Author: Lea

We have many updates to share, so today we would like to address all the comments and messages inquiring about little Roxie. 

First, we would like to thank you all for your outpouring of love and support for our fragile girl – we could never do any of what we do without YOU! 

Roxie is continuing to receive medicated baths every other day. She is currently receiving supportive care; fluids twice a day, B12, and nutritional supplements. She has received a Convenia antibiotic injection to help heal her destroyed skin. Eye medications have helped to reduce the swelling in her eyes, one eye does have an ulcer and we are of course treating that as well. 

We are offering a few small meals throughout the day but she does not have much of an appetite yet. It is our hope that once she feels better physically she will eat more. 

All that said, Roxie does spend most of her time resting, has made some doggie friends that she enjoys cuddling with, and is showing us her strength, resilience and how much she wants to live this second chance at life. Together with your help, we are working hard to make it happen. 

Our promise to Roxie is to provide her with a safe and loving environment for the rest of her life, for no matter how long she is with us. 

Found outside in a bag, this tiny senior girl was discarded like a piece of garbage. Her eyes swollen, crusted shut, scabs and sores all over her skin hidden by matted hair full of feces. Her frail body tells us a story of horrendous abuse/neglect. 

When the shelter reached out to us for help we immediately said yes – how could we not.

We have named this precious soul Roxie and she is now safe here at Paws Give Me Purpose! 

The heartless individuals who dumped her are still out there somewhere. It’s just unfathomable the unnecessary cruelty that people can commit and then walk away. Have we as human beings lost our ability to care?

Roxie’s life matters – she is a living being just like us with feelings and should have been treated with kindness, compassion and dignity!

Roxie is emaciated, she has a body score of 3/9. She has been shaved down, is receiving medicated baths and the urgent medical care she needs and deserves. 

Both her spirit and body are completely broken; we only hope it is not too late to help her and give her this second chance to live the life she deserved all along. 

Please help us pick up pieces of her broken heart – we cannot do this without YOU!

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By Mail:
Paws Give Me Purpose Inc.
2 Jade Lane 
Cherry Hill, NJ 08002

Directly toward our Vet bills:
House Paws Mobile Veterinary Service 
(856) 234-5230

“True Compassion means not only feeling another’s pain but also being moved to help relieve it.” – Daniel Galeman

Found on the floor of her kennel by one of our volunteers, this precious senior soul was unable to move. She was in pain and the shelter did not have the resources to help her, so we took her under our wing. 

We named her Marley and took her directly to the emergency Vet. We immediately began pain management and then exams began so we could identify the cause of her condition.

As it turned out, radiographs revealed a thoracic spinal fracture with dorsal displacement. She did not have any deep pain in the left hind and no real pain response in her back at all. We had a specialist examine the radiographs for a second opinion and they told us how poor her quality of life would be, even with surgery. The only responsible course of treatment was helping her cross over.

At Paws Give Me Purpose we put quality of life above all else. Even when we know a dog is here in hospice, and there will be an impending passing and are prepared for it, it is still one of the toughest phases we go through – and it never gets easier.

This is one of those gut wrenching decisions that we sometimes have to make, but also a loving kindness that Marley deserved. She was only with us for a few hours, we loved her beyond measure, and held her tight as she peacefully gained her Angel wings. 

No dog should die alone in a shelter simply because they are no longer wanted by those who were supposed to love them forever. 

And Marley left this world in a room full of love with a smile on her face. 

This is what we do here at Paws Give Me Purpose.