Katniss is a 5-year-old Domestic Short Hair Cat in Leland, NC, who needs $1,000 for Ultrasound or Exploratory Abdominal Surgery.

Katniss was rescued by my brother about 3 years ago. Due to his long move that he had to make, I took on the role of caring for sweet Katniss. She lives with me, my husband, and our two small children. Katniss has been the light of our lives since we first laid eyes on her.

Katniss really took to me in the early days of meeting her. I feel like we've always had a bond. She's always there when I need her. She's like the perfect weighted blanket. She just KNOWS when something is going on. She's been my shoulder to cry on more times than I can count. I just love her with all my heart.

Katniss is SO vocal. This girl love to talk. We have conversations daily about anything from the weather to celebrity gossip. She's really a girls girl. She doesn't love playing with toys but she does love a good cuddle session. She's best friends with our lab, Lacey. They eat together, sleep together (on top of me), cuddle together, you name it, they probably do it.

Katniss has been admitted to the AETH for possible foreign body. She began vomiting blood at 1am on 1/19/23 and has continued through the day. I was able to take her into the doctor at 4am this morning where they ran bloodwork and took radiographs. Once results are in, we found out that she's extremely constipated due to ingesting cat litter.

I'm a stay at home mom of two little boys. We only have 1 income and we were totally unprepared for this kind of emergency. My heart is breaking because this is a life or death situation for her. She's just so young.