Changeling has always been a gregarious, loving presence in our lives, and now she needs our help. She recently began having seizures, and after ruling out other possibilities, a brain tumor is the predicted cause. Hearing that diagnosis, we feared we would lose her within days. Yet, the seizure medication our vet prescribed has given us hope. Though she isn’t quite back to her inquisitive and intrusively affectionate self, the medication has helped stabilize her. Now she needs a neurology consultation at the University of Tennessee Veterinary Medical Center to determine what we can do to give her more time.
We are still recovering from Hurricane Helene, which upended both our personal lives and the local economy. My husband, a tour guide, was sidelined with a serious spinal injury, and the storm’s aftermath brought layoffs to his company. We’ve managed to stay afloat with the help of family, social safety nets, and personal loans, but the cost of Changeling’s continued care is more than we can take on alone.
This is where your kindness can make all the difference. Your support will help cover her neurology visit, travel, and any future care that could give her the chance to keep living the quizzical, mischievous life she loves. Every donation - no matter the size - makes a difference.
In return, you’ll have our deepest, heartfelt gratitude, updates on Changeling’s journey, and the knowledge that you’ve helped a beloved cat continue basking in the love of her family. If you can’t donate, sharing this fundraiser is just as valuable.
Thank you for standing with us and helping Changeling fight for more time. ❤️
Perks
For this donation, you get to make a personal request for a photo from Changeling. Snoozing, stretching, in the window, in a bonnet? Whatever you can come up with that she is able to do, we'll schedule a photoshoot with her and post the pictures here, or send directly to you.
For this generous donation, you will receive a handwritten letter from us, signed with a one of a kind Changeling pawprint.
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Changeling tumbled into our lives like a fragment of a dream. A friend’s cat had kittens, and for weeks, we played with them, counting each tiny bundle of fur as we returned them to their cozy nest. Then one day, as we gathered and counted what everyone insisted was the full litter of eight, I felt something was wrong - there should have been three grey kittens, but there were only two.
No one else remembered a ninth kitten, but I was certain. Searching the room, I finally heard a faint mewing from deep within a shadowy crack in the closet wall. I reached in and pulled out a tiny, dirty kitten - one no one else had ever seen before. My friend swore that the crack had never existed, in a closet she used daily. With her ghostly calico fur and diminished sight and hearing, this kitten seemed to have appeared from nowhere. And so, she became our Changeling.
Activity
For this donation, you get to make a personal request for a photo from Changeling. Snoozing, stretching, in the window, in a bonnet? Whatever you can come up with that she is able to do, we'll schedule a photoshoot with her and post the pictures here, or send directly to you.
For this generous donation, you will receive a handwritten letter from us, signed with a one of a kind Changeling pawprint.
