Fiji is a 13-year-old Pitbull in Reading , PA, who needs $2,000 for Canine CHOP.

I got her from a friend of a friend for $50 so she doesn’t end up ima shelter in 2010. I was 17 when I first got her and now I just recently turned 30 years old 2 days before she got sick on us. She’s is 13 years old and the best doggy sister to my two daughters. Currently we reside in cozy apt just my two daughters, Fiji, her fur sister Kleo the Kitty and I. Only us girls.

Fiji is such a cuddler. She has slept with me since she came home back in 2010. She loves to sleep right beside me like she’s holding me at night. She loves soft squeaky toys and doing tricks for treats. She also love soft blankets. She likes a long walks at the park and to go vist her grandma’s house.

Fiji is literally like a daughter to me. She is family. She’s the sweetest kindest smartest pet I’ve ever had in my life. She loves to do tricks for treats like rolling over or giving a paw. She also likes to dig through the pet cabinet to get treats without doing tricks. She gets sad when we have to leave her in the home alone. And very happy when we ask her if she wants to go for a walk.

On December 28 I had to take it to the emergency because that week she wasn’t eating. She started being lethargic and her stomach was expanding and having trouble breathing. Emergency vet extracted fluid from her abdomen and chest since then she was on pain medication and prednisone until I can find a diagnosis which is lymphoma. She was diagnosed on 1/7/23 . We just started her chemo 1/11/23.

I’m a single mother that struggles to keep afloat in todays society. I was recently in an eviction situation. I try to give my family the best I can provide. Due to this situation I had to go into my saving and also max out my credit lines.