Hippo Needs Help - GOAL REACHED NO MORE NEEDED

Hey everyone,

Today I finally got a call from the vet (which I'd been told I would get last *friday*) to discuss further details of the surgery after they had conferred with the surgeon.

Unfortunately, the vet is concerned whether the surgery will be too hard on his old body, and that they may 'get inside' only to find out that the tumor is too connected to other tissues and that nothing can be done. At that point, it would be a phone call to me to ask whether Hippo should ever wake up from surgery or not.

The worst part is, the vet couldn't even give me a solid "yes" or "no" about whether it is a good idea, simply that there is no way of really knowing until the surgery happens, and that there is still a high chance that nothing can be done.

So I now have about 24 hours to decide whether to go ahead with a risky procedure that may or may not help.

I don't know what to do, but hopefully after a night of sleep, I will have come to a decision.

If I decide not to go ahead with the surgery, I then have to work out if/how I can go about returning the money to everyone who donated.

Thanks for your patience while I work through this really hard time.

Benji