Hi,

I’m Sasha and my sweet cat Basil needs help. I adopted Basil July of 2020 in the height of COVID. He is the sweetest, most tender and loving cat I have ever known. He loves grass, sitting on the highest surfaces he can find and is a real freak for churus. Everyone who has ever met him loves him immediately, and he loves them back. He’s been by my side through so many phases of my life and has brought me joy and comfort through some of my hardest moments. I genuinely don’t know if I would be here without him.

In 2024, Basil, his sister Marceline and I moved across the country to Oregon, where I am pursuing a degree in Nursing. Having my cats with me so far away from my family and support system has been life saving and I would do anything for my sweet kitties.

On Thursday morning (3/26) I noticed Basil was struggling to urinate, I took him to the vet immediately to rule out an obstructed bladder and had my fears confirmed. What was supposed to be a pretty common procedure turned sideways when they found Basil had almost 10 urinary stones in his bladder and would need surgery to remove them.

Early Friday morning he went into surgery to remove the stones- he struggled with anesthesia and his blood pressure dropped, but all of the stones were successfully removed. In order to reduce costs, I took him home Friday night to see if he could recover in a familiar space. Unfortunately, he was not able to pee post-op and ended up re-obstructing due to inflammation and heavy blood clots. I took him back to the vet Saturday afternoon where they inserted another catheter to drain the urine and blood that was building up in his bladder. We went home again and things seemed to be looking up, he was eating and drinking, but 12+ hours later had not successfully voided. As of now, he is back in the hospital with another catheter in for the next 24 hours. We’re hoping we can give his bladder to a chance to relax and drain without additional stress.

The past few days have been brutal- physically exhausting, emotionally devastating and monetarily draining. I have already put in $6,000+ for his care, surgery, medications and more. I wish I could say he’s safely on the other side but he still needs additional care. I really don’t want to give up on him- he is so young and still has so much beautiful life to live and churus to eat.

Unfortunately, I have spent well beyond my means on care for Basil and cannot afford to keep fighting for him alone.

Asking for help, especially monetary help, is incredibly difficult for me, but Basil deserves a good chance. He would never give up on me, and I refuse to give up on him.

If you have anything to spare, even the smallest amount helps. If you can’t donate, taking a moment to share this so that it might reach someone who can is deeply appreciated.

I promise to keep you updated with how he’s doing and continue to give him the best, most beautiful life possible when he’s better.

thank you for taking the time to read this ♡ it means the world to me that you care and I promise to pass the generosity forward in the future