please help.

if you are able to re-blog this, post it to facebook,
or spread the word somehow, it would be MUCH appreciated.

thank you to those who have already donated through Paypal!
(i set up a ChipIn to keep track from now on...)

(you can also donate thru Paypal:

my email is gloryof_80s@yahoo.com)

our sweet sweet princess, Honey, has had another rough go. on saturday we took her to her twelfth vet visit, today we took her to her thirteenth. she is home resting now - but has to wear her "cone of shame". she's so miserable! ;)

we adopted Honey with this condition, unbeknown to us. we were told by the shelter that all she would need was a prescription medication and she would be healthy. obviously, this was not the case. we firmly believe she should not have been put out for adoption, but she has become part of our home and our family (and particularly has bonded to me).

she has what is called rectal prolapse, which can be life threatening. tissue comes out when she passes stool, and if it does not go back in on its own the tissue can die - which results in death of the animal. it is an anatomical problem, we have ruled out all outside possibilities (intestinal parasites, cancer, bladder infections, inflammatory bowel disease, etc etc etc etc). at this point, there is nothing else we can do to manage her condition except surgery. not the small surgeries that she's had already twice - those no longer work.

the surgery she would need is called a colopexy. it is abdominal surgery, where parts of the colon are attached to the colon wall muscle. removal of the rectal tissue is also sometimes necessary. this surgery is likely to cost us upwards of $3,000. we cannot continue to live the way we have for the past year (with vet visits monthly, ranging in price from $100-$400 each time). other than the surgery, our only option is to put Honey to sleep. she is only three years old, so we hope that she has a lot of life left in her.

we don't have $3,000 to spend on this surgery. the only extra money we currently have is the money i have saved from destashing my fabrics for our trip to iceland. unfortunately, what money we do have will only cover a third of the cost of this surgery. living paycheck to paycheck, its impossible for us to find another two-thousand dollars in just a few short weeks (or sooner).

you may remember i am currently paying off thousands of dollars in credit card debt month by month, so we have no line of credit to use towards paying for this surgery. its awful to know that all of those monetary mistakes and liberties i made/took years ago are hindering our ability to help our furrbaby.

you can imagine how incredibly heartbreaking this all is for me - first, my furbaby needing this surgery to survive, and secondly, needing to use all of our money saved for our dream vacation. the thought of either one separately - so devestating, but together i can't even start to explain...

in a desperate attempt to raise a bit more money (i am almost out of fabric to sell!!), i am putting up a Paypal Donate button. if you are in the position to help, even just a few dollars, i would be infinitely grateful. i have no other words to express the overwhelming appreciation i have always had for this community surrounding my blog, flickr, etc - the outpouring of support i've seen both in personal situations and those affecting others is amazing. i can only hope that we'll be able to pull through for Honey, she absolutely deserves our help. we have no children, so for us this is the closest thing we have. ♥

♥
{thankyou to anyone who can help.}

(all proceeds from my destash shop will also
be going towards Honey's fund.)

you can donate through my ChipIn page
(linked thru Paypal)..