Castana is a war victim we rescued from the south of Lebanon. He was burned alive when an airstrike hit near him. His family abandoned him, leaving him to suffer alone. On top of his severe burns, Castana also tested positive for ๐‹๐ž๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ข๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ, a serious disease caused by a parasite.

Despite everything he went through, Castana fought hard to survive. He became stronger, and his skin has healed well. ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ, and he is still receiving treatment for Leishmaniasis.

However, we noticed two major issues:

1๏ธโƒฃ ๐๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ
Castana is in ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ž๐š๐ซ. We took him to a specialist who checked his ear using an otoscope, but he ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ. It appears that the eardrum is missing, and ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐. The doctor couldnโ€™t fully assess the damage because of how painful it is for Castana.

The vet recommended a ๐‚๐“ ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ง to see whatโ€™s inside Castanaโ€™s ear. We urgently need to figure out if this is a ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, damage from his injuries, or a result of ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ซ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž forming inside the ear.

2๏ธโƒฃ ๐€ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐š ๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ
Castana also developed a ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ, which keeps growing. The dermatologist confirmed itโ€™s caused by a ๐๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐š ๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ, which Castana caught due to his ๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ from Leishmaniasis and his trauma.

The pimple could continue growing or spread to other parts of his body if not treated. The vet recommended ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ญ and prevent it from coming back.

We need to raise $๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ to cover both the ๐‚๐“ ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ง and ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ. They are scheduled for TOMORROW.
Castana has been through so much, and he deserves a chance to heal completely.

Please help us give him that chance. Every donation counts, and we are so grateful for your support.