Radar's Lung Cancer Surgery

I adopted Radar from GCAS in November of 2019. Before I found him though, he had been there as a stray twice. The first time he was 4 and he had his ears. He was adopted and then landed back there as a stray again and someone had cut his ears. This is terrible to do and you would never cut an adult dogs ears, but someone did. That being said, we found him and loved him instantly. Regardless of the challenges he has faced he is still well adjusted, trusting, fearless, and so loving. On December 15th of 2020, we X-rayed his spine because a few days prior he had what we thought was some mild back pain. It had resolved, but we still wanted to make sure we weren't missing something. We found some spinal spondylosis, but more upsetting, we found the chest mass. I took him for an ultrasound and they were able to take a cytology of the mass and also look at his abdomen. Thankfully the abdomen looks clear and we were just praying the mass would be benign. The results came back on 12-30-20. The bad news is the cytology did come back as Carcinoma. This means his mass is a malignant cancer that could spread. The good news is the doctors and surgeon all feel it is well defined and encapsulated enough that it could be removed with a good prognosis (possibly curative). The plan is to have a CT scan with contrast prior to surgery to see if there is any regional spread to the surrounding lymph nodes. Hopefully, there is little to no spread and then they would go forward with the lateral thoracotomy and lung lobectomy. This means removing the entire lobe of the lung where the mass is through his rib cage. The surgeon has had good outcomes and has done many of these surgeries over the years. Radar would stay overnight at least one night, maybe more. There will be 2 weeks of strict recovery, but then time will tell. Depending on the results of the actual biopsy of the mass will then tell us if he will require additional chemo and/or radiation. He is scheduled for January 11, 2021. The CT scan is $1500 and the surgery is $4500. So I am looking at $6000. Radar is his happy self and is still showing no symptoms of his lung cancer. I have a T-shirt fundraiser through House of Rodan with a special design created with Radar's image to assist with the medical bills. https://houseofrodan.com/collections/jill-shirley
And this campaign to solicit donations as well. I am pleading for help if anyone has it in their hearts to help share his story and these donation options and obviously if you can afford to donate any funds for assistance with such a costly surgery. Donations can also be called into Carolina Veterinary Specialist in Winston-Salem and can be applied directly to his account there prior to the 11th of January. I just know in my heart he is a fighter and he's faced challenges to get to this point and I can't give up on him now. He's so fearless and tough and I just know he will persevere.