Peanut is a 11-year-old American Shorthair Cat in Lebanon, PA, who needs $2,000 for Intestinal Resection Surgery.

We adopted our Precious little Peanut form the Lebanon Humane Society and the love bond was instantaneous . He has given us so much joy in the 11 years we have shared together. He has a brother , Tiger, who we adopted at the same time. I always called Peanut my Maybelline kitty because he has such beautiful two tone colored eyes. He is chocolate and always had such a beautiful coat.

He loves to just be with us and really is a cat that likes your company. It has been very hard watching him go through this downward spiral and we have worked hard to try to save him...spending hours and days researching his medical condition and looking for ways to help him. If love could heal, he would've been better a long time ago. We pray to God and Jesus to heal him .

Everything Peanut does make you smile. He is very loving and his eyes tell the whole story of his loyal, compassionate nature. You just want to pick him up and hug him to pieces.

Peanut has been n a downward spiral for the past few months but we didn't know what was wrong with him and then 2 weeks ago he had an ultrasound which revealed a mass in his Ileum in the small intestine and the only way to save him is to remove it. We had a consultation with a board certified surgeon but the surgery is very expensive...nearly $6000 and we need help since we had no pet insurance.

It means everything. Our pets are our children since we couldn't have any human ones of our own . They are respected and loved as a parent would any human child. We lost 2 other cats within the past 10 months and the emotional and financial hardships were overwhelming.