Hey, Hilary here. I'm the owner of this beautiful, precious sweet soul that I've had the honor of caring for for the last 10 years. I rescued her when she was 3 1/2 yo & my life has never been the same since. Ruby has been bringing joy to my life since the day I got her and everyone around her. My son has grown up with her since he was born. She has been so loyal to us and I only want to keep her around for as long as I can. We recently found out that she was diagnosed with a malignant melanoma (Cancer - Stage 3) that is affecting her mouth and has spread to her lymph node creating a large mass on her neck & painful sore inside her mouth. Thankfully, it doesn't seem to have spread to her lungs at this point. I would like to prevent this from happening however I can. She needs surgery next week to remove the tumors and then she will need treatment injections to follow afterwards to help stop it from growing anymore. Unfortunately, we're not able to afford this expense at the moment and I would give anything to prolong her life to be here with us for hopefully a couple more years if possible. I would never ask for anything from anyone if it wasn't as important as this. And I don't like doing this normally, but I'm kind of desperate at this point. Please help in anyway you can to help Ruby Fight Cancer! I would appreciate anything at all.