Charli is a 10-year-old Lab in Largo, FL, who needs $2,000 for Surgical Excision of Mass in Chest Wall.

We adopted Charli for my grandson, he was 6 and Charli was 4. Charli's owner had passed away and she needed a home. We fell in love with her instantly. Charli is a sweet chocolate lab/Weimaraner mix.
She has always been and remains playful, energetic and silly. She has brought us a world of joy & love. When my daughter adopted a smaller dog,they made friends right away and Charli loves him.

Charli lives in my home because when we adopted her, they were not able to have dogs where my grandson lived. For that reason she obviously became very attached to me. She had some anxiety when we adopted her, I believe because of her original owner passing away. She likes to lay up on the couch, and on our bed. She also always has her own big, cushy bed. She loves everyone in our family.

Charli is a character, lol. She does not like being left alone. If we can't bring her with us, she will push all her food out of the bowl into the floor or water bowl,chew the door knobs, her bed and area rugs. After she takes a drink, she will be sure to come over and wipe her wet snout on your pants! If she does not get petted right away, she will nudge with her cold nose until she gets pets!

Charli has had some small, benign lipomas. When the lump on her chest wall appeared, I could tell it was different, very hard, growing very fast. Her vets at Banfield Largo Mall PetSmart did a needle biopsy. Diagnosis was soft tissue Sarcoma. By this point it was 16cm x 12cm x 5cm. It has now developed a scab that is weeping. She can no longer lay on her belly comfortably and is having discomfort.

Charli needs surgery urgently. The danger of infection or rupture of the tumor can quickly put her in a life threatening situation. I am on SSD due to Lupus. I do not have credit cards available to pay for Charlie's surgery. Her surgery is $3200.