Help Appreciated
I don't feel great about this, but not sure what else to do.
Hey, I’ll try to keep this short. Bug, pictured above, has a large mass in her abdomen. She literally showed up on my doorstep dying of hypothermia several months ago. My apartments has a group of essentially feral cats that live in the woods behind us, and they are constantly having litters of kittens. We would never have actively sought to get a kitten from such a situation, but Bug literally ended up right in front of my door, screaming bloody murder, soaking wet and shaking uncontrollably. It took over an hour of putting her on my belly under my shirt with a sock filled with warm rice to get her to finally stop shaking. Was it the “smart” financial decision to keep her? No. But it seemed wrong somehow not to. We got her back to health, but she’s been having digestive issues for months, and I’ve already maxed our Care Credit card we have for pet expenses in the process of trying to figure out what was wrong.
She’s stopped eating, and we found out its because she has a large mass in her abdomen. The next step is to get a CT scan, which is the best option to try to figure out where exactly its origin is, and whether or not surgery is an option. The scan will cost like $3k, and if she has to have surgery it will cost like another $6-8k. Needless to say I don’t have this. Another option is a needle biopsy, which has risk of intestinal perforation, and may not really tell us anything conclusive. Its cheaper, but likely less helpful. There would be a chance it may be something they could “aspirate” but from talking to the vet it sounds like a long shot.
These sort of things always make me feel sort of gross. I was raised to not ask for stuff, and whenever I have to I always feel guilty, like I’m abusing people’s good nature. I know everyone has financial struggles, particularly right now, so believe me when I say, I wouldn’t do this if I felt I had another option. As my older subs can attest this is not a “thing” that I do. If you can spare a couple dollars I would be immensely grateful, if not, maybe you could pass the GoFundMe along. I’m not trying to make anyone feel guilty or anything of the sort. People have already been delightful and thank you so much to those who have already helped, it means the world. The GoFundMe link is below. (It’s started by my partner)
Talk is cheap, but thank you, even if only for taking the time to read this.
Ishmael
Sorry. Once I had my kitty “fixed” and after getting her home she started internal bleeding and screaming. The people who did that to her said “Yeah it happens, there’s always risks. We can TRY to save her but it’s non-refundable $2.7k paid in full right now or she’ll for sure die. Your call.” At the time I only had 3k to my name and no job. I paid the money b/c I’m Stella fucking Stillwell and we both landed on our feet. I’m currently broke and if I helped it’d be with money that’s not mine to give, but I want you to know I have tons of respect for you speaking up, asking for help, sticking up for Bug, for family. ❤️ If anyone can help do it, it’ll come back to you.
Thank you for rescuing her, you have very kind souls !