Simba is a 4-year-old Catahoula Mix in Cape Coral, FL, who needs $2,000 for MRI of the Spine.

We got Simba when he was just a couple of months old, as a friend for our other dog, Duke, who has since crossed the rainbow bridge. He has always been super active, energetic, and smiley. He aims to please and is a big lap-dog. His favorite toy in the world is his red Jolly Pets ball; it's truly an addiction. He cries without his ball, and chasing his ball is what got him into this predicament.

Simba was born 6 months after our son and has grown up alongside both of our kids. They all wrestle like siblings and know each other's boundaries. They all love each other so much and always look out for each other. If our kids are playing nerf wars with dad, Simba will join in to "protect" his human siblings and bark at dad. Also, whenever we play the harmonica, Simba loves to join in, howling.

Simba is so special to our family because of his being a "do do head," as the kids call him. He's crazy, silly, gets the zoomies with his tail between his legs, sings with a harmonica, only loves his red ball, smiles all the time, naps on his back with his legs sprawled every direction in the air, etc. He always shows his love and can tell if you're sick or having a rough day.

About 9 am on 8/30/23, Simba chased his ball in the backyard. Spontaneously, he dropped, like a deer getting shot by a hunter, and screamed in pain. It hurts to stand, walk, sit, lay. He drags his leg to walk and the leg is stick straight

After a thorough exam, the neurologist's guess would be a FCE (spinal cord stroke), which happens instantaneously like the incident. Required an MRI to diagnose

Hurricane Ian devastated our area on 9/28/22, and we've been fighting our insurance company for payment to fix damages.
My husband had a car accident on 4/6/23, and we didn't get our car back til 8/11/23. We paid $5500+ out of pocket for a rental car during that time.