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💚help Sikhana battle DIABETES 💚 ✨hope for our boy✨

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🐾💚Sikhana💚🐾 went to the vet with a skin allergy and is now DIABETIC due to prednisone he is 2 in December any help is much appreciated

Christchurch, Canterbury

Hello wonderful people I am the proud mum to my beautiful boy sikhana he is a 1 year 11mth old bullmastiff x with the most sweetest soul you would ever know due to unforeseen events with pets we opted to put money away per fortnight rather then insurance doggo acc was up to $1100 for emergency’s 😍June this year we took sikhana to his vet with a skin allergy he was a healthy 65kg given antibz we were back 3weeks later as it hadn’t cleared he was given a cortisone injec and prescribed prednisone this cleared great we were the told to try and tapper down his dose then stop however he then got a ear infection and hotspot and was deteriorating rapidly loosing weight not eating vomiting drinking loads peeing more and accidents inside the vet said restart prednisone however that night he wasent well I seeked advise from Takurua vets in chch whom then acted swiftly sikhana was very ill needing fluids scans X-rays this for the first day cost us $1200 we were told we could take him home however he may not make it through the night this was absolutely traumatising and heartbreaking for us all he is a huge part of our family he made it through the night back to vet next day for fluids and to get him settled enough to go thru surgery they thought there may of been an obstruction causing him to be so ill we were est $4500 we went ahead but he was not better long story short he’s now a diabetic due to the prednisone this seems so unfair another $4800 10,000 it’s cost all help is grateful

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All funds will be paid to sikhanas vet balance

Ongoing weekly vet checks

Ongoing Medication - insulin he is currently having 27untis x2 per day (hopefully this is temporary)

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🎄💚libre2 is still in place day 7💚🎄  15 December 2025

Well day 7 of being on toujeo and the libre2 is still in place well some bay boy you have done well all tho still rolling around and being cheeky this morning he had a reading of 14.5 which is th lowest he’s ever been at fingers x we can keep him at a safe level the toujeo will take at least 7-10 days to settle in his body it’s like a slow releasing insulin where is the caninsulin was fast acting I have high hopes for our boy

Vet check again next week and also the libre2 will be removed maybe another put in place unsure at this stage we want to get him as stable as possible through Xmas 🎄

Thanking you all for your continued support and sharing it really means a lot to us we appreciate this time of year is super hard on everybody and we are all just trying to get by so thanking each and everyone of you whom have been in a position to be able donate or share 🎄🙏🐾thank you merry Xmas 🎄 to all safe travels and a very happy new year🎅🎄🐾

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Guest Donor
Guest Donor 3 days ago
all the best ❤️
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Toni Teokotai

🎄🙏🐾thankyou so so very much your support is so much appreciated thankyou and big paw hugs to you 🎄merry Xmas🎄

Toni Teokotai
Jo
Jo 3 days ago
Big hugs Sikhana, such a beautiful boy 🐾 🐾 🫂
$10
Toni Teokotai

🎄🐾💚thankyou so very very much Jo your support is appreciated muchly big paw hugs to you 💚🎄merry Xmas 🎄

Toni Teokotai
Kirsty
Kirsty on 11 Dec 2025
Best of luck with your fur baby
$10
Toni Teokotai

🎄❤️thanking you so very much Kristy for your support your help is so very much appreciated 🎄🐾🐶big paw hugs to you🐾🐶

Toni Teokotai
Kelly
Kelly on 09 Dec 2025
It's not much I'm sorry I hope for the best for you and your family.
$10
Toni Teokotai

🐾🐶thank you so much Kelly your support means a lot to us 🐾💚thank you big paw hugs to you 🙏🐶

Toni Teokotai
Jonathan
Jonathan on 08 Dec 2025
$10
Toni Teokotai

🐾🐶thank you so very much Jonathan your support is so much appreciated 💚🙏big paw hugs to you 🐾🙏

Toni Teokotai

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This campaign started on 6 Sep 2025 and ends on 6 Sep 2026.