{"id":2477,"date":"2013-07-12T18:21:05","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.net\/blog\/?p=2477"},"modified":"2023-04-19T16:46:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T23:46:26","slug":"2477","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/2477\/","title":{"rendered":"So Cal Vet Hospital reaches out to Angel Fund for client"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Sundaey.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2478\" alt=\"Sundaey\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Sundaey-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Krissy Simmel and her Dalmatian Sundaey do everything together.\u00a0 There was magic in their relationship from the moment they first saw each other. \u201cWe\u2019re a match made in heaven,\u201d Krissy says. \u201cSundaey is beautiful.\u00a0 She was born without any hearing . .. and people cross streets to tell me how special she is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So it was a traumatic moment when Sundaey suffered an injury on their daily two-hour walk and run in June, 2012. \u201cShe had a sports injury,\u201d Krissy says. \u201cI can\u2019t really tell you what happened.\u00a0 She jumps a lot.\u00a0 She jumps five feet into trees after squirrels.\u00a0 She jumps into fountains. She has such a beautiful spirit. So I guess she sort of sprained her wrist or something. There was a lot of swelling and she was having a hard time walking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Krissy took Sundaey to Southern California Veterinary Hospital in Woodland Hills, an institution that she had found to be caring and understanding in the past. \u201cThe doctors and their staff are a special group of people,\u201d she says. But she had recently lost her job as a restaurant hostess and was flat broke. \u201cI don\u2019t think I had any money in my wallet that day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Mark C. Rigoni examined Sundaey. \u201cThey had to take blood because they didn\u2019t know exactly what was going on with her,\u201d\u00a0 Krissy recalls.\u00a0 To help pay for the cost of the visit, Dr. Rigoni suggested applying to Angel Fund. The hospital also contributed and Krissy paid a small portion of the bill later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really, really appreciated it,\u201d Krissy says. \u201cI was very surprised when they offered that to me. But the fact that they saw me at all \u2013 and they knew that I had no money \u2013 was such a blessing.\u00a0 And I felt like that fund was so gracious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr Rigoni and Dr. [George] Cuellar are wonderful human beings. They are always exceptional with Sundaey and with me.\u00a0 I was having such a difficult time that day and they were amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Within about three days, Sundaey had recovered. And she and Krissy, who lives in Santa Monica, are now enjoying their lives together as they always have. 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