Shadow is a 4-year-old Domestic Long Hair Cat in Asheville, NC, who needs $800 for Echocardiogram.

Shadow came into our lives after his previous owner abandoned him. I fell in love with him the moment I met him. I took him to the vet to make sure he was healthy and got him up to date on all his vaccines. He was a very healthy boy until December when his sister died. Shortly after he collapsed and we rushed him to the emergency vet. We found out that he had a heart murmur a week later

It's just me and my fianceé taking care of him. He greets us at the door when we come home every day from work. He loves to curl up with us in bed and sleeps right by our side. Before his sister died from a congenital heart problem he looked after her and loved having a playmate. He groomed her and loved her unconditionally. He took her death extremely hard even though she wasn't in our lives long

Shadow loves to sleep like a human, it always makes me laugh because he thinks he's not a cat. He loves to perch on our dresser at night and we call him Bat Man. He loves to sit in the sink and meow until we turn the faucet on. Shadow has an obsession with drinking from the faucet even though he has a perfectly good water fountain. He's very spoiled and loved unconditionally.

I work at Open Door Veterinary Care in Asheville and they've cared for Shadow like he's family. Dr Foster has been helping us learn to take his blood pressure at home so we can monitor his heart function consistently until we can save enough money to take him to the cardiologist at Upstate Greenville. My office has gone above and beyond to help him stay healthy and happy

We were told that Shadow needs an echocardiogram within the next few months and we just can't afford to spend the $800 and drive to Greenville right now. He's our baby boy and after losing our kitten due to unexpected heart failure we want to do everything we can to help him