Duke is a 4 year old Labrador Retriever in Melba, ID, who needs $12,000 for Oxygen Level and Pneumonia Treatment.

How do I describe Duke, loving,mentally supportive and very out going. So having him in the hospital fighting the worse case of pneumonia the vet has ever seen breaks my heart. I've lost so much in the past 4 years I can't handle losing anyone or any pets. I lost my son in 2022 he was 28, lost my chocolate lab Bailey in 2022 , lost my yellow lab in 2023 and my German shepherd in 2025.

Duke was playing in the creek as usual but in inhaled a bunch of water, started throwing up. Watched caused aspiration pneumonia. He was put on high flow oxygen but was changed to normal oxygen. The vet has informed us that this is the worst case of pneumonia he's ever seen in a dog. We are 5 days in the hospital and 12 thousand dollars in vet bills the keep going up.

Duke is a emotional support dog, he knows when I cring or just upset. He loves on me until he calms me down. He has a brother and they never been apart which is causing depression for both of them.

This is definitely an unexpected vet bill currently at 12 thousand dollars. If this continues going up I don't know how we're going to afford our other bills.