Oddbean

bitcoiners, who wants to help fund this little guy’s recovery? on Saturday, i found a dog dragging himself around along the side of a high traffic street in Trinidad, after apparently being struck by a car. his back legs weren’t moving and i noticed that he was painfully dragging himself along by his front legs in an attempt to shelter from the rain, and out of the way of the cars. https://image.nostr.build/10ab3a0d40c397699e51f5deee1c59bbb569591b0eb502c334117b9ab338a3be.jpg

he was covered in fleas and ticks, quite emaciated, and seemed really scared at first. i saw that he had a collar, so clearly at one point he had a home. i was able to get him comfortable with my presence, and eventually managed to give him some water and food (yes they’re leftover pancakes 😅) while we made a ton of calls to emergency transport services and vets. https://video.nostr.build/7f5b7bce9b5290e5c431b223e292e951fc65360976b3e4e81ca6e24d99cfc4ff.mp4

after about a dozen calls, we were able to find a service (Pet to the Vet) who was willing to take him to a nearby veterinarian. Marguerite is amazing. i found out she’s actually taking care of 41 stray dogs and she was on her way to cook food for them when we called! in exchange for Marguerite taking her afternoon to help us out, i offered to buy kibble for the doggies. so in the end, i managed to get the little guy to a vet and all it cost me was 4 bags of kibble and a hug. Marguerite didn’t want to take my money! https://video.nostr.build/71ac51b62e19ab53c76e0b1195b13da17f4532930c884f06e0c8f252f553bb2b.mp4

after getting to the vet, they were able to x-ray him with the main concern was whether or not he had spinal cord damage. while his left hind leg is dislocated, and there’s some spinal compression, the vet said it’s not end stage. his words were “i’ve seen worse cases walk again”. https://image.nostr.build/2d67d056e37e90cce58c1ca9631a43426eac32d97c9e1b7f09b0111a8637f8c2.jpg

so where are we at now? the goal for the moment is to stabilize his condition, and keep him comfortable while we figure out a longer term plan. that means pain medication, cleaning him up, IV fluids, food, and a comfortable place to sleep, while we work with the vet to see if there’s a good path to rehabilitation 🙏. i’ll be checking in on him throughout the week and i’ll share some progress updates with y’all.

when i saw first him, all i could think about was how i’d feel if the same thing happened to my dog Mika. i’m also a bitcoiner. to me that means i’m always asking myself: “if not you, then who?” we’re often the unlikely activist in a room full of skeptics and cynics. an activist for financial rights, human rights, and hell even animal rights! https://image.nostr.build/e587f7239b899570f38032c8a1a905cc9138126a4c950f7681f98b3cbfad7fbe.jpg

i’ve been covering the costs and am planning to do so as long as i can. if you’d like to help contribute to his recovery❤️‍🩹, you can send a donation 👇 BTC address; bc1qwl86w9xugeelgrjtdlts9mqmlzchurw93zxate LN Address: ari@tmrw.so #friendswithbitcoin https://image.nostr.build/da86634238a1b535a2a5a5339ace6bd33944d599f72d34f8b0a495fd4a186bc8.jpg

Guys, please help nostr:nprofile1qqs99jhfq324xng80j7mza9ddjyye8dql9f9lpwzlaulh3drlddha8spzdmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ue0vgpgd9 who has already spent $400 (600,000 sats) on the recovery of a puppy hit by a car nostr:nevent1qqsq0zdtrlvmd48hv7jlqm9hkj4xr6z6nvnj8czkytgvq8vz0z5jvjgpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0d4hhxarj9ecxjmnt9upzq5k2ayz9256dqa7tmvt544kgsnya5ru4yhu9ctlhn77950a4kl57qvzqqqqqqyc3f4pp

Here's the story. We setup a geyser project as well and all zaps would be recorded there, so please consider sending some sats this way 🙏🏽 nostr:nevent1qqsq0zdtrlvmd48hv7jlqm9hkj4xr6z6nvnj8czkytgvq8vz0z5jvjgprpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuendwsh8w6t69e3xj730qgs99jhfq324xng80j7mza9ddjyye8dql9f9lpwzlaulh3drlddha8srqsqqqqqpvjalpx

Guys, please spare some time from sh!tposting and help this guy nostr:nprofile1qqs99jhfq324xng80j7mza9ddjyye8dql9f9lpwzlaulh3drlddha8spzdmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ue0vgpgd9 He's setup on geyser.fund ... Pls donate By my estimate, he'll need about $1250 ish nostr:nevent1qqsq0zdtrlvmd48hv7jlqm9hkj4xr6z6nvnj8czkytgvq8vz0z5jvjgpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0d4hhxarj9ecxjmnt9upzq5k2ayz9256dqa7tmvt544kgsnya5ru4yhu9ctlhn77950a4kl57qvzqqqqqqyc3f4pp

Please donate for a badly injured pup's medical treatment. A geyser.fund has been setup (OP has changed his LN address to geyser.fund address) Expected medical costs around $1250 #dogstr nostr:nevent1qqsq0zdtrlvmd48hv7jlqm9hkj4xr6z6nvnj8czkytgvq8vz0z5jvjgppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qgs99jhfq324xng80j7mza9ddjyye8dql9f9lpwzlaulh3drlddha8srqsqqqqqp490uzq