Van Morrison is a 5-year-old Orange & White Short Hair in Raleigh, NC, who needs $825 for Tooth Extraction and Dermatitis.

Van Morrison is a special boy. He is outgoing, loving, playful and happy. But that was not always the case. Van Morrison was saved from high-kill rural shelter in North Carolina. He arrived very sick, underweight, and malnourished. He had a large wound on the side of his neck and he received months of medical care to get him stable.

Van Morrison is the life of the party. He loves to play and loves human companionship. He is very affectionate and loving. So after a long medical illness, it was very unfortunate that he developed ringworm (a fungal infection) at the site of the wound on his neck. The ringworm rapidly spread and Van lost most of his hair.

He was itchy and miserable and the worst part was he was in a quarantine room at the vets office. With little human interaction. After 60 days in the vets office, he went into a room by himself at a foster home. There he received topical treatments, regular baths and love. He was close to getting the home he was promised when he left the shelter.

After 8 long months of battling ringworm, he was very close to being ready for adoption. But luck again was not on his side, at his final vet check for his skin, the vet noticed he had a really bad dental issue that needed addressed right away. He was in pain with a broken tooth. He had to wait once again for his furever home until after an expensive dental procedure.

Van Morrison was lucky to leave the shelter alive, by August most cat rescues are completely full. We could not leave him behind and committed to helping him. Helping him cost quite a bit more than we expected and we could use monetary help to pay his medical bills.