My dog Marcie urgently needs surgery and I need help to fund it!

My name is Casey Anderson. I am a sound artist, musician, community organizer, and educator living and working in Los Angeles. Over the last two decades I have been active teaching, programming performances / cultural activities, and organizing / co-running community arts initiatives throughout the city. I am also a person living with a disability while struggling to survive in an increasingly expensive city.

During the pandemic I adopted a wonderful pit bull as a necessary mental health measure. She was one year old when I found her and had been dumped at the shelter. I named her Marcie and she has exponentially improved my life since I brought her home. Having Marcie has been critical for me to survive the pandemic, my struggles living with a disability, and continued difficulties with shifting/unstable employment. No matter how difficult things have been over the last several years Marcie has been a critical source of comfort and love, and enabled me to weather innumerable challenges.

I am starting this gofundme because Marcie and I urgently need help funding an important medical procedure. She presently has very a bad ear infection in both ears, which has lead to the excessive head shaking. This head shaking has recently lead to the development of a hematoma in one of her ear flaps. When I noticed her swollen ear, likely caused by a burst blood vessel, I urgently rushed her to the vet (Tuesday morning, 10/6). I was able to spend nearly $500 on oral treatment but our vet strongly urged that we proceed with a surgical procedure in order to treat the hematoma. I want to do everything in my power to give Marcie the care she needs, but I could barely afford what I already spent at the vet and do not have the funds to cover the surgery she needs in order to heal.

We are currently trying to raise $2300 so she can proceed with surgery as soon as possible. Please donate anything you can, I do not know what I would do without Marcie and am desperate to locate funds in order to alleviate her discomfort and thrive.