WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WKBW) — Richard Crews couldn't wait to get through the doors of the SPCA Serving Erie County on Friday afternoon. It was just days ago that staff at Catholic Heath surprised the 74-year-old with the news that he was going to be a foster dad to a cat from the SPCA.

Crews was emotional when he got that news, because the last cat he had passed away. He had that cat for 12 years.

"He became my best friend in New York City," said Crews, now of Lackawanna.

Crews moved to Buffalo a couple years ago to get treatment at Roswell Park. He is battling cancer, and chronic kidney disease.

"I knew absolutely no one," said Crews. "I had to start arranging rides, timing on rides, appointments."

That was until he found Catholic Health's LIFE program, a comprehensive care program fo

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