Eco

Hi everyone! I am new to this, because I have only recently gotten my own puppy and I'm just writing this because I really don't know what I should do or who I should talk to about my puppy anymore. I have recently gotten a puppy, but he has been diagnosed with a congenital heart problem - "Patent Ductus Arteriosus". The vets and the ultrasound technician believe that his heart will fail at anytime, and to operate would cost about 5,000 - 6,000. His left heart has already shown moderate damage at 12 weeks old. I am an independent student at the moment and I really cannot afford to pay for this operation, I had to save up weeks before just so I could bring him for an ultrasound. So the options are to euthanize him, leave him until he suffers a heart failure, or to operate him. I have called the breeder and she's agreed to exchange another puppy for me, but it will not be the same again... I think she will also have to put him down when the time comes, and this is what I really don't want happening. I am desperate to get him the treatment but I am absolutely running out of ideas and options to get what he deserves, but I really cannot afford it, so I am feeling very useless and helpless at the moment. There's absolutely no other payment options for the surgery for my situation, and there is a consultation fee if I want to discuss anything further, so I am not able to discuss any other possibilities. I have called many vets consulting the his problem, and many of them didn't think that there is a chance of recovery unless we operate him. I am already taking more shifts just so I could save bits by bits until I have enough but that will take a while and it will only get worse as time passes. Just when I thought I have found the perfect puppy that makes me feel like I belong, I have to let him go. He's just a little innocent boy who just wants to have fun and see the world... I have not even got the chance to take him for walkies yet, and knowing that he might never get the chance to is really heart breaking and devastating (his heart can not tolerate exercise otherwise it would overwork it causing a failure eventually). Noone is supporting the idea of operating him so I have absolutely no help or support and I am really really feeling hopeless, I only have a week to decide... so I was just hoping to seek some advise as to what I should do now? Thanks for your time! Really appreciate it!