Orange Cassidy (and his adopted brother, Inky) mean the world to me and my wife. We recently noticed that Cassidy has been eating less, which later progressed into hiding behavior, shakiness, and a fever.

We brought him this evening to VEG (an emergency vet clinic in Shrewsbury), only for them to discover a mass in his adrenal gland. They recommended that he be transferred to Tufts. To figure out if the mass is benign or cancerous, not even including whatever treatment may need to follow, such as surgery, we were estimated to have to pay at least 3-4K upfront at Tufts Veterinary Hospital.

CareCredit, which is the only alternative method of payment Tufts will accept, is unfortunately not an option, since I had my Synchrony account closed down over a year ago. Any funds we did have, we have already spent on the initial visit to VEG, which was a little over 1.5K.

Cassidy is a talkative, lovable lap cat with typical orange boy "one brain-cell" behavior. My wife and I are absolutely devastated at the idea that we may not be able to help him, and it is painful not even knowing if this is something that can be treated with medication or surgery. He is a young and happy boy, who deserves to have so many more years cuddling on the couch and prowling our apartment with his "babies" (his favorite rainbow mouse toys, which he likes to leave on our pillows as gifts).

UPDATE (8/12/26):

We wanted to reach out and let everyone know that Orange Cassidy crossed the rainbow bridge today. With your donations, we were able to afford an ultrasound and testing from Tufts.

After doing so, we found out that he did not, in fact, have an adrenal gland mass, but instead a large tumor in his large intestine (which our vet believed to be lymphoma), as well as a bad infection. He briefly perked up for a week with steroids and antibiotics, but let us know it was time when he stopped eating entirely.

Thank you for your kindness, and helping bring my wife and I closure, knowing that we did what we could for our little boy.