Nova is a 3-year-old American PitBull Terrier in Spanaway, WA, who needs $3,100 for chemotherapy treatment.

Nova was born April 4, 2016 and we got to watch her through photos from the day she was born because one of my closest friends owned her dad. When I took the kids to meet the puppies and my kids instantly fell in love. My daughter felt it was a sign because her birthday is April 6th - they were soul mates. All 3 of my kids begged to adopt her and even contributed their own money for her adoption fee. Her litter name was Nova and we kept it because you couldn't deny that she is a bright little star, Nova also means "new" and she was a new beginning for our family. When Nova was 10 weeks old, we all took a beach trip to Ocean Shores and that is when we brought Nova home. Nova Bear immediately fit in to our family. I thought my daughter was being dramatic when she pleaded for a puppy to help with her anxiety but once Nova came home they spent all of their time together. Shaelyn spent time teaching Nova tricks and having photo shoots. In that time, Shaelyn's stomach aches almost completely went away. Her anixety and depression improved immensely. Nova has been my daughter's best friend ever since to the point that the boys would have to be sneaky to get their chance to sleep with Nova in their rooms. The boys love to take her to play outside but they hate that she refuses to fetch, she thinks no one is her boss so once you throw the ball, it's hers till she decides otherwise. My dad thought we were crazy when we brought her home but she has even grown on him. She gets so excited when he comes over and he constantly tells me what a good girl she is. As the kids got older, we thought Nova needed a playmate so we got our second dog Moose. He loves her and doesn't even know what to do with himself if she leaves the room - she is definitely the alpha and loves to remind him, even while she is fighting cancer. They love to wrestle, they love to cuddle, and they love road trips. Shaelyn is getting ready to go to college and was excited about looking into places she is able to bring Nova as her emotion support pet right before we got the diagnosis and the thought of starting her next chapter without her partner in crime is devastating. Nova is only 3-1/2 years old but it feels like she has been in our family for a lifetime and it still isn't long enough. After all of our vet visits to try to diagnose what we thought was an infection, only to find out it was cancer. When they said it is treatable, we knew we had to fight for our girl just like she would want to fight for us if she could.