The Stray Cat Alliance - Meet Adam

[rob]

Some of you will remember a while ago, a few of us help a cat called Abyss in Los Angeles. The Feral Cat Alliance were heavily involved in getting the help that he needed and were absolutely fantastic. I've received this email off them today asking for help for Little Adam.

Stray Cat Alliance
Building a No Kill Nation One Stray at a Time
Formerly Feral Cat Alliance

Adam Really Needs You!

This is Adam. He is so tiny you'd think he was 10 weeks but he's about 5 months old. Adam was trapped at a mechanic shop and brought to Stray Cat Alliance's (formerly Feral Cat Alliance) Free Spay Clinic in mid-August but he was too sick to be fixed. Adam was taken to a home for care and love. Suddenly, he started having seizures and they became increasingly worse. One vet suggested he be put down with no diagnosis. Adam was then taken to Westside Animal Emergency where Dr Gary Adams stabilized him. Several tests and a Portal Scintigraphy was done, Adam was diagnosed as having a Liver Shunt. Surgery will totally cure this condition.



A portosystemic shunt is a blood vessel that bypasses liver tissue, carrying blood from the intestines, stomach, spleen, and pancreas to the heart before it can be filtered and cleansed of proteins, sugars, bacteria, and toxins. Shunts are present in all fetal mammals and usually close down shortly before or after birth so that the baby's liver takes over the functions of filtration, storage, and production. Poor Adam's didn't close down. Adam's surgery will happen in about a week and will cost approximately $4,000. He is a totally happy, loving little boy.

Just look into his eyes, how can we say no to him?
We are reaching out to you to help save him.
Please make donations to
Stray Cat Alliance /
Feral Cat Alliance!

Please mention that the donation is for Adam.

Stray Cat Alliance
310-281-6973
PO Box 491214
Los Angeles, CA 90049

THE FERAL CAT ALLIANCE IS A 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT CORPORATION

Your donations are tax-deductable as allowed by the current tax law. To help us with our mission you can do any or all of the following:

1) Click here to make a secure, online donation with your credit card:

www.straycatalliance.org/donate.php


2) Send a cheque to:

The Feral Cat Alliance,
P.O. Box 491214,
Los Angeles, CA 90049

[chrisleitz]

Rob, thanks for posting this. Hopefully he will be as good as new after his operation.
Just in case anybody worries - his operation will definitely go ahead, no matter how much or little they raise to wards the treatment. Every little helps.

[chrisleitz]

Adam is doing GREAT - An Update

As many of you know, from our previous email, little Adam needed life saving surgery. Thanks to YOU who donated, he got it on Monday, September 18, 2006. The amazing Dr Balfour a board certified surgeon, performed the operation. Adam was bouncing around like the wild child that he is, a few hours later.

Adam got a rubber band-type instrument that will slowly tighten, placed around the shunt, a birth defect which causes blood to go directly to his heart, that should go to his liver. In approximately 4 weeks the shunt will close off and Adam's liver will be able to filter the blood supply properly.

We still have to watch him closely for the next few weeks and he will have many check ups with his veterinarians, but the hard part is over.

So again, thank you for contributing to a little boy's life. This kitty was born feral, outside with no one watching over him, no one advocating, until we all joined as a team, a protector for baby Adam. And he thanks you.


Adam Thanks You
for All Your Support


Stray Cat Alliance
310-281-6973
PO Box 491214
Los Angeles, CA 90049