MuMu is a 11-year-old Russian Blue Cat in Carmel, IN, who needs $1,800 for I-131 Radioiodine Treatment.

Our sweet MuMu was a rescue from a 90+ year old woman's estate when she passed away. She was a lap cat/companion for her. We received her when she was approximately 5 years old. MuMu had never been around children before, and it took some getting used to her new home environment which included myself and two children, then age 2 and 13. She came out of her shell and became the perfect pet.

MuMu has been a very loving family member. She has comforted us during our trials and tribulations in life, during our sicknesses and surgeries and sad life moments. She has never waivered in her enduring love for us. She loves to sit outside the bathroom when my son showers, to meow at him when he comes out. She fills a missing void in our lives after losing my oldest son last year.

MuMu loves to stay up late at night with me while I work from home on the overnight shift. She is often found at my feet, or on my desk as shown in the picture. She takes turns sleeping in both kids' beds, and is always on my bed first thing when I wake up every morning, waiting for her breakfast and to be the first downstairs.

She first became sick in April. She had very high liver enzymes and was treated with antibiotics/steroids. Liver enzymes went up and down over the course of several months with an ultrasound not showing anything significant to cause the fluctuations. In August, Mumu took a drastic turn for the worse and stopped eating, ultimately testing positive for hyperthyroid, the driving cause of her symptoms

Treatment to date has ran over $3500. She will be required to stay on meds every 12 hours for the rest of her life. Hyperthyroidism causes a shorter lifespan + cost to continuously monitor blood thyroid levels. Radioiodine treatment will cure her and give her her life back.