Hazel is an eight-year-old Lab Collie mix in Elko, NV, who needs $980 for emergency care.

It all happened in an instant! Hazel went out to play in her family's backyard and managed to get into some closed garbage cans. Hazel loves to eat, so she could not resist gobbling up what she could before her human parents could stop her.

Hazel devoured what her human dad, Jordan, says was spoiled, rotten, moldy waste. Soon after Hazel came inside, she started having tremors. Her family raced her to the Elko Veterinary Clinic, where Hazel was hospitalized.

Hazel's family has been mourning and in a world of emotional and financial hurt after their son was stillborn. "After losing our son in November, I have been without work," Jordan tells Waggle. "We rely heavily on our single income while facing a rent increase. We can barely pull in groceries, then one night in the ER for Hazel, and we were hit with a bill we never expected."

Hazel helped her family after the loss of their son and means so much to them. "Hazel is the saving grace for our daughter after the loss of her long-awaited brother," Jordan says. "Outings with Hazel immediately improved my daughter's moods, helping her feel less lonely."

The family has already endured so much loss -- can you help them save Hazel?

"She has helped me immensely, as we seem to believe she knew of our loss and responded to the sense of change in us," Jordan adds. "She is highly intuitive, a truly wonderful miracle of a dog."