Oliver Wendell Holmes - (Oli) is a 4-year-old Maine Coon Cat in Edinboro, PA, who needs $2,000 for SRS/SRT Radiation.

In August 2018 I went to a local pet rescue just to go pet kittens! When I got to the shelter, all the kittens came over to play for a few minutes. Then one kitten jumped on my lap & would not move. I said to myself I’ll come back in a couple of days and if he still does that, then he has to come home with me. I came back, and the kitten jumped on my lap again & refused to move. He picked me!

We have a total of seven pets in the house, three dogs and four cats and Oliver gets along well with everyone. His favorite, however, is another cat named Blossom, who is also a rescue who I found in my flower bed a few days after I adopted Oliver they love to snuggle and groom each other, as well as run around the house in the middle of the night. Oliver also loves to snuggle and groom our dogs.

One of my favorite things about Oliver is how he and blossom love to play with little pom-poms that they carry around in the middle of the night meowing like they’ve captured a mouse. After he is done with that, he usually comes into my bed and sleep there all night and is there first thing in the morning laying on top of me with his 14 pounds, purring, and getting as close to my face as he can!

Oliver was extremely healthy up until the morning of August 21, 2022 when he came into the bedroom and I saw he had a lump on his head. I thought he had been playing rough and went to the vet to check it out. Well it turned out to be a fibrosarcoma, and the amazing vets at PSVEC in Pittsburgh removed the tumor, but because of the location, he will need radiation treatment as well to try to beat this.

I do not have any back up money to pay for Oliver’s treatment. I take care of 7 pets in all, but Oliver picked me and he means the world to me. He is always there for me and loves me unconditionally. I promised him I would always be there for him too.