Vincent is a 10 year old American Shorthair in Los Angeles, CA, who needs $8,000 for Segmental Resection Surgery.

Vincent is named after the song “Vincent” by Don McLean. I rescued him 10 years ago from a shelter in my hometown of Johannesburg when he was 3 months old. I was 17 and deeply depressed, and Vincent helped to pull me out of it. When I started building a life in the US, I brought him here. He lives with me and my two roommates, and is an only child because he needs to be the center of attention.

Vincent has an adenocarcinoma tumor in his intestines that has been making it very increasingly hard for him to digest food. The tumor is growing rapidly and he has to have surgery this week to remove it in order to prevent it from completely blocking his intestines and killing him. He is being treated by Dr Jana Norris at Metropolitan Animal Specialty Hospital.

Everyone who’s met Vincent knows how perfect he is and how much joy he brings. He is super friendly to be humans and always wants to be part of group hangouts. He’s cuddly, chatty, loving, social, needy and full of personality. He loves sitting on things that I need to use, appearing on zoom calls, forehead kisses, belly rubs, and sniffing any food anyone eats just to make sure it’s not for him.

In addition to the tumor, last year Vincent has dealt with other health issues that required expensive treatment, eating up my emergency funds. This surgery costs significantly more than I make in a month, let alone have available to me.