Lucas is a 12-year-old Chihuahua in Surprise , AZ, who needs $2,000 for Electrochemotherapy.

I’ve had Lucas since he was 2 months old. Lucas became the son I could not have and the only one who has given me so much love for his entire life. I suffer from severe depression and from fibromyalgia which has made it impossible to sustain a job because I am constantly in pain. I can’t afford his chemotherapy treatment to get rid of the cancer. I am asking for help so I don’t lose him.

Lucas is elderly and slow moving, but always wants to be included in walks and play. He loves snacks, but his favorite thing to do is cuddle. He’s a very affectionate dog and always knows when something is wrong and I need him the most. He loves laying out in the Sun, but complains about bath time. He’s a lovely grumpy chihuahua that expects the very best and promises to love you forever.

Lucas will lick you for as long as you let him and don’t let him. He strategically sits on your foot or hand with his bum and has no awareness of personal space. When eating at the kitchen table he inserts himself in between your calves like a sandwich. He grumbles if you don’t immediately give him attention and he wins every staring contest without blinking.

He had a lump appear on his hind leg beside his tail. It was removed when it was about golf ball size, grew back to the size of a softball, and was removed again in surgery. The recovery was very hard for him. The labs showed it was a cancerous tumor that is likely to grow back without chemo.

I lost my husband recently and don’t have a job or health care to treat my auto immune disease. I am heartbroken that I don’t have the funds to save his life.