On Saturday, November 17th, my mom rushed my stepdad Tolga to the ER. He'd been feeling sick for days, but it'd suddenly gotten much worse. He was struggling to breathe and his lungs were full of fluid.

Tolga was diagnosed with acute heart failure; he'd had two separate heart attacks and would urgently need an open heart quadruple bypass surgery on Wednesday the 21st.

Unfortunately, Tolga and Christine were waiting on health insurance from Tolga's new job that hadn't yet begun. We are still waiting for the final total, but such an intensive surgery plus at least a week and a half in the hospital, all out of pocket, will cost thousands and thousands of dollars, in addition to at least two months of rehabilitation ahead.

**We will be applying for emergency assistance from the state, but he may not qualify, and even if it does go through, in Utah it only covers the first month of expenses. I will update the target amount accordingly once we know more!**

Please donate anything you can to help with the recovery costs. The money will go toward the bills from the hospital stay, surgery, subsequent rehabilitation and medication, and all associated costs (such as meals and needing to stay in an Airbnb for a week or two while Tolga recovers away from all of the chihuahuas and their adorable germs).

Let's show Tolga we love him!