Barney is an Angel Now.

[Medusa]

Thanks guys! Mary I just added an edit because I realized that your donation was in U.S. dollars and our dollar is so low right now so it will be even more! That is great!

I appreciate your thought for another donation but you have your hands full right now!! And, I'm feeling really positive about the coffee cans that I'm going to put out. It's going to be kind of fun to see how much we can raise. I don't know the cost of polyp removal surgery but I'm guessing around 500.00??

When the time comes, I might see if I can get him to my old vet who could do it with my discount which would save considerable money. He would have to catch a float plane like Tigs or go by car which would be about 5 hours or so. Either way, if he is strong enough, it would be worth it.

I looked up my receipt for Yoda's ear polyp removal surgery and it came to $721.36; that was 4 years ago and Dr. Lee's office told me that I can add a couple of hundred dollars to that price now because, of course, prices have gone up. That included blood work and laser surgery but it did not include follow up work and office visits. It's important to get the polyp at its root or it will just grow back. However, as I said, I'll be happy to contribute to the surgery expense and, at the risk of sounding as though I'm nagging, as soon as Barney is stable enough, that polyp should be removed. Polyps are aggressive little buggers and grow so quickly that you can almost see it happening. I'll help in any way that I can, Lara. I hope that I didn't overwhelm you, especially since Barney has improved so much but I figured that it's better that you know up front what kind of expense to expect. Keep the faythe and rub that boy's belly for me over and over again.