I'm Melissa and I have a hard time asking for help.

Zoey was diagnosed with auto immune when she was 4 and lost most of her sight then. Over the years it go to the point where she could barley see. I went into debt with bills over $10,000, maxing out 3 cards to save her and figure out the different tests they had to do for her.

A month ago I came home from work and noticed she had green goopy stuff in her eyes and they were swollen shut. I took her to Banfield where she has insurance and they said that she needed to see an eye specialist and didn't bother telling me that her liver enzymes were more than doubled what the should be. We went home with eye pressure drops, antibiotics and liver enzyme pills. Two weeks goes by And Zoeys eye is sticking out a little further than the other from the pressure. I took her to a specialist (not covered under insurance) where they did some tests and since Banfield didn't reschedule me a follow up appt we had to go through another 2 weeks of the same drops, same antibiotics. Not mention the optimmune that she takes for her dry eyes. We had her check up on Jan 22nd. The eye pressure hasn't gotten better. She has a little mass growing on her eyelid and she had cataracts in both eyes. The medication isn't working.

After many sleepless nights. So many worry some thoughts. Crying. I've come to the hard decision to remove Zoeys Eye. It makes me sad for her but I think it will make her feel better. She's become more barky and I think it's because the pressure bothers her. They want to do a biopsy and see if there is any cancer or tumor or anything else I need to look out for in her other eye. So from someone who has a hard time asking for help, I'm asking now so I don't drown myself again. Her surgery is anywhere from $3000-$4000. My credit card hasn't come in yet and I think it got lost. I have to apply for a new one. They were nice enough to let me schedule her surgery tentatively for Feb 13th without taking half the down payment. I'd like to schedule it sooner so she's not in as much pain.

If there's anything you could do, I greatly appreciate it. She's my soul dog and has been here for me in my hardest part of life.

Thank you for reading and considering

Xoxo