Bosco the Cat Needs Your Help

Hi, Nora and Ryan here. Yesterday we received the devastating news that our sweet, fuzzy-faced cat, Bosco has an infection with unknown origins, which required immediate emergency hospitalization and treatment.

The initial diagnosis was pyothorax - an infection wherein fluid fills the space around the lungs. Though serious, we were (cautiously) optimistic that medical management could result in a healthy Bosco.

But further X-rays revealed some sort of mass in his chest - latest assessment is that it doesn’t seem to be a tumor, but we have a CT scan scheduled for this afternoon to determine what exactly it is, and how best to treat it.

Possible steps forward are further outpatient treatments, or possibly thoracotomy surgery, where they'd open up his tiny chest and remove the mass. Success rates for this surgery can be as high as 72%–90% but the costs are staggering.

We’ll be discussing possible treatment plans with the doctors at Metropolitan Animal Specialty Hospital (MASH) after the scan. Depending what they find, surgery may be Bosco's only chance at making it back home to us.

We're putting thousands of dollars towards the tests, hospitalization, medications and treatment, but are preparing for costs to continue stacking.

So we turn to you - whether you've been charmed by Bosco in person, or seen him pop into a Zoom call (such a business cat), we appreciate anything you can contribute. Please help us give our loving, playful, otherwise healthy cat a chance at more time.

Bosco loves you, and so do we. Thank you!