Marceline Is Bridgewater's Pet Of The Week

BRIDGEWATER, NJ — Meet Marceline! She has been chosen as Bridgewater Patch's Pet Of The Week.

"Marceline Polyniak is a 2-and-a-half-year-old domestic shorthair survivor. We obtained Marceline from Saint Huberts in October 2017 when she was only 6 weeks old. After fostering her for a couple of months, we were finally able to adopt her and become her proud family. When Marceline was just under one year old she became very very sick. We rushed her to the fabulous medical staff at Crown Veterinary Hospital where she was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder.

Poor Marceline needed an emergency double blood transfusion that was supposed to just get her through the weekend. The emergency doctors also placed her on a strong dose of steroids and immunosuppressive drugs. Surprisingly Marceline continued to fight and took those drugs for over a year. Finally, in September 2019, her disorder was considered in remission and she was removed from all medication.

Now, after 6 months of being medicine-free, Marceline is a happy and healthy cat. She is truly a miracle!"

— Jackie Polyniak

Do you think your pet should be Bridgewater's Pet of the Week?

Participating in the Pet of the Week happenings is simple: submit your nomination by emailing alexis.tarrazi@patch.com with the subject line "Bridgewater Pet Of The Week." Be sure to include a photograph or two of your pet, a paragraph about what makes him or her so great, the town you're from, and your name.

Then just keep an eye out for a photo of your pet on the Patch!

The photo can be of a present pet, or it can be a baby picture of the adult pet you're so proud of today. All photos must be the property of the submitter. By submitting a photo to Patch the submitter agrees to give permission for it to be published on Patch.

Additionally, selected winners each week will be given a free bag of Woof Gang dog or cat treats when they stop in Woof Gang Bakery and Grooming inside Bridgewater Towne Center at 732 US-202. And winners can also bring their pet into the store for a picture. Woof Gang Bakery will put them up on their social media page as well.

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