Hi everyone, my name is Nahla. I'm a business school student, and unfortunately I'm currently unemployed.

This is Stewie. I adopted him in 2023, and he is my whole world.

Over the past week, Stewie has been struggling to breathe—so badly that he collapsed and fell to the floor twice. I rushed him to the vet, and he was diagnosed with chylothorax. That means fluid keeps building up inside his chest, squeezing his lungs until he can barely breathe.

The vet drained the fluid once, and it gave him temporary relief. But just two days later, the fluid came back. Stewie is now struggling to breathe again. He has almost no energy and looks so incredibly tired. I can see it in his eyes—he's exhausted from fighting just to get air.

The vet told me clearly: draining the fluid is only a short-term fix. Every time they drain it, it will just keep coming back faster. The only real solution is surgery, which will cost between $6,000–$10,000 CAD.

I don't have that money. I'm a student with no income right now.

Some people have asked me why I don't put him down. I can't. It's against my religion—I truly believe euthanizing a healthy soul is wrong. And Stewie is healthy inside. The vet said his heart and lungs are perfectly fine. The only problem is this fluid. With surgery, he can live a completely normal life.

But without surgery, the fluid will keep suffocating him. He was fine just days ago. Now he can barely lift his head. I'm watching him fade, and I feel so helpless.

Stewie and I are deeply attached to each other. Losing him like this—not to illness, but to money—would break me.

Please, if you can, help me cover his surgery so he can breathe again. Any amount means the world to both of us.

Thank you for reading.