影片讲述了一个家庭和当地居民努力挽救一只英雄狗狗Semper的真实故事。在这个家庭中,父亲是陆战队上尉,母亲是全职主妇,还有他们15岁的女儿和儿子以及一个早熟的6岁女儿。这个家庭难以承担Semper的手术费用。大女儿想出了一个主意,举行社区义卖活动。在基金募集过程中,一些暴躁的邻居还闹出了一点不愉快和意外。最后终于凑足了手术费,在进行手术前,Semper表现出它一贯的英雄气概。。When a struggling writer, HIV positive for 20+ years, accidentally deposits a $100 birthday check, he is dropped from his health plan for earning too much. In this new era of sort-of universal care, can he take on a helpless bureaucracy or come up with $3000 a month to buy meds on his own?。