Ruth
Ruth
Age: 3 years
Gender: spayed female
Breed: Labrador Retriever
Blood Type: DEA 1 Positive
Donor Period: 08-30-2022 - current
Saves: Between the PRBC and Plasma products that were made from Ruth’s donations, Ruth has helped 10 different dogs this year! Fire, an 8 year old Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, was hospitalized for immune mediated hemolytic anemia, a disease that causes a patient’s immune system to attack and destroy its own red blood cells. After his transfusion, Fire is doing well and is still getting treated by the Internal Medicine service at VSH.