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(please don't glitch tumblr it's the tenth time I've tried!!!)

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Welp! Winter's boy has a respiratory infection. It was causing him to wheeze so to the vet we went! Luckily it wasn't a diaphram issue (which had us worried because of his umbilical hernia). His hernia also came up normal on his x-rays.

(X-rays left out because might bother people, but I can send them on request)

He's on meds several times a day and taking them like a champ, but had to be put in a pen with limited free playtime (because nothing will stop Mr Indestructible from running around the house with all the grace of a car with no breaks). We DID get a reply after just a week from a really nice person who was going to give us one (shocked us let me tell ya because it was BIG dog sized). Unfortunately, they left it outside for us to pick up and someone else just... took it. Right out of their yard. And since all we had was a small cat carrier to keep him in (which was kinda cruel for more than a day or two tops), we ordered a cat playpen that we got for a decent price. We kept looking until it got here, but no luck. Still! It's a nice playpen and we have it set up so he doesn't have to jump if he doesn't want to (plus more vertical to enjoy later on). Sarah's mom also let us borrow her water fountain!

We went to a new vet as ours was booked up (and he had already been wheezing a day). Everyone basically fell in love with him instantly. He left with a little toy from the tech, they gave Winter a jar of honey (one of the people in the office has bees and they wanted to give her something for caring about a kitten that most wouldn't have despite him having a treatable condition), and they've been checking in on how he is recovering (very well since I first typed this actually). He's basically got an entire vet office wrapped around his little paw.

Also, the non-profit we're taking him to for his surgery had a cancelation and his got moved up to the 12th! Counting down the days yall.

Because I gotta kinda mention it, this hit us where it hurts. Between the vet visit and testing, the pen, and the estimated cost for the surgery and followup, it's gonna cost us more than $2k (as long as nothing ELSE goes wrong). We're lucky that we're all super careful with our money, but there's only so much we can save up with three people below the poverty line. Still worth it though. I mean, look at this doofus

He is so stubborn that we can't leave scratch posts upright because he keeps doing THIS! XD

I'm linking Winter's paypal, but I 1000% understand if you can't help out. Still, a reblog and a word or three mean a LOT to all of us so if you got a minute, I'd love some new post additions to show Winter.

(Truth be told, the only reason all the updates are posted on my tumblr is because I'm the longest winded out of the three of us and I take like 5 billion pictures. XD )

Speaking of, there WOULD be a bonus pic of him and his sister (Melanite, aka Miel) playing under my chair as my cat (Danny) looks on from a safe place, but tumblr kept glitching when I added it.

Edit: surgery update

I have been so nervous about my sweet boy all day, he’s been protesting my mom leaving him for vacation with a small hunger strike and hasn’t eaten more than like half his food at any point since Thursday night

But he was still having water and peeing like normal so I just tried to give him more food like treats and stuff.

Then this morning, he only drank water. A ton of water, but just water. Weird, but ok.

Then this afternoon he did not want to get outside to pee. At all. Or anything. And just kinda looked dizzy and laid down panting. And didn’t want any water or anything

I was able to get some water into him and then some small treats, and then had to leave to drive my sister to the airport. Cuz of course.

And I was so nervous what I would come back to but he came to meet me at the door and I almost cried in relief. And he went out and peed for me and I was able to get some chicken in him thank goodness

He’s still moving real slow but I hope it’s just he was too stubborn and it made him sick and that he’s on the upswing now

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Turns out it's a benign polyp, and it may be possible to treat it without surgery. That part's still up in the air. (And apparently cat bladders are weird? I'm not really clear on that part but it wouldn't surprise me.) She has been eating better lately, and showing signs of having more energy. Didn't want to get my hopes up about that too much, but yay, her Bitey MacBiteface days aren't over yet.

If you can give a little, anything would help. If not, sharing this is definitely appreciated too

I am NOT one to do this, but in the last month, two of our fur children have taken a turn for the worse. We are now on the struggle bus financially, yet want to give them the care they need. We have already exhausted one of our credit cards and are now looking at surgery for our pup and specialty clinic for our cat.

Literally anything would help or any suggestions on financial help going forward 🙏🏼🙏🏼🖤

Her vet is closed for elective appointments right now but maybe they would let me bring her in. Then I will have to take an Uber, ugh. Don’t really like that idea right now but what else am I going to do.