Sawyer is a 9-week-old Domestic Shorthair kitten in Canoga Park, CA, who needs $1,470 for surgery to repair his ruptured diaphragm.

As a teacher, we found this little guy wandering around campus. He struggled to get around because he had an obvious injury. The students pick him up placed him in a box and I took him home to care for him. At home I was able to give him a bath and see that his leg had been broken and dislocated. He didn't seem to be in any pain, suggesting the injury was old. He was extremely underweight and I was concerned about his internal injuries. Fires in our area closed down the vet hospitals for a couple days so in the mean time we fed him and cared for him. He has been slowly putting on weight over the past couple weeks. The first vet visit was not what we expected: the leg would need to be amputated and a ruptured or herniated diaphragm. We tested fecal matter and found Sawyer also is carrying a bacteria that needed to be fixed with an antibiotic. This we have taken care of, but the amputation and procedure to fix the herniated diaphragm is out of our ability for financial reasons. The estimate for the leg is at least one thousand dollars, but this won't be done until he had survived the first surgery which is to repair his diaphragm. Sawyer has spent his days waiting for surgery in the company of my two dogs and one other cat. He constantly tries to cuddle with them and sleep near their warm bodies. At night he nuzzles up to my chest or face and purrs. He sleeps with me every night, and enjoys sleeping under the covers.