05/14/2026
Better today better tomorrow better together.
It was 10 pm when she started crashing…
We thought we had stabilized her, but she was so young and so unbelievably compromised. Mange had already ravaged her tiny body. She had lost her tail before she came to us, leaving behind an open and infected wound. She was severely anemic, starving, covered in ticks, and loaded with intestinal parasites literally feeding off of what little strength she had left.
Her body couldn’t even regulate its own temperature anymore.
Her glucose kept plummeting.
We were all exhausted. We had already been going nonstop all day long. But nobody asked, “Can you stay late?”
Nobody had to.
Team members James and Kim stayed until after 1 am helping fight for her life without hesitation because that’s who they are. After they finally headed home, I pulled a chair up beside her incubator and stayed in the rehab room alone with her.
I just sat there counting breaths.
Checking her temperature.
Checking her glucose.
Checking her heart rate.
Over and over again.
And honestly… just hoping that if I stared at her long enough, somehow she would get better.
Sometimes these babies come to us so broken, so depleted, so far gone, that despite everything we do, we still lose them.
I was preparing myself for that possibility with her.
But this morning… there was a completely different fox staring back at me. The life back in her eyes. Trying desperately to claw her way out of the incubator. Trying to convince us she was perfectly fine and ready to go.
She is absolutely not out of the woods yet. But stabilizing her temperature and glucose levels dramatically increased her chances of survival. She’s really turned a corner.
As I sat there through the night staring into that incubator, I kept thinking about how incredibly lucky Newhouse Wildlife Rescue is to have the team that we do.
These people go above and beyond without question because their hearts are truly in this work. Not for recognition. Not for praise. But because when an animal is suffering, their hearts don’t give them a choice.
I couldn’t be prouder to belong here.
And I couldn’t be more excited to bring this team to our future home in Carlisle.
That being said…we’ve hit a bit of a roadblock.
Over the years, we have worked incredibly hard to save for a substantial down payment toward this dream property - a place with 5,000 square feet and 13 acres where Newhouse can finally grow into the wildlife hospital and educational center we have envisioned for years.
As financing details are being finalized, the bank informed us that an additional $100,000 contribution toward the down payment will be required due to the specialized nature of converting the property into a wildlife rehabilitation and educational facility.
And honestly… it’s understandable. This is way outside of a typical loan.
The modifications we make to save wildlife are not typical residential renovations and create additional risk from a lending standpoint.
The problem is simply this:
We don’t have that extra $100,000.
Not after already pouring years of saving, sacrifice, and everything we have into getting this far.
But after nights like last night… watching this team fight for one tiny fox until morning… I know this dream is worth fighting for too.
I have created a fundraiser to get funds to help us bridge the gap between what we currently have and what we will need to make the next big step into this property.
Please help us make this dream come true and please spread the word. We, and these animals, need all the help we can get. Thank you.
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