Help Gidget-Guy Find Comfort in His Last Days

**Update - 5/15/23 A.M.**

Gidget came home a few days ago - He was stable enough and eating, so here we are :-)

I am happy to say that Gidget's desire to eat and mosey around the house has greatly improved, since coming home... He is eating, drinking and begging for treats.

He is still not long for this world, but he is doing well enough on the steroids that we are blessed with some extra time to love on him.

I cannot thank everyone enough, for the donations that helped make this whole situation way easier on me and my family. THANK YOU!!

**Update - 5/10/23 4:00pm**

Gidget's ultrasound showed multiple tumors in various organs. The good doctors at Blue Pearl Pet Hospital are certain that it is cancer. They suspect non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and say that there is a good chance that it is treatable but there is no guarantee of success, short-term or long-term. Given that the cost of prep, confirmed diagnosis through biopsies and treatment is not in my budget - even with your gracious help - I have opted to make what life he may have left as comfortable as possible. In order to do that, he is doing an overnight stay where he will be closely monitored and put on fluids to try and spark some life into him and hopefully get his appetite going so that we can put him on steroids... Maybe we get a couple more "comfortable" months before we have to let him go.

I am continuing to ask for donations because even the cost of the bare minimum is obscene. If you cannot donate (I know how it is in today's economy - that's why I'm here), please consider sharing this GoFundMe page.

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Hey All! I'm Jessica. Many of ya'll know me and my handsome cat, Gidget. It could be personally, or from the good old inter-webz. Gidget is my furry baby. My Gidgy-pidgy. My Guy. My Mr. Meow-meow...

Well, he isn't doing well, and the fam and I are worried. He once was a 20lb ball of handsome fur... always hungry, shaking his food bowl whenever it was empty, demanding more food, begging for tuna or turkey lunchmeat whenever I'd be in the kitchen. But recently, he hasn't been himself. He's stopped eating and begging for his favorites, stopped sleeping in his favorite spot (my oldest daughter's bed), stopped coming to me for cuddles... he's just stopped. Everything. And our hearts are breaking.

I've been in and out of the Vet trying to make him whole again; trying to figure out what is going on and how to fix it. His kidney levels are above normal, his B12 is wildly low and he's got bones popping out that I've never had the pleasure of feeling before when I would give him cuddles - he's down to under 15lbs in two weeks!! He's meant to be a big boy - he was never your average-sized kitty.

Gidget is a member of our family. A piece of our hearts and I'm here today asking if you can help. Anything helps. The vet costs are hitting hard, and I don't know if I can manage as the last month or so has thrown me a few financial curve balls.

If you can help, please consider donating to his GoFundMe page.