‘Even the slightest hope’: pet owner drives 1,400km across China seeking best medical treatment for dog with paralysis
- The 5-year-old dog has had an assortment of diseases including canine coronavirus since he was adopted at two months old
- After being told his latest health issue was untreatable by local vets, his owner travelled across China to Shanghai in a bid to save her pet
The woman, surnamed Chen, from Dongguan in Guangdong province, undertook the cross-country journey with her five-year-old dog named Qiuqiu earlier this month, Chinese video-sharing platform 021 Video reported on Wednesday.
Qiuqiu has had an assortment of diseases including canine parvovirus and canine coronavirus since Chen adopted him when he was just two months old.
When Qiuqiu was four years old, he developed acute renal failure (ARF), but pulled through after Chen paid for expensive medical treatment.
“I’ve never expected that he would get paralysis so soon after he had ARF,” Chen said.
Despite Qiuqiu’s need for constant medical support, Chen said she has never once considered giving up on him. When she discovered Qiuqiu had paralysis at the beginning of this month, she made every effort to get medical treatment in Dongguan and nearby Guangzhou.
The diagnosis from the local vet hospitals Chen went to told her that Qiuqiu’s case was hopeless. However, she refused to accept this and decided to take Qiuqiu to Shanghai to see if she could find someone who could help save her beloved pet.
