About the Dragon
The Dragon is a cat that is gaining popularity in tiktok. He already has 280 thousand followers and more than 30 million views.
He is only 2 years old, but he already knows what it is to experience constant pain. Doctors diagnosed him with osteochondrodysplasia or OHD.
Osteochondrodysplasia is a genetic disease that affects Scottish fold cats. This is an incurable disease. Osteochondrodysplasia manifests itself in the formation of bone tissue around the joint, the growth of bones and spine is disrupted, the development of cartilage tissue and skeleton. The carpal and metatarsal joints are most often affected, as well as vertebrae in the tail, chest, and lower back.
Radiation therapy.
But there is an experimental treatment originally from England, where such cats are irradiated. Similar experiments are being conducted in Japan. The effectiveness of radiation therapy on individual individuals has already been proven: it relieves pain and prevents further destruction of joints.
The amount of treatment is 1318$.
In addition, the cat needs money for accommodation (about 25 days) and transportation to and from the hospital (8 times).