Hey friends, my name is Lydia and my precious pup's name is Tato! I adopted my sweet Tato bug in April of 2024 from McKamey Animal Shelter, and she has been the light of my life since. I genuinely could not have asked for a better companion. She is so sweet, so playful, and so so smart. In March of this year, my sweet girl played a little too hard at the dog park and got a partial tear in her CCL (doggie equivalent to an ACL). After an informative discussion with her vet, we both decided that surgery wasn't necessary and went the route of NSAIDS and rest. Until now, I believe that was the right choice. On Monday, Tato and I were playing in the yard, and my girl got a case of the zoomies that unfortunately took a turn for the worse. She now has a not-completely-healed partial tear in her right knee and a ruptured CCL in the left. We have been referred to a surgeon who informed me that she now needs bilateral TPLO surgeries back to back for the best outcome of my baby girl's quality of life long term. While I would do anything in the world to make sure my girl, who has comforted me in some of the hardest days of my life, isn't in pain and can continue to play her heart out- these surgeries are going to cost about $10-12,000 when all is said and

done (not including the time I will need to take off from both of my jobs during her recovery, or the assistive devices needed to help her in that time). I'm reaching out for help, which historically I've not been very good at. Anything helps and is absolutely appreciated in ways I cannot put into words. Please help me help my sweet girl walk again. Okay, love you bye.