Hi, my name is Donna and I am Rosie’s servant and have been for the last 9 years.
Rosie Beagle is currently in ICU recovering from major life-saving surgery (removal of the gallbladder, spleen, and partial liver)…for those who love to be blinded with science this is Cholecystectomy, Splenectomy, and Partial Liver Lobectomy!
This surgery all took place yesterday at Davies in Shillington, a little village close to Hitchin, Hertfordshire.

I have set up this fundraiser as we have maxed out our insurance with Petplan and really need a little help to cover the rest of the costs and some ongoing medications.
We are also trying to pick up bank shifts in the hospitals we work at and are likely to need to do that for the next 6-12 months.

We were covered for £4k and had asked for this to be increased at the renewal…this was refused by the underwriting team as we had maxed it out 2 years on the trot!
This has left us in a very difficult position and my daughter has to plough all of her savings into saving Rosie’s life.
We were given 3 options…
1) put her to sleep
2) bring her home and treat the gut condition (she wouldn’t have lasted 24 hours as we now know the gallbladder was about to burst)
3) have the surgery (high risk and high cost)

She is by no means out of the woods as gallbladder removal is risky for 14 days post-op…at present, we are just taking things hour by hour and waiting on an update from the surgeon.

We had already had a tough week as our cat Princess collapsed last Thursday evening out of the blue and had to be rushed to Village Vet in St Albans. She was treated for severe clinical shock and they saved her life. However, sadly she has a huge tumour on her spleen which is inoperable and she has come home for palliative care. We were already devastated at this news and then this happened with Rosie in the early hours of Monday morning.

I am simply asking if you would be kind enough to forgo your morning coffee and instead donate that cost to Rosie’s fundraiser.

I will continue to post daily updates on here as have been in the beagle communities on Facebook since we were lucky enough to be owned by Rosie and had a wonderful time taking part in the Beagle World Record, going to beagle events, and joining group walks. I’ve made some lovely friends along the way whose lives I follow with interest…it’s not always about the beagles!!!!

Thank you for reading if you got this far.

Love and Licks

Rosie Beagle and her servant Donna