Scout was a street rescue picked up by a friend as a feral kitten at about 2 weeks old and he has been hitched to my side ever since. All 8 years of his life. He's my little buddy and I love him dearly. Scout's a very normally quiet and timid boy, but when he feels safe and sound he is the loviest little cuddlebug I've ever meet. Even with his health issues and hurt paw he is crawling into bed with me to sleep at my side every night. Like I said, he is joined at the hip to me. If he's not sleeping in his little house or at my side; he's curled up with his niece, (seen in the photos) Squeaky. A few weeks ago I discovered that his paw was hurt after it swelled up so we took him to the vet but they didn't think anything was broken so he was just given some steroids/pain meds and we kept watch to see if anything got better. However; after his paw grew 4x the size we brought him for an x-ray and tissue sample. And after the x-ray we discovered it's a double fracture and we should amputate. The economy is really rough. I am hanging on to my job for as little as it pays, and my roommate, who has already helped so much with vet bills and x-ray costs, are just barely scraping by to pay rent and keep the cats fed every month. We really need help to afford this.