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For The Love Of Alex Inc. provides emergency funding for life-saving veterinary care of low-income families.

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Molly And Mariam

Molly and Mariam need help. They both suffer from painful oral disease and need surgical tooth extractions. When a pet develops oral disease, it increases bacteria within the mouth and oral tissues. This bacteria can enter the bloodstream and travel to other areas within the body, causing liver or kidney disease. Both surgeries offer these precious furbabies a longer, healthier, and pain-free future.

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Mariam The Cat

Mariam, a beautiful 10-year-old kitty from northern California, was diagnosed with Stomatitis. Stomatitis causes severe inflammation in the mouth and affects the gums, lips, tongue, as well as the roof and floor of a cat’s mouth. Stomatitis is painful and debilitating…

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Momo The Cat

Momo; a stunning kitty from Arizona, was diagnosed with Necrotizing myopathy (NM) a rare autoimmune disease that causes muscle weakness and atrophy. Momoβ€˜s left femur bone was fractured from a slight fall jumping from the ottoman to the couch. Momo needs Femoral head osteotomy (FHO) surgery; however, his mom cannot afford it.

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Zoey The Cat

Zoey, a beautiful tortie from New York, has a painful tumor growing in her left ear. It constantly gets infected and bleeds. Zoey had the tumor removed a few years ago, but it grew back larger, and now it’s affecting her eye. Zoey has been suffering for far too long and needs surgery ASAP!

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MOOKIE WOULD HAVE PERISHED WITHOUT SURGERY! 😿

Mookie, a floof from Tennessee was struggling to breathe. Mookie was diagnosed with a diaphragmatic hernia, often caused by blunt-force trauma to the abdomen. Mookie’s intestines and spleen had migrated into his chest cavity! Mookie needed life-saving surgery immediately…

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THE EMERGENCY FUND SAVED BITTY GIRL! 😻

THE EMERGENCY FUND helped this beautiful Michigan furbaby! πŸš‘Bitty Girl’s life almost ended before it began. As tiny four-week-old kittens, Bitty Girl and her siblings were tossed from a car like trash. Bitty sustained an injury to her front right leg but recovered; however, years later, she developed a cancerous tumor on her paw…

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THE EMERGENCY FUND is helping this handsome New Jersey boy have surgery tomorrow! πŸš‘

THE EMERGENCY FUND is helping this handsome New Jersey boy have surgery tomorrow! πŸš‘

Over the holiday, we received an urgent plea for help. Bagel had a life-threatening urinary blockage and was hospitalized with a urinary catheter. Bagel needs perineal urethrostomy (PU) surgery to widen his urethra to prevent another deadly occurrence.

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Lucy The Kitten

Last month, the Emergency Fund helped a little 4-month-old Iowa kitten named Lucy who had diarrhea and a swollen and enlarged rectum. The diarrhea was so severe that it had scorched off the fur and skin from Lucy’s tail and back legs. Today, Lucy is happy, healthy, and back to her usual kitten self, zooming around and causing all kinds of kitten mischief!

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Tommy Girl The Cat

A U.S. Army veteran’s cat has suffered severe injuries. Tommy Girl, a beloved furbaby from Kentucky, snuck outside, and when she returned home, she was limping. Tommy Girl needs Triple pelvic osteotomy (TPO) surgery, which has been estimated to cost $2,800.00. Tommy Girl’s elderly dad lives on a meager disability benefit he can not afford his beloved girl’s surgery…

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PRAYERS FOR BELLA MAE & HER FAMILY πŸ™

We met Bella Mae, a beautiful tuxedo from Maine, in October. Bella Mae was diagnosed with a mammary tumor. Mammary tumors are most common in older, intact female cats but can also affect spayed females like Bella Mae. Sadly, the cancer has spread to her lungs…

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Bud The Cat

Bud is having Emergency surgery today! Last night, we received an application from an elderly lady in Iowa whose orange furbaby, Bud snuck outside and was viciously attacked 3 days ago!

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Otis The Cat

Otis, a handsome tuxedo kitten from Iowa, has a deciduous (baby) tooth growing into his soft palette, causing him significant pain. Due to the tooth's location, his veterinarian referred Otis to a Speciality Veterinary Hospital because of the high risk of breaking Otis’s tiny jaw! However, Otis’s mom has exhausted her care credit account and cannot afford his surgery cost…

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Alvin The Cat

Alvin, a pretty tabby from Iowa, was diagnosed with Glaucoma, a painful eye condition that causes a buildup of fluid in the eyeball that puts pressure on the optic nerve. Alvin has been treated for several months with eye drops and steroids; however, it has not significantly reduced the pressure. Alvin needs Enucleation surgery to remove the eye before it ruptures!

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Mama Kitty The Cat

The Emergency Fund recently helped this sweet tabby, Mama Kitty, from Florida. Mama Kitty was experiencing severe constipation. Mama Kitty was diagnosed with Megacolon and was prescribed a prescription diet to manage her condition. However, her mom fell into financial hardship due to enduring back-to-back hurricanes…

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Miko The Minnesota Kitty

Miko, a sweet Minnesota kitty has been hospitalized 4 times in the last year with life-threatening urinary blockages despite a prescription urinary diet and anti-anxiety medication. The only permanent solution to SAVE Miko is Perineal Urethrostomy (PU) surgery; a surgical procedure that reconstructs the urethra to allow urine to pass through more easily. However, his mom has exhausted all of her funds and can not afford it…

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Ocean The Cat

Ocean, the senior kitty from Hawaii, has a special bond with her elderly mom, who found her abandoned and helpless at just 3 weeks old. Ocean has lost a lot of weight lately despite a ravenous appetite worrying her mom…

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Sam The Cat

Sam, a gorgeous 8-year-old kitty from rural Pennsylvania, has not been feeling her usual kitty cat-self. Her concerning symptoms include an unusual odor from her hind area, aggressive hair-pulling, decreased appetite, and changes in litter box behavior. Sam urgently requires a thorough veterinary examination, which may involve diagnostic tests like bloodwork and X-rays.

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Sammy The Cat

Sammy, a sweet 10-year-old rescue cat from Washington, was adopted in 2019 and found a loving furever home. Recently diagnosed with periodontal disease, Sammy needs costly dental extractions. His elderly dad, living on a small disability benefit, cannot afford the surgery.

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Oaklea The Sick Ohio Kitten

The Emergency Fund recently helped this sweet 10-week old Ohio kitten who was extremely sick. Kitten (now named Oaklea) had explosive diarrhea, she was crying out in pain and her condition deteriorated rapidly overnight. She was barely moving and had not eaten or drunk anything in 48 hours…

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Nala The Cat

Nala, a beautiful floof ball from Iowa, has a cancerous tumor growing in her front right paw pad that is causing her to not bear any weight on her foot and smells awful! Nala needs surgery to remove her entire leg to ensure she lives cancer-free!

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