#sick pet

but one of my cats, the one who usually clings to me and follows me everywhere, is seriously degrading fast. last night we spent at least 6 hours at an emergency vet, there until about 1:30am, getting her looked at. she's dropped about half her weight, she's not interested in food or water, she cries like walking hurts her, she's been hiding more and more the last month, and between the hours we were at the vet she lost the will to actually walk or crawl. her back legs just don't really work with her.

the problem is, we're strapped. as it is we've been borrowing money against my roomie's checks and from her fiancé in order to pay for groceries every week. my boyfriend paid for Mae's vet bills last night, but she needs more. she got bloodwork and some meds and fluids last night, but the bloodwork and urine analysis didn't have any answers. the vet says the next steps are x-rays and ultrasounds to try and figure out what's happening. we don't have that kind of money, emergency vet or standard one. and Mae's still going downhill at home. she peed herself, her bed, and the floor today. she just... didn't move. she's in a bathroom with a little bed of pillowcases, has food and water right there, and a litterbox.

I know I owe people commissions. I'm just at the end of my rope. so if anyone can spread the word as a way of helping, or send something this way, it's all appreciated. we need to eat, and she needs care. I have $0 in my bank and my roomie is overdrawn, we are very much in dire straights. I have a paypal and ko-fi. if you do want to commission me, it's my pinned post. just know it's a long wait right now, a very long wait. and I apologize for that to the people still waiting.

Kilgore just wants more reasons to purr.

We have an update about his subcutaneous hemangiosarcoma.

It has been six months since I felt a lump under Kilgore’s jawbone and 5 months since they removed the tumor.

A month ago I felt a small lump in exactly the same spot as the primary tumor that was removed in November. The vet tested it but it was too small to show abnormal cells. The tumor grew over March and came back positive for cancer.

His surgery is scheduled for tomorrow. This time a lymphnode also showed abnormal cells so it will also be removed. Lung xrays were fine and that is one of the reasons we are proceeding with surgery. If cancer had spread to his organs we would not operate.

Right now Kilgore has no symptoms besides the lump I can feel. He is doing his thing and because he is completely himself, we have decided to give us all more time.

In the end, this cancer will be the end. It is very aggressive and not curable. There is not a lot of information about hemangiosarcoma and cats as it is most common in dogs. And it is also more common in spleens and organs and not as a subcutaneous cancer. We were told that the hemangiosarcoma could behave slightly differently than what is known about its progression in dogs but we know that our time with Kilgore will end because of it.

I AM accepting any donations you can spare! Please feel free to DM me for cashap/venmo info.

EDIT: I’ve made a Gofundme for Miss Pìpì!

She just had another seizure, and this one was different enough from all the others that it scared the shit out of me. I am currently down to one job and am working on securing a full time position very soon. But that means that for the moment, I don’t have enough to cover the costs of a neurology consult plus potential MRI. I don’t know what to do…She’s everything to me.

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Im going to do whatever I can to get her the care she needs- but if you have anything to spare- anything at all! I would be so overwhelmingly grateful for your donation😔🙏 thank you for sticking around and reading this, it’s means a lot

Proof of finally eating by himself and crunchy timothy hay at that!

There WAS an incidental finding on her x-rays though. It’s been about six years since I’ve seen a radiograph of her spine, and she definitely didn’t have scoliosis then!

If you've been seeing my posts lately you already know one of my babies isn't doing well. Shellby is very ill but is receiving treatment and I'll see to it that she gets all better. However this sort of thing is expensive, so I'm posting a kofi shop this week to help. If you are able to and feel like leaving a tip we'd be very grateful, but also within the week I'll be opening the shop and selling jewelry I've made and possibly commissions too.