Smatchimo is a 12 year old Mix-Breed in Portland, OR, who needs $1,000 for Diagnosis and Treatment.

Back in July of 2012, my friend Mindy went to Montana to visit her family (we live in Oregon). She told me that her & her brother were 4-wheeling behind her mom's house when she found 2 tiny orange kittens hiding under a pile of brush & appeared to be abandoned. She showed up on my door says later with a cutest little thing that fit right in the palm of my hand & we've been inseparable ever since

I am not entirely sure what is wrong with Smatchimo. About a week or so ago, I noticed he was having trouble eating & cleaning himself. I have been having to crush his food, spoon feed him & bathe him after meals. He drools a lot & paws at his mouth while eating. I can tell he is in pain & it's breaking my heart because I feel so helpless and cannot afford to help him.

Smatchimo has always been such a strong cat and incredibly loyal. When we lost our apartment a few years back, he was missing for several months. Everyone told me that if you don't find ur car the first week, you probably won't. 7 months later his chip was scanned. I went to the women's house to pick him up and she was in tears because she had never saw such a bond between an animal & human before

I had been grand maul seizures where I lost consciousness, memory, bladder control, bit my mouth bloody, etc. This caused me to lose my job. So I went to a neurologist and after months and months of testing, etc. I was diagnosed with a (hopefully) benign brain tumor.