Update
“Hi. This might be one of the most difficult messages I’ve ever sent, so I’m going to keep it short.
Thank you so much, from the bottom of my heart, for giving Egon a second chance. We were heart broken when we went to the vet to discover he was blind. No one wants to see their baby bump into walls to gauge where they are headed.
We received his halo last Thursday. We put it on him right away and after a few adjustments, he was off to the races. We cried tears of joy. And I can’t thank you and Geno enough for that. The added photos are of that day.
Unfortunately, the next day, seemingly out of nowhere, we discovered a large mass or abscess on the side of Egon‘s face along with facial paralysis on the same side. We went to the emergency vet hoping for antibiotics and a follow up appointment only to be greeted with the worst. He was just too sick and we had to say good bye.
We didn’t have him for even a year, but I’ll never forget him. And I’ll never forget you for giving him a few days of peaceful, stress free walks. We were planning on donating his halo to the rescue we adopted him from, boston buddies of southern California. We felt this was the right course of action long before he passed since they did so much for him and they almost always have one or more dog(s) with vision impairment. If you would prefer us to send the halo back, we understand and know it will go to an equally wonderful home. But for right now, as you can imagine, it’s in hiding as I can’t bare to look at his second chance. Soon.
Thank you for this product and all you do. If I can help you at all from South OC and no car, please let me know.”
Amanda T.
Backstory
“Thank you Geno, and Muffin’s Halo, this is super kind and I appreciate anyone who reads Egon’s story.
This is our sweet boy, Egon. We adopted him last summer a few days before his 13th birthday from a local Boston Terrier rescue group. While in the care of the rescue, Egon was diagnosed and treated for cancer on the side of his face, near his eye. Unfortunately, his stiches were super itchy and while healing, he ended up scratching his eye causing a corneal ulcer. By this point, we were already planning on adopting him and had no intentions to say no now. The surgery went well and healing was slow, but successful. After another surgery to close up his eyelid and remove an ulcer from the other eye, we were told he likely could see “some” out of his left eye, but his right eye would be his “good” eye. Luckily, he never slowed down, loved walks, car rides, and playing with his dog brother. Until about a week ago when we noticed a behavior change on walks. He started bumping into walls, missing steps, and became intimidated by curbs. We wasted no time in taking him to the vet where we learned he has cataracts in his eyes and they are advancing rapidly, so quickly that it seems he was blind almost overnight. It has been so difficult to watch him bump into a wall, or even worse, find him confused in another part of the house because he can’t find us. To make matters a tad more difficult on Egon, he’s very hard of hearing, leaving his sense of touch to be his main navigator. We are hoping to fit him for a Muffin’s Halo to help him gain his confidence back and keep him safe while on walks.”
Amanda T.
