My best friend

Hi everyone.  For everybody who knows me knows that I would never ask for anything but unfortunately it's become a bit overwhelming. The past 6 months have been the most trying times for me. My boy Buddy is an 1 1/2 year old Australian shepherd who nothing but full of life and probably the friendliest animal you can ever meet. Unfortunately. A few weeks ago, he was just being his typical self flying around playing with another dog and jumped threw some high grass not knowing what waited for him on the other side. A beam sticking out of the ground in which he ran full speed face first into it,fracturing the C4  Vertebrae.... I was given the option to see a  Neurologist or just put him down and that was not an option for me!!  The overall bill is just over $8000 but to me he is well worth it...Like I said I would never ask anything of anyone but I've been out of work since March and this is not what I was expecting,  But I refuse to take the easy way out and give up on him. Basically the bottom line is if you can help I would very much appreciate it and if not, thank you for reading this and would appreciate if you shared...thanks again in advance to you all!!!