After Being Diagnosed With Cancer, This Professional Pet Photographer Is Struggling To Feed Her Dogs

Running your own business can be challenging enough. However, imagine trying to sustain your income as one of your only employees, during a pandemic and getting diagnosed with cancer. This scenario seems tough, however, some of us are a lot tougher!

Meet Amanda Jones, a pet photographer who has traveled near and far across the country to capture the best, most memorable moments of our beloved pets.

For the past 25 years, she has made a living with her husband, running a small business where they take wonderful pictures of our special companions.

After surviving a pandemic in 2020, Amanda was diagnosed in 2021 with breast cancer. While she tries to stay optimistic, she knows what is on the schedule for 2022.

Unfortunately, a majority of her year will be booked with cancer treatments, leaving her without work for the expected year to come.

“My treatment schedule for this cancer is very intense and will take close to a year to get through,” Amanda wrote.

Like many of us around the world, trying to sustain a successful small business during one of the toughest years most of us have had to face has been difficult. Most places have not been as lucky and successful.

The outlook for a majority of the small business world has been forced to close their doors due to lack of income.

GoFundMe; pictured above is Amanda

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“During ‘normal’ years, I would be traveling by plane doing dog portrait sessions in cities across the country,” Amanda said.

Her husband Chris, would be running the back end of the business. Eventually, they would end up buying a camper, which gave them the opportunity to continue running their business, all while traveling the country during COVID.

“When faced with this diagnosis, it became clear that I would not have the ability to run my business in the same way while undergoing surgery and treatment,” Amanda explained.

“I realized that I needed to ask for help with my situation.”

Amanda may be going through one of the toughest moments of her life, but at the end of the day asks for one tiny favor, and that is a donation to her GoFundMe so that she has enough money to feed her three dogs.

While the couple has some money saved up, without a residual income, they will drain their account quickly.

This is where you may come in!

Amanda and her family are looking for any form of a donation to help support her medical expenses, all while feeding her dogs. As a self-employed couple with high deductibles, no disability insurance, and the cost of insurance, a little donation can go a long way!

With a goal of 75,000, the community was able to come together and surpass that including a top donor who gifted Amanda $12,000!

While it was difficult for her to create this page and post it, she truly appreciates every single person who has donated or asked how they can assist her in the process.

If you are someone who is looking to donate, you can find Amanda’s GoFundMe link here.

“Thank you for listening to our story. We are so appreciative of any amount you can donate to help keep our family from financial distress.”

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