Help Daphne Dawns cancer journey

Daphne was just diagnosed with Osteosarcoma and needs to have her leg amputated to help elevate the excruciating amount of pain that she is in, and hopefully save her life.

Daphne came into my life at a tough time. I had recently lost my best friend Dawn to colon cancer at the age of 33. Every year for her birthday we would go to a restaurant to celebrate Dawn, and this one day we stopped at the mall before we went to eat. In that mall, at the pet store was this kitten that immediately stole my heart. I cried the first time I held her, but left her there as I didn’t really have the money to purchase this cat. All night long I thought about her, and the next day after work I went back to see her again. I sat outside that window and cried knowing that she had to be mine.

Since that day, this cat has been my heart walking outside of my body. She is literally my soul cat and I would throw down my life for her. She has been by my side through some of my darkest days, and now she is going through her own battle.

Weeks ago Daphne started limping and after taking her to the vet and trialing some medications to help.. she wasn’t getting better. I took her back to have some X-rays done, which I assumed were going to be normal as I was certain she had not broken anything. I got the call that evening that her X-rays came back showing she had an aggressive cancer that had pretty much destroyed her tibia bone in her leg. This call shook me to my core. I can not fathom losing the very cat that brought me back from such a deep depression to the same disease that has already taken so much from me.

This cancer is rare in cats, and not a lot of literature is out there..and it seems every time I do find something, it contradicts the last thing I read. What I do know though is that she is in a lot of pain and the only way to give her any quality of life for the time she has left is to amputate her diseased leg. Daphne, besides the limp is otherwise her normal happy kitty self. I’m told that amputation will immediately make her feel better, and cats adapt extremely well to missing a limb.

The testing that we have done already and consultations with oncology have already cost me over $3000, the surgery will be another $4000-$5000. I know that my cat is 100% my responsibility, but I am asking for any amount of help I can get so that I can assure that she can get the care that she needs.

Thank you for reading our story and for helping or sharing ♥️ - Kristin