Frankie’s Friends Hope Fund helped Onyx receive lifesaving foreign body surgery at BluePearl in Levittown PA. This is a note from Onyx’s family.
“Onyx came into my life when he was 8 weeks old and I was 19. I’ve come across a lot of animals in my lifetime, but never experienced a soul mate in the form of a dog until the minute I saw him. There is truly nothing like your first dog as an adult. He’s been with me thru so many stages of life - different jobs, different homes, different relationships, becoming a mother - and he is ultimately what saved me and made me a better person. I’ve spent a good part of my early 20s having no direction, feeling lost
or behind, but he is the reason I’m still here and have any speck of motivation to live. He saved my life in more ways than one by being a consistent part of me for almost a decade, fiercely loyal to me, and protective of me. I became a veterinary technician in 2014, and have worked in general practice, emergency, and specialty. I have helped so many owners and their pets in heartbreaking situations - I’ve dedicated my life to it, and unfortunately something that comes with that commitment is long work hours and low pay. The entire field as a whole struggles with it, by choice, because there is nothing else we were put on this planet to do than to love and save animals. I miss out on so much of my kids’ lives because I am there for other pets sun up to sun down - I’ve done this song and dance countless times, but nothing prepares you for being on the other side of things. For all the dedication I’ve poured into people and their pets, if I couldn’t be there for my own pet when he needed it the most, I would have never been able to forgive myself. He has been a healthy and happy dog, an absolute joy in all our lives - there is absolutely no way I was giving up when placed in a life-or-death situation. Unfortunately, low pay and high rent means no savings account. I truly had no options to lean on, and it broke my heart in the worst way to try to come to terms with that fact. When I was informed of Frankie’s Friends Funding, it gave me hope and the satisfaction of knowing that because of this program, I am able to do everything I can for him - which is what he deserves. I owe that to him. I genuinely cannot even express what it means to me that this program exists, because without it, I would be saying goodbye to Onyx - and that’s not something I was willing or ready to do in a situation that’s fixable. This funding saved not just my dogs life, but mine too, and I will forever be grateful for it.”
