Pippin is a 6-month-old Domestic Shorthair Cat in Chicago, IL, who needs $2,000 for Surgery.

I live with my sister in an apartment in Chicago, and we decided to adopt a pair of kittens after her cat passed due to a mass in his pancreas. Pippin was part of a litter that was found and brought to Paws Chicago for care and was about three months old when we adopted him and his brother, Milo.

Pippin is such a sweet lap kitten. Any time one of our laps is available, he's there chirping at us to be let up. He lives to run and jump - he even made it on top of the cabinets above our fridge! And Pip has a lot of beds - my computer chair, a cardboard cat carrier, our laps, plus occasionally the cushions I set up to be his actual bed - but he really loves sleeping curled up with his brother.

Pippin, despite having so many toys, loves playing with little scraps of trash. He'll take strips of plastic torn from resealable bags, carry them around in his mouth, and suddenly flop over and start kicking them. He also has this habit of chasing his tail any time he's not occupied with something else. Sometimes it's fast, sometimes it's him slowly turning in circles and swatting at his tail.

On Pippin's 6-month birthday, he suddenly started vomiting. I took him to the MedVet because our primary vet couldn't see him that day. Turns out he had an intussusception, which means part of his intestine folded over on itself. It's life-threatening, so after a night of fluids and an ultrasound to confirm, he went into surgery. Dr. Shnable and Dr. Galley were really great at keeping us updated.

The total cost we're looking at is $10,500 - $11,500 according to the estimate I was given. We have pet insurance but are still within the waiting period for illness. I also recently lost my job, so our financial situation was already precarious. Any help is appreciated.