Loretta is a 11 year old Boston Terrier in Vinton, VA, who needs $2,000 for Gunderson Flap.

Loretta has been with me as a puppy, given to me when I was dying of cancer, she gave me the will to live. Well, I LIVED! She's comforted me when I was crying, in pain and totally lost. We live in a small home with my husband who has Parkinson's. We are old and need her so much. We're on social security and have just enough to sustain our lives. We are ashamed to beg, but will for her.

Loretta has a debilitating eye disease. Corneal epithelial degeneration. She has already lost the vision in one eye through misdiagnosis. Her right eye vision is going to be gone soon. We finally had enough money to take her to VA Tech small animal ophthalmologists. They can perform a gundersen flap for three thousand dollars. It will stop the awful pain her cornea is under immense pressure.

Loretta consoled me with my cancer. She plays ball with my husband who has Parkinson's. It helps him and her as well. The only hope to save her sight is the gundersen flap. If she can't see, she can't play fetch, which helps my disabled husband shaking and helps her too. Not only will she lose her sight, but the pressure will build and her eye will be extremely painful. We can't let her suffer.

We are retired and on social security. Our house is old too. Between furnace failures, water heater, car repairs and more, we can afford to live and little else. We don't ask for help for us, only Loretta. We can't let her suffer after all she does for us.