This is Odin. Our vet knows him as Lucky Wink, and honestly he has earned both names.

A neighbor in Union City reached out to us about a cat in distress. He was sitting behind a locked gate, matted and covered in crap, with one eye that looked like it was just gone. One of our volunteers trapped him so we could get a real look at him.

First we did the basics. He got neutered, vaccinated, and his eye checked.

That’s when we learned the eye wasn’t gone. Something had happened to it, and the trauma had hidden it from view. It was still in there, damaged, and it had to come out.

Today Odin had his eye removed. He came home in a cone with a row of stitches, pain relief, antibiotics and a dewormer, and he is resting somewhere quiet while he heals.

His follow up is on November 10, when the vet will check how he’s healing and take his stitches out. His surgery day bill came to $768.20. Our goal of $1,000 covers that bill plus his follow up care.

If you can chip in, here’s what it covers:

$25 helps with his recovery food and supplements
$35 covers his dewormer
$50 covers his pain relief through recovery
$55 covers his sedation
$100 helps cover his follow up visits
$575 covers the surgery itself

Every dollar goes to Odin’s care. Anything over goes straight to the next cat who needs us. Thank you for helping us say yes to cats like him.

Help Odin heal after losing his eye

A Union City street cat, a hidden injury, and a $768 surgery bill