Schwartz is a 4.5-year-old Dachshund in Fort Worth, TX, who needs $2,000 for Hemilaminectomy.

Schwartz joined our family after the loss of our beloved Vespa who was my cancer companion for many years. He filled a emotional hole in my life and quickly became the center of our family.

He loves walks and car rides, he goes almost everywhere with us and gets so excited seeing new people and places. Schwartz sleeps with me every night (I'm a pushover) and is my constant companion all day until my daughter gets home and kidnaps him. He lays at my feet or in my lap as I work, follows me from room.tonroom, he's never happier then when he's just being with us.

Schwartz knows when I am sad , lonely, sick and acts accordingly. When we are celebrating he's infectious and dances about on his hind legs joining in on the excitement. He is our constant and we cannot imagine him contained by his mobility.

Over the last few days Schwartz became paralyzed from the waist down. After a whirlwind of vet visits at Woodland Springs and sleepless nights helping him use the restroom and watching him deteriorate i was told the Dallas Surgical Center would charge almost 10k for the IVDD surgery required. The window was 3 days under specific conditions to have any type of chance, he is now at Texas A&M .

My daughter and i just moved into our new apartment after a difficult family situation, I think this amount would be hard if not impossible for most people but for us right now we just overhauled our lives.