Kato is a 5 year old Yorkshire Terrier in Joliet , IL, who needs $8,000 for Stent Placed in His Neck.

When Kato was a couple of years old, he started making honking sounds and I took him to the Veterinarian (Chicago Humane Society) where they told me he had a collapsed trachea. They gave him medication but over the last few years it has gotten worse. Kato needs to have a stent placed in his throat to cure this. 6000-8000 covers the hospitalization and the surgery.

Kato has a collapsed trachea, and it has progressed. I called Chicago Humane Society and they told me that the surgery for collapsed trachea will be about 6000-8000 dollars. I also had x-rays done at veterinarian in Ohio. I can tell Kato is becoming uncomfortable and it flairs up at night. The Veterinarian told me not to let him overexert himself and to continue medications.

I ended up going to the hospital 2 years ago and the doctors would not let me go home alone because I had lost so much weight and I was falling. I had my son bring me Kato, my dog, to be home with me. Kato encouraged me to get up and walk and take him to the bathroom. If not for Kato, I do not think I would have tried to get up. Kato is the reason my strength has returned and I can walk.

I am on a fixed income, which is disability, I cannot afford to get Kato this operation. Kato is my baby, and he is worth every penny. I am afraid Kato will not make it if I do not come up with the money for the surgery. Kato deserves a life where he can breathe normally