Dogs become beloved members of the family. However, some owners are forced to say goodbye to their four-legged companions when faced with costly veterinary treatments for unexpected illnesses or injuries.
Recently, one Florida man thought he would have to put down his dog named Jaxon after armed robbers broke into his home this past Thursday night and shot him in his right eye. “Inside of our house we saw a guy running at us with a mask and a hood, and he had a gun,” said Ireneo Santos.
“At least 3, 4 rounds at first just come flying in the door hitting the door ricocheting off of everything we were scared,” Santos said of the break-in, which happened just after 1 a.m. Santos and a friend staying at the house managed to fight off one of the robbers, but not before Jaxon was hit with by a bullet.
“I see a big pool of blood right there, and I’m like oh man, I think they shot my friend, and I realized it wasn’t him, it was my dog,” said Santos, who found Jaxon bleeding from his face and crying. “It was really hard to see.” Jaxon miraculously survived but needed emergency life-saving surgery, which Santos couldn’t afford.
Santos couldn’t bare the idea of putting Jaxon down and decided to try and start a GoFundMe page to raise money for his surgery, but soon after found out that an anonymous donor went straight to the vet and paid for the entire surgery. Jaxon ended up losing his eye, but will make a full recovery and has already been sent home.
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Miracle Dog Is Found Alive After Robbers Shoot Him In The Eye is an article from: LifeDaily