Kirsten, I could have sworn I posted on here yesterday, but I don't see my post anywhere. Oh the joys of growing older. Anyway, I am praying for Lily to make a complete recovery. Let the money issue take care of itself. Once they have done the surgery they can't exactly take it back, can they? I once tried to use the "can I volunteer my time to help pay this?" on my vet and I got a resoundind "NO". So, I have a huge vet bill that I pay on when I have some extra money, which isn't that often. What can they do? So far, as long as some money comes in once every month or two they are satisfied.