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This is Toki. She's nearly five years old, a short-haired tortie with a bright mind and an independent streak. She is dying, and she needs your help to keep her alive and well.

Ever since I brought her home from the Walmart parking lot where I rescued her, she's been my best friend. We've travelled from the midwest to the northeast to the southeast and back north again, made new friends, and started a little cat family with my highschool sweetheart. Now we live on the fifth floor of an apartment building with big windows, and Toki just loves looking out over the city.

Out of all of our cats, Toki has always been my cat. Curious to a fault, she's always found herself in things she didn't belong - the closet, my craft supplies, laundry (both clean and dirty!), cabinets, you name it. I was so grateful last year that, when we put up the tree, we managed to discourage her from playing with it. So I thought nothing of putting the tree up again this year, complete with shiny garland.

Toki decided it looked pretty tasty, and now she's really sick. We've been to the vet once, and while they can do X-rays and surgery to find any remaining plastic pieces and remove them, it's going to cost over a thousand dollars to make it happen. I work a minimum wage, part-time job, the only job I could find because I can't afford to go back to college and finish my degree. I don't have that kind of money.

But if everyone pitched in just a little, we can save Toki. I am begging you all, every one of you reading this... help me save her. She's my best friend in the whole world, and I love her dearly. Please pitch in whatever you can spare. I would do anything to see my lively girl back in action again.