Midnight is a 11 year old American Shorthair in Laurel, MD, who needs $1,575 for Diagnostic of Chronic Urinary Issues.

Midnight is the first pet I’ve owned and has been with me since 2021. He was 7 years old when I adopted him from a local adoption organization. Currently, Midnight and another cat I adopted a year ago live together with just me in my first house. The other cat’s name is Madame Peanut, and she was a foster-to-adopt that I hoped could get along with Midnight to keep him company if I wasn't home.

In 2023, he developed a urethral blockage that sent him to the vet ER. That night and that week onwards has changed our lives considerably. After a second blockage, the vet requested we try to give him a PU surgery (Perineal Urethrostomy) to prevent future blockages, along with a strict regimen of urinary health cat food. Now, AVIMO Annapolis is suggesting a permanent stent. (pending)

When I adopted Midnight, he was already far from a kitten, at 7 years old. I came to quickly see that Midnight loved to get pets, sit on laps, and had a liking to playing with shoelaces. I always had a soft spot for the senior and overlooked pets, so it was an instant attachment to this big guy when I first met him at his foster's. Midnight also quickly became attached to me, a "momma's boy.".

Due to increasing cost of living and the costs of his many hospital visits in 2023, the resurgence of urinary tract problems will prove to be difficult to cover. His first pet insurance could not cover enough of the cost, I mostly paid OOP and eventually with my savings.