Help us raise funds to save my mum's puppy 'Maggie Jackson'

Maggie is a Shih-Tzu Maltese and is only 17 weeks old.

She was purchased in good faith to be 100% healthy and become a companion dog for my mother who has early on-set dementia.

Unfortunately at Maggie's second vaccination it was noted that she was failing to thrive and weighed only 1kg after 12 weeks. This was the first warning sign of her potential condition.

Blood tests revealed she has a congenital condition which is a Portosystemic Shunt. Without surgery she may not live a very long life.

Maggie has already had an ultrasound, specialist appointment in Christchurch via Zoom and now she needs to have a CT dye contrast to determine whether Maggie is a candidate for lifesaving surgery to close off the extra shunt coming from her liver.

Maggie is so full of life and next level clever and cute and means the world to my mum.

This scan is not cheap and beyond my mum's means so we are reaching out to raise enough money so Maggie can have this CT. The cost is up to $3300 for the CT and a further $8,000 if she is a candidate for the surgery.

Maggie is insured but because this is a congenital condition she is not covered.

If you were to meet her and see the joy she gives my mum you would understand why we are trying to give this wee dot the best chance of life.

Any support you can give would be amazing. Thank you.