code: def update_stats(self, stats, delta, sample_rate=1):
          
          if not isinstance(stats, list):
              stats = [stats]
  
          data = dict((stat, "%s|c" % delta) for stat in stats)
          self.send(data, sample_rate)
docs: Updates one or more stats counters by arbitrary amounts
          >>> statsd_client.update_stats('some.int',10)