Help find Centurion woman’s missing seizure dog
She assists my sister whenever she is having an epileptic fit or seizure by alerting anyone in her surrounding area to help.
A young woman in Wierdapark is urging her neighbours and people in her community to be on the lookout for her six-month-old Husky seizure dog who went missing on 22 February.
Geraldine van Rooyen (23), who suffers from epilepsy, has had her Husky, called Valantine, for roughly three months but Valantine recently got out of her yard and they can’t seem to find her.
“Valantine is a rescue dog, my sister got her when she was three months old,” said Leatitia Tait, Geraldine’s sister.
“Her entire body was consumed with worms and ticks and she had been severely neglected. She assists my sister whenever she is having an epileptic seizure to alert anyone in her surrounding area.
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“Having Valantine missing is a huge blow and loss to my sister.”
Geraldine’s journey with epilepsy started at a young age with fever fits.
“She was involved in a motor vehicle accident at the age of 13 and sustained a serious head injury. Shortly after that, our stepfather passed away and the trauma of that seemed to have triggered her epilepsy.”
Her dog Valantine is of white and brown colour and she wears a purple collar with the numbers of Geraldine and her fiancée on it.
She has grey eyes and could be roaming around in Ruimte Street close to the KFC in Wierdapark.
If you have any information on her whereabouts, please contact Leatitia on 083-305-2784 or Geraldine on 084-552-8559.
Leatitia told Rekord the family has also struggled to pay for a proper diagnosis.
“For a proper diagnosis, she requires a CT scan, EEG and MRI scan, as well as blood tests to get a proper diagnosis and to get the correct treatment for her condition. She is currently on treatment but has had various attacks this month alone and her situation seems to have worsen.
“Her quality of life has been affected and with each seizure, she sustains bruises, cuts, injuries to her body and lacerations to her tongue,” Leatitia said.
Geraldine’s family started the BackaBuddy fundraiser for her, if you would like to donate, click here:
www.backabuddy.co.za/champion/project/geraldine-van-rooyen
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