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  • Ending

      27 November 2025

    The fundraiser will be closing in a couple of days, and I want to say a heartfelt thank-you to everyone who has helped over the past few months. I also want to apologise that the path the specialist pursued didn’t seem to give us any real answers.

    Luka has recently been having episodes almost daily, with one lasting eight hours and affecting his breathing badly enough that we had to go to after-hours care the next day. He seems to get himself into a state, and after speaking with some overseas vets, it’s looking more likely that there may be an issue with his throat — possibly laryngeal paralysis.

    I’ve been given some guidance on how his throat could be checked without an endoscope by a primary vet, but we’re still struggling to find one willing to do that. For now, we’re taking things day by day. Some days are good, some not so good, and the episodes seem to happen out of nowhere. He also continues to have a constant hard swallow.

    As you can see from the invoices, the fundraiser funds were used quickly, and we’re now left with limited options.

    Thank you again for all your support. We truly don’t know what the future holds for Luka, but your help has meant more than you know.

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  • Emergency vet

      3 November 2025
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    Unfortunately we had an eventful weekend with Luka well he had one of his episodes which lasted over eight hours they somehow think he may have swallowed a little bit of the fluid and it’s gone into his lungs so he has a bit of a wheeze and a very high heart rate .

    So it took a trip to after hours to get him sorted out and he’s now on medication it’s likely he actually has Systemic lupus instead of the VCLE variant

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  • Luka vet

      24 October 2025
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    Luka has been to the vets today to resume B12 injections unfortunately oral didn’t work for him and made him sick so he has to continue weekly injections in the muscle

    He also got another 15 days of carafate pills

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  • Bloods

      22 October 2025
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    Luka has just been in today at the request of the pathologist to run a pancreas lipase test

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  • Update

      18 October 2025
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    Receipt for bloods and b12 repeat testing

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  • Invoice added

      28 September 2025
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    Weekly invoice added next week will be bigger as luka needs meds that work out to be over $800 month and the following week blood tests

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  • Luka

      23 September 2025
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    Just adding last weeks invoice for vets yes we go Weekly

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  • Luka

      14 September 2025
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    Turns out I wasn’t given a full months worth of one of the medications but only 11 days worth because the vet was out of stock

    With the full month worth and B 12 excluding blood tests and his special food and other care the costs sadly come to $859 month out of my reach I’m doing what I can till that runs dry

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  • Update

      4 September 2025
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    Vet update 4 September 2025

    Today we got a months worth of an acid medication to try while getting our B12 injection

    Luka has lost finally 600grams with alot of pushing

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  • Update

      3 September 2025

    Luka is heading to a vet tomorrow to resume a b12 injection for 4 weeks as he’s missed a week

    Also going to trial two new meds for acid reflux and stomach ulcer prevention.

    We are yet to see any change and his nausea meds are not working .

    Due to the high costs to date we are unlikely to proceed with a endoscopy given the 7k estimate for this .

    I have just added more invoices to our photo album

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  • Update

      22 August 2025
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    New invoices attached to date the nausea meds Luka has been placed and are making no difference he’s having weekly injections for around $100 each so it seems like the endoscopy may be our only hope this looks to be financially out of reach invoices for this week I added to our photos

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  • Update

      14 August 2025
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    VSA have provided the estimate for the Upper and Lower GI Endoscopy Under anaesthesia with 24hour Colonoscopy

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  • Specialist

      7 August 2025

    Today Luka seen a specialist or so we thought they just a resident so a specialist in training .

    They did an ultrasound of his tummy and a couple of blood tests the ultrasound showed nothing. They are thinking maybe IBD however this doesn’t align with any of the symptoms

    To date when this fundraiser clears I have to pay back $3830.40 on loan to me for recent charges including today .

    They are considering changing his diet though we just changed it last week

    And if this doesn’t work he would need an endoscopy for 4 1/2 grand .

    Thank you for your continued support

    I will add today’s invoices to our photos because it will only let me add one to this update and there’s three of them

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  • Vet yesterday

      2 August 2025
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    Luka had to get an appointment with his primary vet yesterday , after some increased panting episodes and weight gain in a matter of days . Whatever is going on with him is causing him to gain weight even though he has no change in his diet

    So for now he’s on codeine/paracetamol for pain which has stopped his panting

    He had his food changed from Hills joint care to Hills joint care metabolic food

    And he’s back on his nausea meds

    We see the specialist in six days time so hopefully we can get some answers sooner rather than later

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  • Update

      31 July 2025

    Thank you everyone for your amazing contributions this fundraiser will close off for donations tonight for the month ending July to be made available towards the end of August we have an appointment on 7 August with an internal specialist so any testing he needs or scans etc this will be available for us to work with him at the end of August.

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  • Dex test

      23 July 2025
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    On Monday Luka went in for his repeat eight hour low Dex test. The results come in yesterday and were a little surprising. His original low Dex test showed border line Addison’s but this one on Monday showed normal . Our only hope now would be a referral to VSA internal specialist (veterinarian specialists ) .

    We are not sure what past a consult with them this would mean and what further testing they may want to do or if they can find a diagnosis with the information we do have from other tests .

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  • Update

      19 July 2025
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    Thank you for all your help this far Luka had a repeat ACTH test on Wednesday as suspected this yeiled no results . He now has to repeat the low Dex on Monday followed by a referral to an internal specialist

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