Jezabelle is an 8-year-old Domestic Shorthair cat in Edinburg, TX, who needs $119 for radiographs, a steroid shot, an antibiotic injection, and radiograph analysis.

One month after my twenty-second birthday, I was browsing Craigslist when I came across Jezabelle: a one-and-a-half-year-old tabby cat. Her story -- which was posted on the website -- detailed that she had been shoved into a box and thrown out of a moving vehicle to be abandoned at a veterinary clinic on the outskirts of Austin, Texas.

Upon discovering her, I instantly fell in love. However, upon visiting her in the shelter, it was apparent that she was severely traumatized by the abuse she'd previously suffered. Despite that, there was a spark, and I decided to adopt her anyway. It took a lot of work to gain her trust, but eventually, she warmed up to me -- coming to me for pets, scritches, and snuggles.

Jezabelle is the first cat I've ever owned, and though she has behavioral issues related to the past trauma she suffered, she is the sweetest little cat (at least, to me and my roommates.) She's helped me through a lot of rough times, including my severe lifelong chronic illness diagnosis in 2014, and has been my rock and foundation for life since then.