Paisley is a 11 year old Mix-Breed in Strunk, KY, who needs $2,000 for Remove a Large Right Cranial Parathyroid Nodule.

Paisley came into my life when she was less than 6 weeks old. We think she is a Shih Tzu/Yorkie mix. I went to pick her up and she was outside, frozen to the ground. She was born in February and she didn’t even weigh 2 pounds. She is now 11 years old. We have 3 more rescues in the household. Paisley has many nicknames. The most common would probably be P, but we also call her Paisel, or P-diddle.

Paisley started to act strange, stopped eating, and only wanted to lay around. I took her to her vet where they ran some blood work. They found that her calcium was too high and did some further tests which showed that she was diagnosed with primary hyperparathyroidism and hypercalcemia. They went on to diagnose a tumor on her parathyroid. She had surgery to remove it at UT Small animal clinic.

Paisley is such a loving little girl! She loves to swim and play fetch with her little rubber ducks! Her best furry friend was a cat named Katniss. They would play together for hours. She is my little best friend in the world. She has been through many of my life's good and bad times. She was right by my side when I lost my mom. She likes to do whatever I am doing. She isn’t afraid of anything.

This was a very unexpected expense for us. I have already maxed out credit cards to pay her doctor's bills and am running out of options. We are on a fixed income. She has already been in the hospital 5 nights and I am not sure how much longer she will have to stay.