My name is Nate, and I have two very loving/awesome parents that could use a little help. Our little Coco (family pet) was diagnosed with cancer almost a week ago. After she was showing signs that were abnormal (drinking lots of water and not eating), my parents took her to the animal hospital to find out the bad news. Prior to all this, my parents were loyal customers at a veterinary clinic that was not professional, nor did they know what they were doing. At the beginning of this year, Coco was acting strange, had a little lump on her back leg, and was drinking lots of water/not eating. We took her to our usual veterinary clinic, which at the time was trusted. After multiple visits and months of being told the lump couldn't be tested, was no concern, and her constant water drinking and not eating was from a UTI, I got a second opinion. We then found out Coco was diabetic. I was furious. I told my parents that our current vet obviously did not care about Coco, lied to us about many things, and almost killed her. During all this time, the lump on her leg slowly grew. Seeing as how Coco was now diabetic, we had to take her in to get blood work done biweekly, so it was brought up almost each time (size of the lump). The lump was brushed off, her sugar levels apparently were up and down (even though she was back to acting normal), so after a couple of months of her sugar staying low, their vet told us that Coco's diabetes was cured. None of this made sense. After being told this, my parents decided themselves to get another opinion by just going to the animal hospital. In doing this, they discovered Coco had cancer (found after testing the lump we were told couldn't be tested), that it had to be removed, and she was still diabetic and needed to stay at the hospital for 2 and a half days to stabilize her sugar and health.

Because of all these events, and events to come, I know my parents could use some help in Coco's medical expenses from both the hospital stay and the future surgery to remove her lump. Hopefully, the surgery will be done soon (delayed due to diabetic issues) and she can go back to running around, walks, and acting her beautiful self. She still has life to live and I'm not going to give up on her or my parents. I usually don't ask for help like this, but this is for Coco and my parents, and I love them all. Anything will be appreciated and helpful. Thank you for taking the time to read this and if you choose to give, please know that I am truly thankful. ❤️