Welcome to "Help Save Scruffy the Cat" Homepage

This is an online collection to allow "Scruffy the Cat" to get a Ultrasound to see what is wrong with him and try to save his life. Scruffy is a 5 year old longhair that looks a lot like Sylvester the Cat. He is funny, affectionate, independent and very lazy. Like all cats.

Scruffy has a large mass near his hearth and Xrays are not enough to see what it is. Vet thinks it's a hernia and needs to schedule a Ultrasound to find out more. The ultrasound will cost $350.
Veterinary visits so far run us over $500. We are working on applying for a Vet Credit Card and saving what we can, but Scruffy needs help as soon as possible.

Scruffy is one of the over 15 cats (and a couple of dogs) that we rescued over the past 20 years at our home. They just seem to know they can just show up and we will take care of them, give them food, care, neuter them (they may not like that much) and give them lots of love. They fill our lives with love and joy.

We love all our animals, but Scruffy has always been special to us.
He was a 4 month old kitten when he showed up at our home. I just had major surgery and I was suffering from a dark, deep depression. Scruffy took to sleep with his cheek in the palm of my hand and his paws around my forearm. In the morning he woke me up with little love bites on my nose. He has a way to make you feel priviledged to be around him. A week later I realized my depression had lifted like a fog in the morning sun.
To this day I believe Scruffy saved my life by giving me someone to care for..

We always knew Scruffy had a bad hearth. The vet thought he suffered from a hearth murmur. He told us to wait and see.
5 years have passed and Scruffy has slowed down, but he seemed OK.
The other night, he was panting and short of breath so we took him to the vet and that's when we got the bad news. His murmur is worse and there is a mass near his hearth of unknown origin.

Our vet bills average $2000 a year, including some emergencies, but we plan for that. This, we did not plan for and it already has exhausted our limited funds. I am on Social Security and my wife's salary has been cut in half due to the economy.

What is almost unbearable to me is that this is not a terminal illness but most likely just a very expensive procedure.
If Scruffy dies will be because I could not afford to provide him with the right care.

That's what this money is for. It is to help diagnose Scruffy's illness and prepare a plan of action. Scruffy may need to rely on more generosity before we can say that this is over. Even the rosiest diagnosis says that it is going to take a lot of money to cure him. If that's at all possible.

Thank you for reading this. Your help will be appreciated more than you'll ever know.