with the help of an acquaintance who has a car and lent me some money – now I need to pay that money back and I don’t have it, but I couldn’t let the dog die.
Today, April 5, he was given a thoracic puncture and we’re waiting for the results of the medical tests. On the 3rd of April I paid 164 RON (40 Eur) = hospitalization for two days (until April 5) and treatment for a day + emergency tax. I must give this sum back to the person who helped me and I don’t have it.
I hope that on Monday, April 8, this case would be taken over by an NGO in Bucharest, but I can’t be sure of it. Anyway, Monday, April 8, is another pay day, for 4 days of treatment and other 3 days of hospitalization, blood tests, thoracic puncture + cytology exam. In total 330 RON (82 EUR).”
And indeed we took over the case, debts included. We paid 427 RON at Ortovet. Roscatel was hospitalized for a long time and then, when he was stable, he was taken to the shelter. Unfortunately the thoracic fluid is always building up again and it needs to be removed regularly. The procedure is extremely risky in itself. He was on the verge of death at his first puncture at Ortovet. Roscatel is one of the cases we didn’t have time to promote, but now we are in a rather difficult financial situation and we desperately need help. Our debts are over 3000 RON for the special cases and the neutering program. Please help us to pay our debts so we can continue to help suffering animals.
We remind you the accounts in which you can donate:
Asociatia pentru protectia animalelor Robi
CIF 13765439 BCR 2
Cont RON: BCR 2 RO16RNCB0073049952070001
Cont EURO: BCR 2 RO05RNCB0073049952070005
Cont USD: BCR 2 RO32RNCB0073049952070004
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We thank you once again for helping the animals in our care.