hello, my name is amy and i am physically disabled and have depended on my service dogs for mobility assist and diabetic alert for many years, so that i can live independently. this past friday my current service dog, Raza, a 3 year old german shepherd suddenly bloated and had to have emergency surgery to save his life. Bloat is a life threatening situation where the stomach twists, cutting off blood flow to the organs and the stomach and organs start to die quickly. It requires quick surgery to have a chance of survival and our vet sent a tech to bring him to their office and got him into surgery in time (i am currently completely homebound and could not take him there myself but they got him their quickly) .

i knew it was going to be very expensive, much more than i get from my social security disability each month, but i asked them to save him anyway. Raza is everything to me, he is the happiest and sweetest dog and of the 4 service dogs i had had over the years, he is the best and has already in his young life saved mine several times by alerting to sudden extreme drops in blood sugar. the vet and techs did a great job with a successful surgery and special care after to get him started on recovery and i need help to pay the costs. please help Raza and me get this emergency paid for.