Olivia was rescued from a creek, barely able to move, and clearly starving to death on 19 October 2022. It was not far from the Sanctuary so we went to assess the situation. At the time, as always, we were struggling to keep afloat financially with the growing number of rescues, and not enough adoptions taking place, so we were very humbled to find that people still donated, sometimes small amounts, to cover the cost of Olivia's rescue.

She began to eat, and respond to us, and Nanette, Ollie's sponsor, kindly transferred her monthly sponsorhip to Olivia - thank you so much Nanette!

We had started the first phase of the heartworm treatment (doxycycline antibiotics) when she stopped eating.

The prognosis from Doc Gama at Animal Wellness suggested the Heartworm was much more advanced than we feared, so we transferred her to Animal Wellness for further treatment and observation.