Kale ARPH #14699
PLEASE HELP US SAVE BABY KALE!
Today (June 19) was dedicated to rescuing this poor little guy that we have named Kale. He wandered up to the house of a Good Samaritan last night, almost as if asking for help. Once we got him into D/FW from East Texas, we rushed him to the ER immediately.
Baby Kale, all of ~4 months old, has suffered a great deal for such a tender, young age. He has severe and significant wounds to his face and mouth that are indicative of a dog or animal attack. He has a de-gloving injury to his lower jaw (hopefully it isn’t broken), and several large, gaping wounds on his face. Several of the wounds are infected, have discharge, and even maggots. While this may seem gross, they are nature’s clean-up crew and hopefully have helped his injuries from getting worse.
To give Baby Kale the best prognosis and chance of survival, we are hospitalizing him for the weekend (at least) to attempt to stabilize him and address the immediate issues. He already has a catheter in, fluids going, and great pain meds on board. We are waiting on blood work results, will be taking x-rays, and also sedating him to clip and clean those wounds. He will be receiving around the clock care with consistent monitoring to ensure he continues to improve, but this can be very costly.
The bill for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday sits around $5,500. In addition, he is looking at a potential procedure with the oral surgery team (his consult is on Monday) to repair his lower jaw issues. This will be an additional several thousand.
We always believe in providing the best veterinary care for our rescue pups. If you would like to help us continue delivering gold-standard medicine, please consider donating to Baby Kale
You can donate by using his personal PayPal button located below. A PayPal account is not needed. Donations can also be mailed. Any donations exceeding Kale's expenses will be reserved for other ARPH dogs in need.
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DAY 2 UPDATE - Kale (June 20, 2026)
First and foremost, please share this far and wide. We haven’t had as many donations as we were hoping for to help cover the cost of this weekend - but every single one is so greatly appreciated and goes directly to baby Kale.
We learned something new after x-rays were taken. Kale has also suffered a tail spine fracture. After seeing that and also discovering additional puncture wounds around his rear/tail, our theory is that something had him by both the head and the rear (think tug-toy ). He is also anemic, dehydrated, and fighting heavy infection.
While we can never be sure what actually happened, what we do know is that he is SO resilient. He is standing, wagging his tail (despite the fracture), and is extremely ravenous for the soft food he’s being offered. He’s on IV fluids to help the dehydration, IV antibiotics to help the infection, and good pain meds to remain comfortable and resting until his jaw can be assessed on Monday.
In addition, he was sedated last night and the large wound on his face was clipped, flushed, and cleaned out. He has a tie-over style bandage over his wound right now that will be changed daily, or sooner if needed. He is doing well with this. It is unclear if further surgeries will be necessary to try and close it, or let it heal by second intention. Time will tell on that one. He will just need consistent wound care and management moving forward.
All of this to stay, our little boy is a fighter that we already love so much! Please consider donating if you can, and share far and wide!
KALE UPDATE! June 23
One of the procedures scheduled with the Oral Surgery team cancelled yesterday, so Kale was able to be worked in and he had a successful procedure to extract the broken, traumatized teeth and to repair the lower jaw degloving.
The best news? After dental X-rays, there was no jaw fracture anywhere to be seen. Woohoo!
In addition, his bloodwork values have improved! Go, Baby Kale, go!
He is back with the ER team under continued medical observation, but there are whispers of potential discharge in the very near future!