Help Lily Bite Cancer!
Lily and I are raising money to pay for the treatment of her nasal adenocarcinoma.
My darling Lily is an almost-7-year-old Pembroke Welsh Corgi (her birthday is in a week!). She is the cutest, smartest, sweetest, most wonderful pup a girl could ask for. (I'm a little obsessed.) 
I mean really, check out how well she pulls off that tie!
We've been together since she was the tiniest pup of 8 weeks, before both of her ears could receive satellite signal. 
Her favorite thing in the whole wide world is fetching, closely followed by squeaking toys incessantly, adventuring on hikes, bossing other dogs around, and being generally adorable.
About a year ago, Lily started having reverse sneezing attacks. Doctors thought it was allergies, so we tried some antihistamines for a little while. That didn't really seem to help, but it wasn't getting worse either so some time went by. Then in the fall she started having the attacks more frequently and was snoring a lot more at night. And then she had a nose bleed! Something was definitely wrong. We noticed that one of her upper teeth was cracked, so thinking she had a tooth root abscess that was invading her nasal cavity, we had the tooth removed and took some antibiotics. That did seem to help her out some; she didn't have any more nose bleeds and she wasn't snoring as badly, so some more time went by. 
A few months ago, I determined that though she wasn't having any more nosebleeds and she didn't seem to be getting any worse, she still wasn't better. Most concerning: she seemed to have very little if any airflow through her right nostril. I knew something must be up there obstructing it. But what? Because she is so young and--aside from the nose issue--incredibly healthy, the doctors said surely it isn't cancer: it must be a foreign body (something she sniffed up and got lodged), a polyp, or some sort of chronic rhinitis (stuffy nose, basically). I had to know what it was.
Two weeks ago, Lily had a CT scan followed by a rhinoscopy with biopsies. She did very well with the procedure and the recovery, though she did manage to sneeze blood all over my car on the ride home (which is normal following rhinoscopies). A few days later I got the devastating biopsy result: nasal adenocarcinoma.
This is normally a very aggressive cancer that gives a horrifyingly short median survival time after diagnosis of 3-9 months. This is part of what makes Lily amazing. She has evidently had this affecting her for almost a year now with little negative impact on her daily life. Doctors I spoke with say this is very unusual, that the tumor generally grows very rapidly to impede breathing and invades the bones surrounding the nasal cavity and into the sinus. The CT showed that Lily's bones and sinuses are clear and it doesn't appear to have metastasized yet.
So, I refuse to accept this prognosis. Lily is not a dog who will die in less than a year. She WILL reach her projected age of forever. And she will do it happily, healthily, and cancer free. Unfortunately, treatment in whatever form it takes is incredibly expensive. I have already paid $2,500 for the diagnostics. I will not to let inability to pay prevent me from giving Lily the longest happiest life possible. She has given me all the love in the world, I owe it to her. Please help us beat this. Lily is far too bossy to let something like cancer stop her. I know we can do it!
She can conquer mountains, she can conquer cancer.
