The Beef's Knees

10/17/2023

Surgery #1 complete. They said he was perfect and woke up very smoothly. They did confirm his meniscus tore on the right side so it was released. Now we are trying to get through rehabbing his right leg without the left going out. Ideally Beef should have his second surgery in four weeks. Needless to say, I used all saved funds today to finance his surgery, plus maxed out my $1300 of care credit. So we are starting from scratch for the second surgery. I would’ve waited until I had enough for both knees, but with the torn meniscus- we are now on a time crunch.

We are home. It was a struggle but now he’s sleeping. He will be on kennel rest for a month, and then to a confined space afterwards. By two months he will be able to go on short leash walks to potty. He gets a laser treatment in three days which I also do not have funding for yet.

Please continue to support Beethoven through this extensive and trying rehabilitation process via my gofundme, by purchasing merchandise from our shop, or via CashApp $beefthebully
Additional to surgery, rehab runs $130 for two services weekly.
This includes laser treatment, treadmill, PT, and laser therapy.

Thank you everyone for your donations 🥩

https://www.gofundme.com/f/jvgek5-help-my-service-dog-walk-again?member=28325295&sharetype=teams&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer

09/04/2023

Beef is out of meds, and running out of time! His fair and comfort is getting worse. Please consider donating, and please share! If he lapses over a year out of service work, he’ll likely regress too far to resume. Hoping I can prevent that!

https://gofund.me/39208619

08/21/2023

Beef and his little bestie 🥩🖤

08/21/2023

Zen Beef 🥩

08/21/2023

We have half of one knee funded!! Please continuing donating, sharing, and checking out our products 🖤

08/14/2023

Reppin!

08/10/2023

- Beef

08/03/2023

He doesn’t understand why he can’t go places with me anymore. He just sits and waits by the door.

Help fund his ability to go places with me again and do what he loves!

https://gofund.me/39208619

& check out our store for cute products!

08/02/2023

Beef: Mom, chicken nuggies will help my knees feel better.
Me: Nice try!

08/02/2023

I had to take a couple days to myself to compose myself and take a well deserved break. From the day of his diagnosis for a week straight I had been working nonstop 18+ hours a day on fundraising, flyers, marketing, applying for grants, social media updates, videos, designing products, etc. On Monday we had our surgery consult with Gateway at Fox Creek Veterinary Hospital. Riding in the car was a bit difficult, but we had him on top of some pillows and blankets to keep him comfortable. A chunk of the money we raised went towards that. We have $800 remaining from the GoFundMe and my $1300 care credit approval, meaning we need $4,200 to get him scheduled for his first surgery. He is on three pains medications twice daily, every twelve hours. He can manage to walk, but is fairly uncomfortable still. The main concern right now is getting surgery done before there is more damage to the joints. The surgeon said the meniscus is the main concern, and when they perform the TPLO surgeries they will release the meniscus to prevent tears in the future. The surgeon was absolutely incredible answering all my questions and details about the surgeries. He will need the first surgery surgery, then the other done four weeks after. Please continue sharing, donating, and spreading the word so we can raise enough money to take care of Mr. Beef. Thank you again so much for everyone's help so far, I'm staying positive and ecstatic that we will get where we need quickly. Thank you again!

Beef & Lucy

07/31/2023