Mina is a 6-year-old Siberian Husky in Chicago, IL, who needs $1,800 for Mass Removal.

I bought our pet for my girlfriend as a Christmas Present because she always liked wolves and it was illegal to purchase a wolf at the time, and this was the closest breed to a wolf, and I was not aware of "Siberian Rescue" at the time. The funny thing about that was she thought I was asking her for a baby, because the puppies were all in baby cribs instead of cages. This was about six years ago.

Mina likes to sleep in our bedroom, but she will nap just about anywhere. She will ask to lay up on the couch when there are fireworks outside, but she is getting better at ignoring them. She loves to go walking by the park by our house. She is very quiet, she only barks or howls when she wants something, like food, to go outside, or a treat. She has a ton of toys that she likes to play with.

I was working as a driver, then one day I couldn't breathe and I went to the hospital, I was diagnosed with heart failure, kidney failure, and AFIB. I was told I could not work anymore and needed to go to dialysis three days a week until I receive a transplant.

We are being told this is kind of an emergency because the growth on her shoulder could be cancerous and is impeding on her breathing and making her cough all the time. We think of her as a human part of our family, we even call our daughter, "her sister". The problem is that I am no longer working and cannot afford this surgery at this time. Other than this growth, they say she is very healthy .

She likes to bring one of her many toys to you and see if you can take it from her mouth. She imitates my girlfriend the best she can when she howls " I LOVE YOU". She loves the snow, she will start howling and barking just so she can go outside and play in it. She will hop around in the snow, dig a hole in it, then bury her head in it.