**Newest update!**

9/19/25

Another vet visit with no external signs of his disease metastasizing! This is making me have a little hope that it's another bone disease rather than the "c word"... I'm taking this as a win. Maybe I can raise the money after all?

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**Mufasa's Story** Topics may be triggering, I avoided using graphic depictions.

Mufasa is a very sweet 11 year old Bengal who was rescued into my home at 1 years old with his 2 year old Dad, Simba. Fasa loves inspecting the new groceries, talking loudly, purring, kneading, and he loves his family. He is always on the hunt for the coziest spot! I lost his Dad, Simba, to squamous cell carcinoma a little after Simba's 10th birthday in 2023 so I am praying I won't lose Mufasa a similar way. Simba and Mufasa were and are respectively, my first cats and my closest companions.

In February 2025 I noticed changes in Fasa's mood and he started ambulating very slowly and close to the ground. We were scared what this could mean. After a trip to a neurology specialist in the cities, x-rays of his spine showed that it could be a sarcoma, infection, or something else, but most likely a sarcoma. We had options for hospice or diagnostics. I wanted to diagnose, but the price of the procedure was too overwhelming for my family and I. At that point, we focused on palliative care. Medicines helped his quality of life so much! They are still helping. He chases his sister around again (She hates it! Sorry, Spark!), has a great appetite, likes to play in short bursts, and knead till he falls asleep!

Months passed and things haven't changed! I was apprehensive but hopeful. I even found him on top of the cupboards more than once!! I was so shocked I gasped out loud. Bone disease, who??, he says. :) Each vet visit is far apart and going so well. This is very different from Simba's experience which was fast and difficult. Maybe Fasa's tumor isn't growing? I don't know... but it has rekindled my need to know what is going on. Maybe there is something I can fix with your help! I am cautiously going forward with trying to raise money for a CT scan which may make a biopsy possible or at least give us a better understanding of the extent of this disease.

Thank you for reading, and please donate responsibly.

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**Mufasa's Updates**

This section will show you how fundraising goals changed, certainty and uncertainty changed, and how he progressed. Updates as they happened.

2/2025:

Hello everyone,

This is Mufasa, he has been my companion for nine years now and he's in perfect health at almost 11 years old... except for something they found in his spine.

It could be a few things, but the most likely thing is the dreaded "c word", he is getting more tests done this week! I'm praying it is something we can fix...

Your money will mainly help keep him comfortable and help my family and I pay for the neurology visit and/or surgery this week if he needs it. It will also help us pay off what we've already spent and what we will charge! Please donate any amount, only if you can.

My goal for fundraising from all sources is $700 if he doesn't need surgery, and $2000+ if he does need surgery.

Your money will be used on:

-Neurology specialist fees

-Medicine

-Palliative care expenses

-Gas to and from hospital

-Special ONC cat food

-End of life expenses

Thank you for reading,

Lucy and family

EDIT: CONTENT WARNING: TERMINAL ILLNESS

Update 2/26/25, today my Fasa-bear was diagnosed with sarcoma of an unknown type. I will be raising the goal from $700 to $3000. Any money you donate will go towards a CT scan/MRI of his throat, lungs, and liver to help us know how we can help him and where to focus on. Please donate responsibly and only if you can.

Update 3/3/25, my family has decided not to do imaging at this time and go ahead with palliative care, gentle tumor-slowing medication, specialty food, and end-of-life care. Your donations will now go to his specialty food made for cats fighting cancer, medication, and end-of-life care. Thank you for reading.

Clarification update 3/6/25, I read the post-visit paperwork and found that I misunderstood he was NOT diagnosed due to no imaging and no biopsies being done. The specialist told me it is 90% chance it is round cell sarcoma, but a 10% chance it's an infection or something weird and so prognosis wasn't reached. I'm holding onto the hope that it is something we can fix. For now, I am focusing on making him as happy and as comfortable as possible and will be relying on the tumor-slowing anti-inflammatory medication. Thank you for your donations to help me give him a great life.

Update 5/20/25, My baby boy is still here!! Isn't that amazing? I have decided to go ahead with trying to raise the funds for a CT scan at a specialist. This CT scan will allow us to know how his disease is progressing as well as get a biopsy same-day if anything is found in an operable area. He is doing OK right now, there are good days and bad days. If we stop the anti-inflammatory medicine we can get him a CT scan to figure out if his disease has spread, and that's where you come in! All donations will now go toward everything during his hospitalization on CT day (proof of cost is in a photo above): Sedation, Computed Tomography (CT) scan, biopsy, and hospitalization cost, ect. The GoFundMe goal will already have been adjusted for the cost of the estimate.

5/23/25

Happy 11th Birthday, Fasa!! Today I had him wear a 'Happy Birthday' bandana and he didn't mind it. We had to go to the vet today for urinalysis, but he had lots of rest time in his favorite spot at home.

9/19/25

Another vet visit with no external signs of his disease metastasizing! This is making me have a little hope that it's another bone disease rather than the "c word"... I'm taking this as a win. Maybe I can raise the money after all?

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I am not able to get a CareCredit credit card or Zoeits card due to my poor credit score so I must rely on donations.

Out of the millions of people who are asking for help, thank you so much for choosing me and Fasa...

Thank you so so much for reading!