Quinn was recently diagnosed with cancer, and she needs your help.

Anyone who knows me, knows how much my pets mean to me. Having grown up with an ASD diagnosis, I’ve always had a difficult time connecting with people. But making connections with animals has always been second nature to me. So I want to share a little about my cat, Quinn.

Quinn is, put simply, the best little weirdo I could have ever asked for. She leans too hard into head rubs and butt scritches and falls off the couch almost every time. She walks across mine and my fiancée’s faces in the morning to wake us up 10 minutes before our alarms because she’s hungry and wants breakfast. She curls up alongside her double amputee older brother and soaks up the sun until she randomly decides she wants to wrestle and pounces on him.

Recently she started showing odd breathing patterns and extreme fatigue. We took her to the vet where they found fluid in her chest, which was putting pressure on her lungs. The fluid was drained, sent it off for analysis, and we recently received the results. Our worst nightmare was realized with the fluid showing evidence of cancer. The vet has shaved windows in her fur so it’s easier to monitor her breathing, if she’s struggling, she must be rushed to the ER to have fluid drained from her chest to allow her to breathe easier. She tends to over groom when she gets shaved, so we had to dress her up in a donut.

Having spent thousands already just to find out what’s wrong, we are anticipating several more thousands of dollars to pursue treatment.

Quinn fills our hearts with so much love. I can’t picture my life without her, and i’m not ready to give up on her. She has so much love to give, and she wants to live.

Thank you for taking the time to read or share this, and if you’ve donated to Quinn then I can’t express how indebted I am to you.

*bonus Kirkland hoodie pic for scrolling this far.