Maia is a 4-year-old Bernese Mountain Dog in Shelbyville, IN, who needs $2,000 for chemotherapy.

Maia was added to our family as if by the hands of other wordly figures. I kept getting signs that led straight to her. We got to take her home at just 8 weeks old and since we visited her every week until then, she and her adoptive brother, Weasley, became best friends so fast. They're the absolute perfect siblings - I've only seen a connection as strong through litter mates.

Maia sleeps with us in our bed with Weasley. She loves peanut butter and gets excited when we make pancakes because she gets mini ones to share. She loves eggs and rice in her food and her eyes glaze over when she eats something she really likes. She loves going on walks and watching other animals (she's the most gentile soul) and is the perfect emotional support animal. She keeps me sane and safe

Maia is my best friend, my little girl, and my savior. She shouldn't have to suffer because my life is fraught with financial problems. I'd like to get a second job to pay for treatment but I can't lose any extra time I may have with her. She's the light of our lives.

My little girl was diagnosed with lymphoma on August 24th. We just had our first consultation with oncology at IndyVet with Dr Hillman and we're waiting on more results but it has reached all of her lymph nodes and a mass in her chest. I am absolutely devastated. I wish I could spend every second with her because I don't know how the chemo will work but it's not a curable disease.

There is only one toy she has ever had and never destroyed: Llucy the Llama. She got it the day we brought her home and out of everything she's ever given, she keeps it safe and sleeps with it in her crate during the day. When she comes out of the crate she actually picks up the stuffie and drops her outside of the crate as if to say "we can come out now!" She'll occasionally take it into bed too.