Hi friends,

Sept 5 UPDATE: Timmy had his surgery and is doing well! My credit card - not so much. Abscess was drained, balls were chopped, tons of medication, and a sample from the abscess is being sent in for lab tests... hoping and praying it does not come back positive for cancer because I could never afford full prostate removal surgery. Send positive vibes our way. Receipts have been uploaded for transparency. ❤️

Sept 4 UPDATE: After much back and forth with multiple vets and a specialist surgeon, it was decided that draining the abscess and neutering SHOULD be sufficient. This is quoted at around $4000. Timmy ia going in for this surgery Friday Sept 5th at 10am. Wish us luck. Hope lil Timbit makes it through surgery and the abscess does not come back with a vengence following the drainage... Thank you. ❤️

Sept 1st UPDATE: I spoke with multiple vets, emergency clinics, shelters, humane societies etc. to try and find a cheaper/more reasonable solution. The vets (3 opinions) all agree that this surgery requires a board-certified specialist surgeon to perform it. Regular veterinary surgeons could drain, but not remove the abscess. Timbit's consult with the specialist is scheduled for Thursday September 4th, followed by his surgery hopefully the next day. I will get a more accurate quote after the consult, but all estimates for this type of surgery so far (per the vets I spoke with and the emerg clinic doing the surgery) have been around 5-7k. And I worry the actual cost will be even more than quoted... Already spent over 1k the past week. Please send love, positive vibes, and hope that the universe takes care of him until, and throughout, his surgery. And if you are able to donate, anything helps.

If you know me, you probably know Timmy's rescue story. And you probably also know I don't like to ask for help/money... but here we are.

After 2 days of severe constipation and pain, we found out today that Timmy has an abscess on his prostate that requires urgent "rather complicated and expensive surgery" (per my vet) that will cost in the range of $5,000-7,000. I thought this would be a $250 vet visit with a simple fix. He has so much spunk and a long life ahead of him. This surgery is absolutely necessary to remove the abscess before it gets worse. Unfortunately there is no medicine/antibiotics that will simply cure/get rid of it.

As someone who does not just have 5-7k laying around, Timmy and I are asking for help. Any contributions would be so greatly appreciated. The last thing I want to do is dump him at a shelter due to the cost of surgery. That would be the absolute last resort and I cannot even imagine surrendering him. I hate asking for help like this, but this is not a cheap surgery... Timmy thanks you from the bottom of his sweet little heart in advance.

If you dont know Timmy's rescue story, here it is...

On May 4th my sister and I saw a post on a lost and found dogs facebook group that a small dog was running loose in a busy area, so we set out to try and secure him... call it fate or luck, the last place we looked after 2 hours searching, we found him sitting in a parking lot. No tags. Took him to the vet - no microchip. We put up "found dog" posters all over, made a report with TAS, posted on facebook, called vets and groomers etc... tried everything to find his people... no one recognized or claimed him.

He got on perfectly with my dog and cat and just fit right into our family and he is the sweetest little angelpie... he quickly became my shadow and I could not help falling in love... I did not have the heart to drop him at a shelter. So he became mine.

Timmy is approximately 6-7 years old, and (although an irritant at times lol), he is the funniest, quirky little thing and is sweet as pie. Anyone who has met Timmy knows that to know Timmy, is to love Timmy.

I expected that at some point in time, having 2 dogs and a cat would likely result in some vet costs, and I committed to being his momma anyways... but this news came at a very bad time for me and I did not expect anything like this just a couple months into taking him in... and, well, it is a lot of money.

Anything helps. We appreciate you taking the time to read and contribute anything possible.

With so much love and appreciation,

Timmy aka Timoteo/Timothy aka Tiny Tim aka Timbit aka Timbo aka Timoush