Cancer affects us in a way no other disease does.
Many of us have had a close encounter with this mass killer. Some, the lucky ones, fought the battle and survived. Others left behind an empty void and the impossible task of rebuilding our lives as they were.
Regardless of how it impacts us, Cancer is the kind of disease that makes you completely reassess your life, your values, what is important and what is not, and precisely because of this, this most difficult of journeys should never be traveled alone.
His name is Randy, he is six years old. He is Indonesian.
A stray dog, he grew on the streets where he was fed by a poor man. He was loved, or as loved as a stray dog can be.
The day his tumor started bleeding, people threw rocks at him. Noone wants to see a bleeding cancer tumor up close. Even fewer people would want to do something about and treat it. Rocks become the weapon of choice.
But that is what Carolina, from Let’s Adopt Indonesia did. Without thinking about it twice, she grabbed Randy and rushed him to our clinic in Jakarta.
The tumor is likely malignant but we will have the final results next week. For now we just have to take it out.
Some of you, I suspect (and hope) the minority, will question our decision here. What is the point of caring for of an Indonesian stray dog affected by cancer? There are so many dogs in the world. There are so many cases to save. Why invest in an animal that will eventually die when we could instead save a healthy animal?. The truth is, we will all die. None of us really buy levitra 20mg online know when. We may try to guess but we really have no way of knowing. As any cancer survivor can confirm cancer can be beaten, and the only way of doing that is trying, trying as hard you can and keeping all options open.
And that is what we are going to do with Randy.
Randy will not be alone in this journey. Not anymore. From today he will be surrounded by lovely people with beautiful, smiling faces that instead of throwing rocks at him, will do everything they can to make his life better, day after day. With your help, his tumors will be removed, chemotherapy will follow. It will be hard, but we will be next to him, every step of the way.
And so we will give Randy the helping hand every cancer patient dreams of. We are now his only family, his only friends, and even if chances are none us will ever meet him, WE WON’T LET HIM DOWN.
I have set up a Chipin specially dedicated to cover each and every need Randy may have. For life. If he stays in Indonesia his future treatment will be covered by us, regardless of how short or how long he lives, Randy will never lack the best medical care, the best food, and the company of the most beautiful people. He will live a happy and fun life, for as long as it lasts, and when the day comes when he must let go, he will go…. but not yet. Not yet.
Please contribute to Randy’s Fund today… He truly has noone else.