Please Help Save Dudley's Life

My heart is breaking as I write this. My 3-and-a-half-year-old Mini Bernedoodle, Dudley, is fighting for his life and I'm terrified I'm going to lose him.

This week Dudley got sick. He couldn't keep anything down. I watched my normally happy, energetic boy get weaker and weaker. Yesterday (on my birthday) I rushed him to the Emergency Vet Hospital.

The X-rays showed fabric lodged in his stomach. It's completely blocking his digestive tract. They kept him overnight and tried flushing him with fluids, hoping he could pass it on his own.

It didn't work.

This morning the vet told me Dudley needs emergency surgery today or he won't make it. He can't wait until Monday. Weekend surgery is insanely expensive, but I didn't even think twice. There was another option but it is so horrible I cannot writeit.

I told them to save my boy.

For anyone who knows Dudley, you know what kind of dog he is. He absolutely adores everyone. Kids, elderly people, complete strangers. He walks into a room and immediately makes it better.

I never had kids. Dudley is my family. He's everything to me.

Every morning, he wakes me up with kisses all over my face. When I'm sad or stressed, he won't leave me alone until he's licked my tears away. Yesterday, while I was frantically trying to find help and getting more and more frustrated, he still climbed into my lap to give me kisses and comfort me. He was in pain and he was still trying to make me feel better. That's just who he is.

I absolutely hate asking for money. I really do. This is humiliating and desperate and I never thought I'd be here. But the bill is piling up by the hour and I don't have it. I just don't. Without help, I might lose him, and I can't even think about that without falling apart.

Anything helps. Even $5 gets us closer. If you can't donate, please share this. Share it with your dog-loving friends. Share it with anyone who gets that our pets aren't just pets, they're family.

Dudley has loved me unconditionally for three and a half years. He's never asked for anything except belly rubs and treats. Now I need to fight for him.

Please help me save my boy. I'm begging you.

Thank you for reading this. Thank you for caring. Thank you for anything you can do.