Hi, thanks for taking time out of your day to read this. Our dog Gordo was recently diagnosed with bladder stones that had traveled down to his urethra. Unfortunately, the same day he was diagnosed, my father got admitted into the hospital for emergency open heart surgery. Since then, my father has undergone 3 more major surgeries and rehab. Last month, my mother in law also unexpectedly passed away. Dealing with all these unfortunate setbacks has only been harder because we are expecting our first child any day now. Due to these circumstances, Gordo’s health was put on a back burner. Today (2/5/2021) we took him to the vet after noticing some alarming symptoms and were given two choices: emergency surgery to remove the blockages (his kidneys are failing due to the bladder stones now) or euthanize him. We went for the emergency surgery option so our son could grow up with his big brother. If you can donate, we would really appreciate it as this was out of our budget and was a circumstance we were not expecting today. Thank you so much for reading.