Maggie May is a 7-year-old Lab mix dog in Byron, GA, who needs $1,809 for urgent leg surgery.

Critical Care for Animal Angels is trying to help Maggie May stay in her loving home, and they need your generosity!

When the group initially saved Maggie, they wondered what terrible things must have happened in her past.

She arrived scared to death and with a belly full of puppies. Though her puppies got homes quickly, it took several years for the right home to come along for Maggie.

"She needed a single woman to love, protect, and keep her safe," Regenia B., with the rescue, tells Waggle. "Maggie is very leery of strangers and protective of the people she loves."

But then, one day, like a miracle, Maggie's person came along!

"Maggie was finally adopted and is adored. We are not sure who needed who the most. Was it Maggie or her mama? She loves to go on car rides and new adventures. She was very active until she injured her back leg out playing," Regenia says.

Now poor Maggie limps in pain. She needs surgery to repair a ligament in her leg, but Maggie's human mom can't afford it.

"Maggie's adopter has had some serious medical bills that cost her a lot of money and time at work," Regenia says. "We try to help our adopters when they need it, but all rescues are struggling this year. Our goal is to keep Maggie with her mother and assist in her needs."

Please help Maggie get the surgery she needs this holiday season.

"It's sad to see her in so much pain," Regenia says. "She is now on complete crate rest, which she is not very happy about. We hope to have her back up being her funny self soon."