Colombo is a 10 year old Poodle in Rancho Palos Verdes , CA, who needs $15,000 for Oxygen Therapy for Pneumothorax & Trauma.

Colombo was a gift from my mom when we were 10, along with his two sisters — inseparable to this day. Named by a cousin who saw how curious and affectionate he was, like Lieutenant Colombo. He's the protective, loving big brother of the three, always the first for cuddles, and cries when we leave for work or school. A core, comforting member of our family for over a decade.

This is an emergency. Colombo suddenly had labored breathing after we let him out, likely from a coyote encounter. He's at Veterinary Emergency Group in Torrance with a small pneumothorax and severe soft tissue trauma to his neck, currently in an oxygen chamber. He's alert and himself, expected to fully recover, but faces overnight monitoring, medication, and possibly more hospital stays.

Colombo is a total cuddle bug who wants his family close — anxious in the car unless someone sits with him, and won't sleep without his sister by his side. He howls if my brother fake-growls at him, and sleeps sprawled out like he's playing dead. He's deeply empathetic, always sensing when I'm down. When any of us comes home, he's first at the door, jumping and slobbering with excitement.

This hits during a devastating time, my parents are burying my dad's childhood best friend and his wife, who died days apart,tmr shouldering the cost alone. My brother's in college, I just graduated; we're stretched thin. Colombo's bills have pushed us past what we can bear.