Casey Vinyard

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I’m sorry it’s been a minute since I’ve posted. We’ve been trying to settle into a new routine… and honestly, just process everything that happened. This video wrecks me. Because there was a point where I didn’t know if my kids would ever get to do this again. I didn’t know if they would get to run up to Balto, wrap their arms around him, kiss his face, tell him they loved him, and have their dog standing there to receive it. But they did. He came home. After the cancer diagnosis. After the biopsies. After the three-hour drives. After surgery. After the complications. After the fever and respiratory problems. After the days I spent terrified that the phone was going to ring with the call I couldn’t handle… He came home to his babies. 😭🤍 Watching them love on him like nothing ever happened absolutely breaks me, because they don’t understand how close we came to a very different ending. They just know Balto is home. And that is everything. I have officially gone back to work following his surgery, and we are slowly trying to find our “normal” again. But I don’t think life will ever feel quite as ordinary after you’ve begged the universe to let your dog come home. Balto is doing well. He’s healing. He’s surrounded by love. But financially, we are still trying to recover from what it took to save him. The surgery, hospital stay, additional testing, complications, medications, and follow-up care left us with vet bills we are still struggling to cover. I know I have asked for help so many times. But when I watch this video, I know I would do every single bit of it again. Every dollar. Every drive. Every sleepless night. Every tear. Because my kids got their Balto back. If you can help us with the remaining vet bills, our GoFundMe is in my Linktree in my bio. If you can’t donate, please share his story. You all helped us get him home. Now we’re just trying to recover from what it cost to make sure he got here. 🤍🐾 #BaltoStrong #DogCancer #DogTok #CancerSurvivor #GoFundMe

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I got my baby home. But saving his life left us with $6,000 in medical bills. I would do it all over again. Every dollar. Every sleepless night. Every terrifying drive. Because he is here. But I’m drowning in the cost of keeping him alive. I hate begging. I hate asking again. But I need help. Please… if you can donate even $5, help us finish this fight. $6,000 left. Link in bio. #BaltoStrong #DogCancer #VetBills #HelpBalto #CancerSurvivor

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This whole thing happened so fast that sometimes I look at him and genuinely wonder if I dreamed it. One day we were just living our normal life. Hanging out in the backyard. Chasing kids around. Balto being Balto. Then suddenly there was a mass. Cancer. Three-hour drives. Biopsies. CT scans. More tumors. Surgery. Nights without him. Phone calls I was terrified to answer. Thousands and thousands of dollars. And me begging the universe to please just let me bring my dog home. And now… we’re back here. In our backyard. The same backyard we were in before our entire world flipped upside down. He’s thinner. He has a giant scar. I probably watch him breathe more than any normal person should. But he’s here. He’s freaking here. I don’t think I’ve processed any of it yet. It still feels like a fever dream. Like I’m going to wake up and realize the last two months never happened. But then I look at him laying in the grass, watching my kids, soaking up the sun like nothing ever happened… and I remember just how close I came to losing this. I will never take an ordinary day with him for granted again. #BaltoStrong #CancerSucks #DogCancer #SeniorDog #Grateful