Remus is a 12-year-old American Long Hair Cat in Goose Creek, SC, who needs $450 for Low Dose Dexamethasone-Suppression Test.

Remus, aka "Remi" came into my life 5 weeks ago. This handsome man appeared on my patio in the dead of night, crying for food and water. Unable to locate his family on social media, I reached out to animal control to see if he was chipped. The animal control officer found he was chipped and took him to the local animal center to locate his family.

Animal control contacted his family, but found they had given him away and no longer wanted him. After learning this, I hesitated only once before adding him to my small pack at home. Remi is such a sweet soul. He's cuddly and loving and demanding of pets. He loves to race past me down the stairs with the cutest little patter of his tiny feet.

Remi is a silly man. He likes to sleep in a twisty fashion, he expects treats when his dog sister, Nori, comes in from doing her business, and he's constantly purring. As he's warming up in our house he has started giving me leg massages at bedtime after I give him ample pets. He fits into a space I didn't know was empty until now.

Since Remi's arrival he's been a sick little man. In the past 5 weeks he's been treated for aspiration pneumonia and an upper respiratory infection that required hospitalization. He's been diagnosed with bladder/kidney stones, inflammatory bowl disease, malabsorption, B-12 deficiency, probable adrenal tumor and Cushing's Disease.

In the last 5 weeks I've spent over $4k on urgent care, hospital, medication, and prescription food just to save his life and get him borderline healthy. He requires additional testing and possibly further care in the future that I cannot afford out of pocket.