I have been suffering from ptsd after losing my father recently. Adopting this little guy has really positively impacted me more than imagined. I love the fact that we adopted a great dog that has brought joy to my little family and brought me to a more stable place mentally and emotionally. Now leading to the reason I am reaching out to you all for some financial help. Upon his first vet checkup right after adoption they discovered that he has an extreme heart condition. The adoption agency either didn't know or did not tell us that he had heart disease in fact he was given a "clean bill of health". After his first vet checkup a few months after we adopted him we got the news about his heart. I felt a little bit taken back because he is the little light of my day and thinking that he will have a shortened life is very tough. Now, I am not a vet but to put it plainly what is going on is the right side of the heart is enlarged, to an extreme size due to a constricted valve which was most likely there since birth. This happens, when a heart works too hard to compensate for a constriction and it physically gets bigger but is so hard on their little bodies that it can lead to instant cardiac failure and Mar is still in the extreme category. His thin build is going to be very difficult for the Vet to make multiple attempts (using a orthoscopic balloon) so there is really only one more shot at an additional operation to bring his heart pressure down to a "normal" level. Upon the most recent cardiogram with the vets, they let us know that is he is going to need another surgery most liklely in the next year which will also be spendy. I am hoping I can reach out to kind people to lend a hand to help pay some of these bills to keep this little guy living a longer life. Thank you, and Bless.