Gianni's surgery

I don't even know how to start this as I am a blubbery mess as I am typing. Gianni has been my heart and soul since he was 8 weeks old. For those of you that know him he is not your typical Chihuhua. He's not yappy, never shakes and is quite the sweet little man. The only time he gets upset is when you leave my house.... what can I say I raised the world's most social chihuahua! He has been my companion for 9 years and goes everywhere with me. This little man has shared so much joy with so many people and is now struggling with some major pain. It started a year ago when I detected some neck pain, in which my amazing vet gave me some medicine to give him and it cleared up within a day. 4 months later the same happened, and again the medicine cleared up his pain within a day. I am now facing a much different situation. Two weeks ago he started to feel the same pain. Only this time not only did the medicine not make him better, he got progressively worse. After a few visits to the vet my doctor informed me that this was out of his reach now and he needed to go to a neurologist. I made the trip to the neurologist and almost vomited when I saw oncology written on the same door. NO GIANNI DOES NOT HAVE CANCER. Atleast I am pretty sure he doesn't. The doctor said he had quite a few dislocated disks that were extremely painful. He needs an MRI to see if there is anything else bothering him (such as a tumor) but it is unlikely. He said the valuim they were giving him would not work like they wanted since it looked like it was pretty serious. He pretty much gave me two options. Pay for a very expensive surgery that I can NOT afford and Gianni would be better i no time....... or I would eventually have to..... you know what.... as the pain would be too severe to keep him alive. Gianni is ONLY 9. Chihuahuas live anywhere from 15-20 years. he is too young and is my heart and soul. I struggled with the thought of even setting this up but I really have no option at this point. I am asking for help.... which is so hard for me to do. Between Skip and I we have 2,000 friends on facebook. If everyone gave $2 we would almost be there. Words can't describe how much that would mean to my family. I am sorry for even asking but I would not be able to live with myself if I didn't try every avenue.