Tina Marie is a 13 year old Mix-Breed in Fort Lauderdale , FL, who needs $950 for Surgical Eye Enucleation.

Previous owners abused & abandoned her. She was then attacked by raccoons while living outside my old apartment. My neighbor was feeding her. She and I both moved. Both of us decided not to leave her behind. We agreed she would keep her & I would pay for her shots and a check-up at the vets. The neighbor couldn't handle her or afford to feed her anymore. I decided to take her home & keep her.

Not having medical care after her attack caused her to go blind in one eye and become deaf. She scratched her blind eye, and it started to heal, but she did it again. I made a vet appointment, and while waiting to see the vet, she scratched 2 more times which caused it to bleed & bulge out. The vet said she needed to have her eye taken out immediately. Total Pet Care Animal Hospital

It took a year to be able to pet her. She would bite you if you tried her nickname was Jaws. She loves pets, nightly treats she loves sleeping on my bed. She has 2 sisters. Tina & my 10-year-old are both Calicos, they both hiss at each other, it's funny my 10-year-old has no teeth & Tina can't hear, my other cat is a sweet tabby, is always checking up on her. Tina is very loved & spoiled.

I am in the middle of changing careers from the Beauty Industry to the Insurance Industry. The day I got let go from my job due to a lack of training is the same day I found out Tina needs to have her eye removed a soon as possible. I would be devastated if I lost her.