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4 months ago
[ General information ] ♞ [ Commission info ] ♞ [ Open slots and commission status ] ♞ [ About me ]Dear friends,
I'm turning to you in our time of need, and I'm not doing this lightly.
We need help, and you people are our last resort. If you can donate any amount, however little, it would be greatly appreciated. The simplest way to do so is through my Ko-Fi, which sends it to my PayPal. (Proper fundraiser sites are not available in my country.)
>>> http://ko-fi.com/StormEngineer <<<
Ginger, happy pics
Ginger, sick and injured. :( [CW: visible injury]
Ginger is our rescue orange cat. He used to be a stray on our street, and we adopted him (or rather, he adopted us). He is old, has bad teeth, is missing both lower canines, and is not neutered yet, so he fights other male cats and gets beaten up in the process all the time. About a week and a half ago, he came home with a nasty wound on his face. I treated it with betadine as much as he would let me, but unfortunately, it got infected and turned into an abscess, so we had to take him to the vet.
His wound was cleaned, and he was given antibiotics, which unfortunately gave him vomiting and diarrhea, so back to the vet. Since his wound was healing well, the vet advised us to stop the antibiotics and gave him some medicine against the vomiting and diarrhea. This has worked, however, we have noticed that he started dripping urine non-stop. When he was lying down, it was dripping under him and soaked his fur on his hind legs, tail and butt, which led to serious skin irritation and pain. So, back to the vet again...
After an ultrasound, it turned out that he had a urinary tract obstruction. His bladder was huge, stretched to its limits, and that's why he was dripping from the pressure, but he couldn't properly pee. He has been catheterized to relieve the pressure, as well as bathed, and given a skin cream for the irritation. Unfortunately, some floating mass was seen in his bladder, which was the likely cause of the obstruction, and it eventually obstructed the catheter too.
He has been catheterized again, which was removed today. The mass wasn't seen, but might still be there somewhere. So right now, we wait to see if he can pee normally. If he can, we are happy. If he can't... then he needs surgery, which is expected to cost another $400-700 or possibly more, and may only be a half success, leaving him with a damaged penis and urinary incontinence for the rest of his life. And in the absolute worst case, he might need to be euthanized...
But at this point, our main concerns are to see if he can pee, and to pay the vet what we still owe her. Also, let me add that our vet is an angel. She genuinely cares for what's best for Ginger, is very flexible with our payment, and we suspect that she is under-charging us as well, by not billing for some of the things she does. So it could be much worse.
But we are at our limit. We don't know what we will eat this week, because all our money went to the vet, and we have no idea how to pay her.
Please, help us.
>>> http://ko-fi.com/StormEngineer <<<
I'm turning to you in our time of need, and I'm not doing this lightly.
TLDR
Our old rescue cat, Ginger has a serious health crisis, and we can't afford the vet bills. Me and my flatmate are both unemployed and dealing with health problems of our own, and my family has already helped as much as they were able to. So far, we have paid the vet about $100, and we still owe her another $200 that we do not have. And this is only if we get lucky and he does not need surgery. He will also need special (=expensive) food from now on.We need help, and you people are our last resort. If you can donate any amount, however little, it would be greatly appreciated. The simplest way to do so is through my Ko-Fi, which sends it to my PayPal. (Proper fundraiser sites are not available in my country.)
>>> http://ko-fi.com/StormEngineer <<<
Ginger, happy pics
Ginger, sick and injured. :( [CW: visible injury]
Details
Ginger is our rescue orange cat. He used to be a stray on our street, and we adopted him (or rather, he adopted us). He is old, has bad teeth, is missing both lower canines, and is not neutered yet, so he fights other male cats and gets beaten up in the process all the time. About a week and a half ago, he came home with a nasty wound on his face. I treated it with betadine as much as he would let me, but unfortunately, it got infected and turned into an abscess, so we had to take him to the vet.
His wound was cleaned, and he was given antibiotics, which unfortunately gave him vomiting and diarrhea, so back to the vet. Since his wound was healing well, the vet advised us to stop the antibiotics and gave him some medicine against the vomiting and diarrhea. This has worked, however, we have noticed that he started dripping urine non-stop. When he was lying down, it was dripping under him and soaked his fur on his hind legs, tail and butt, which led to serious skin irritation and pain. So, back to the vet again...
After an ultrasound, it turned out that he had a urinary tract obstruction. His bladder was huge, stretched to its limits, and that's why he was dripping from the pressure, but he couldn't properly pee. He has been catheterized to relieve the pressure, as well as bathed, and given a skin cream for the irritation. Unfortunately, some floating mass was seen in his bladder, which was the likely cause of the obstruction, and it eventually obstructed the catheter too.
He has been catheterized again, which was removed today. The mass wasn't seen, but might still be there somewhere. So right now, we wait to see if he can pee normally. If he can, we are happy. If he can't... then he needs surgery, which is expected to cost another $400-700 or possibly more, and may only be a half success, leaving him with a damaged penis and urinary incontinence for the rest of his life. And in the absolute worst case, he might need to be euthanized...
But at this point, our main concerns are to see if he can pee, and to pay the vet what we still owe her. Also, let me add that our vet is an angel. She genuinely cares for what's best for Ginger, is very flexible with our payment, and we suspect that she is under-charging us as well, by not billing for some of the things she does. So it could be much worse.
But we are at our limit. We don't know what we will eat this week, because all our money went to the vet, and we have no idea how to pay her.
Please, help us.
>>> http://ko-fi.com/StormEngineer <<<
