Bear's Hairy Blankie came today!!!
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KC and her human ML had this beautiful blanket sent to Bear, you can read her blog
here. THe blanket is made by a nice lday named Peggy, she makes these cute blankets for sick kitties and donates the profits to kitties in need. You can read about Peggy's Hairy Blankies
Here. There are some cute pics of other kitties with their Hairy Blankies on Peggy's website too!
Bear is in love with his blanket, he is sleeping on it right now next to me. Thank you both for getting Bear this special blanket, you made his day - which made my day!!!
Here are pics of him enjoying his blanket and toy:
As you can see, he really REALLY loves his Hairy Blankie! He is still sleeping on it right now!
Thanks everyone!
My boy is doing ok today, he is about the same. He is sleeping right now.
I've been joking that he does not understand what is wrong with these hoomins! The vets shaved him for the ultrasound and Bear doesn't understand why, and I have to force feed, give meds, and give him fluids every day. He must think that hoomins just like to pick on the sick kitty, poor guy!
Here are a couple pics from today, please don't tell him that I am putting his "bad hair" pics all over the "internets" he would be ashamed! lol! I am a baaad meowmy! =)
He likes for me to rub his bald belly! =) I am happy to comply!
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The bottom of his belly is pretty yellow too. I can't tell he is yellow until I hold him in front of a sunny window (or take a pic with flash) because my lighting makes his skin look like it's a normal color. Stupid energy saver lights!
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That is chicken that he is eating, I have to pull it apart into small pieces for him. The flash made it look werid though. Those are Temptaion treats in the other bowl, he loves those too! He makes a mess with the cat litter, I try to keep his crate clean but he keeps flinging the cat litter out of the box! He is used to the tall rubbermaid boxes I use for litter boxes, not the little litter box he has now! He manages to get half of the litter out of the box, almost every day, lol! He is OCD about his litter box, he has to scratch for 3-5 mins before he is satisfied. He tries to be clean. =)
I still have to kep him seperate, the vet said there is still a small chance that Bear may have FIP. He did mention that it is less likely that he has it, but we can not rule it out until Bear's liver levels go down. I keep him in a very big dog crate in, he likes to watch me and the other cats.
I could put him in the bathroom or laundry room, but he would cry. He has to be able to see me and the other cats. He is content in the cage and doesn't cry, I get him out all of the time and hold him. <3
We want to thank everyone for their donations so far!!!
We still need a little help to get his bloodwork in 2 weeks, it will be $52. He will also need a medicine refill, more SubQ fluids, and more cans of R food if he still isn't eating enough.
Thank goodness that the clinic is not charging us for exams anymore!
I would be so worried about how to pay the vet, if it wasn't for everyone's kindness.
Bear sends purrrs, headbutts, and his love!
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No cancer!!!!!
The vet's suspicions were right, Bear has Cholangiohepatitis and Pancreatitis. One of his bile ducts are very swollen, but the vet sounded hopeful! Bear's other organs look great! He said Bear gaining weight was great news, he weights 8.5 now (last weigh-in was 7.1lbs) which is close to normal for him! The vet said that he is going to keep Bear on the same meds, and wants me to take him back in 2 weeks for bloodwork. He also said that since Bear has been hanging on for so long, that he thinks Bear may be able to beat this!
I was almost in tears on the way to the vet, thinking about so many people are helping Bear! I really appreciate all of your help, I am speechless at everyone's kindness! This is amazing!
Bear had to fast today for the ultrasound, so when he got home he gobbled up 1/2 cup of chicken on his own! He even ate a few pieces of Iams!!!
We just collected enough money to pay off the ultrasound!!!!!!!!! I can't even believe it! I may need some help paying for the bloodwork/meds in 2 weeks, I am trying to see if a family member can help with it. Everyone has already done more than enough to help us!
Here is a pic I took of him after we got home today:
See how yellow his ears are? His hair cut is cute, they shaved both of his sides and belly. He is not impressed with his new hair do, hehehe!!!
I am getting ready to leave for the vet office, I will update this when they call me and say that they are done. I am dropping him off, and they are going to shave him and have him ready for the ultrasound lady, when ever she comes today. I am soooo excited, I hope they figure out what is wrong, and that is isn't anything too serious!!!
We got some wonderful donations, we only need $95 now! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!
I just heard from the vet, the ultrasound lady finally called him back and she is coming tomorrow!!! I had to reallly bargin with him though. He said it is $280. I asked and the way it works is you pay the clinic, and they write a check to the lady the same day. I told him that I just maxed out my Care card and that I only have $80 in my pocket, and that I needed $20 to pay my care bill this month - That all I could give him was the $60 right now and I would pay him asap. He started to say that I could pay $160 a month, but I explained to him that I honestly would not have that to give him, that the best I could do was $50 (that is realllly stretching it too) but I told him when my next refund check came from school that I would give him all of it if I had to. He finally agreed. God I love my vet! No idea when I will get my next refund check, it may be months since I just got one (it came the day before Bear got sick, and I used every penny of it for his vet care). I need to pay it off asap because they could refuse to keep treating Bear until I pay them. I am having a hard enough time trying to pay for Bear's meds, I don't know if they will let me charge those to my account too. When I get there tomorrow I will explain that I am trying to get donations to help pay for the ultrasound, he was very hesitant to agree to do it.
So I still need the help, but now we have more time to get it. I understand if anyone is leary of helping. If you want to help but are worried that I am lying about my situation, I would be happy to email you scans of Bears vet bills, bloodwork, and give you the name and phone number of my vet clinic. I am in the process of setting up a "Pitch In" account, I will update when I have it ready.
Bear threw up this morning, but he kept everything else down. He ate about 1/4 cup of baked chicken, a few pieces of Iams dry cat food, and a couple Temptation treats. I am about to go feed him and give him his fluids, poor fellow.
I will keep this updated, thanks for reading!
