Fuzzy and I need help

Hello all. Many of you know myself and my beloved Gypsy horse Fuzzy. Fuzzy is a huge part of my life and considered a family member to not only me but also my daughter and his extended loving family the Spangler's. He is an amazing soul and I am blessed to have been able to love him for many years despite the setbacks I have had in my life. Unfortunately, Fuzzy has been struggling with a serious medical issue now for over 4 months. His left hock has been having extreme swelling and he has been experiencing lameness and pain. We have spent thousands and thousands already on trying to treat him. Initially it was thought to be cellulitis of the hock. It was treated with antibiotics but once those ended it swelled right back up. Xrays and blood work did not indicate infection at that time but to error on side of caution we went to OSU for further diagnostics and possible surgical debriedment if needed. This is where this gets frustrating. OSU did not do what they should have....they aspirated the joint and ultrasounded it and then tried to send us home as quickly as possible without even having results back indicating infection or not. I argued the whole point of bringing him there was for them to be able to do everything needed if his joint was infected as that is extremely serious especially for horses. The vet insisited it did not appear infected and then as soon as his first set of labs were back...not all of them...she sent us off with no discharge information except rest and bute for 30 days.

I was appalled. Called my vet immediately and he tried to get the story from OSU. They were very difficult to work with and were not giving him all the information. After almost two weeks he was finally able to get information and that was that the vet that tended to Fuzzy was fired and never followed up with us with the rest of the blood work. His hock was in fact possibly infected. Now fast forward we are back on antibiotics and he will need to go back in for surgery. The problem is I have exhausted all my funds into this and OSU is not willing to compensate me for this...yet I say because I haven't given up. They require half of the upper amount quoted for surgery to get him in and he needs this. My vet has the head surgeon there that he trusts lined up to do it for us. Catch is I need funds and quickly. I love this horse beyond belief and want so desperately to give him the best chance at overcoming this and having a long life. I have so much going on personally right now I am barely staying afloat as it is right now so this is the worst possible timing for Fuzzy to have this happening. I absolutely hate asking for help but Fuzzy needs it so I have humbled myself to ask for it. Thank you all for the prayers and support for my beautiful boy.