Awesome is a 7 year old Mix-Breed in Chicago, IL, who needs $2,000 for Soft Tissue Surgery / Surgical Biopsy.

I have had Awesome for about 4 years, I adopted her during COVID. When I adopted her, she was a foster living inside of a couch due to the trauma she had experienced from previous owners and other pets. In the last 4 years, she remains a bit timid when meeting new people, but has really come out of her shell and found a love for life and chicken.

Since January, Awesome has become less and less like herself. In total we visited the vet upwards of 5 times and spent well over $2000 trying to figure out what was wrong. This came to a head last month when she became so sick we had to rush her to the emergency vet where they found a cauliflower size mass growing in her intestines.

Awesome is literally my child. The amount of emotional support she has provided me over the years through so many hardships, I cannot imagine life without her and this time has been so incredibly difficult watching her become less and less like herself everyday. She is usually such a loud and energetic girl that brings light to my life, as well as my roommate, partner, and her bestie Allie (cat).

I am a teacher on summer break. I have applied to countless jobs this summer to support my financial needs for Awesome and have found nothing. As a teacher, I don't qualify for unemployment and don't start getting paid until September. I need to get my baby help immediately.