Help a Kitty Named Angel(Claudia)
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Hello internet. I had
hoped I would never have to write a post like this, but here we are. First I'll introduce the beautiful cat, her
name is Angel, or Claudia if you ask my mother. We've never really agreed on
that. Anyways, Angel came into my life
when I was eight years old (I am now twenty two, if you were wondering) and has
been a constant companion ever since.
Even when times got really hard I always had my kitty-baby to go to. But now she needs my help and I find myself
in the position of not being able to help her.
I suppose it started several years ago when she developed a cyst on her belly. That got fairly large but we couldn't afford to do anything about it, then one day she accidentally ripped it open and drained it and we thought that was the end of it. Then maybe a year to a year and a half ago we started to notice that there was again a lump on her belly, we assumed that it was the cyst coming back but as it got larger and larger I realized that it was actually solid. I was away at college for that time and was not around enough to really notice it but when I came back home at the start of last summer I was alarmed by how large it had gotten, but the size was staying steady and there wasn't much we could do about it anyways. No way we could afford a surgery and at the time it wasn't urgent.
Then right before Christmas I finally took her into the vet, it had started to grow again it seemed. The vet confirmed it was solid and actually a tumor. The estimate for the surgery is $1191-1488. Which to be honest is about what my car cost. We can't even afford to do the test to see if it is malignant or not, though I don't think it is considering how long she has had it. The real danger lays in that as it keeps growing there is the danger that it will burst. At that point our only options would be to have it removed or to put her down. My dad says we can start saving to get it removed after we finish paying off our current the dentist bills, but with the rather rapid growth we've been seeing in the last couple of months I am convinced there won't be time to save for it.
I don't know how to describe it but there is still so much life in her; putting her down would be wrong. She is still curious and bitchy and playful and everything she always was and I just don't think that this is her time but I am at a loss as to what to do. I just got a shitty job at Frys, which pays me minimum wage, I'm starting to save for her surgery as well but I just don't know if I can do it in time.
My family has always danced on the edge on of the finical knife, we've had foreclosures and bankruptcies and we've never been able to afford medical care for our animals. It has always bothered me and now I can't even look at pictures of cats without feeling guilty about not being able to help my own baby. We're going to try and save for this but I just don't know if we'll be able to do it in time. And so being a child of the internet, and a true believer in the idea of the community, I'm making this appeal to see if I can try and raise some money to help us with this. The internet can do amazing things when it mobilizes and I know this is not the biggest cause, but I also know that if everybody who sees this spares even a couple of dollars it could make a real difference in the life of this kitty and her family.
I don't know if you can get a feel for the size of this tumor from the picture, because her hair is so long it makes it look smaller, but here is a pic of it. It may be a little disturbing but I feel its necessary to include. Since this pic was taken the dark red area was opened up somehow and started bleeding.
I suppose it started several years ago when she developed a cyst on her belly. That got fairly large but we couldn't afford to do anything about it, then one day she accidentally ripped it open and drained it and we thought that was the end of it. Then maybe a year to a year and a half ago we started to notice that there was again a lump on her belly, we assumed that it was the cyst coming back but as it got larger and larger I realized that it was actually solid. I was away at college for that time and was not around enough to really notice it but when I came back home at the start of last summer I was alarmed by how large it had gotten, but the size was staying steady and there wasn't much we could do about it anyways. No way we could afford a surgery and at the time it wasn't urgent.
Then right before Christmas I finally took her into the vet, it had started to grow again it seemed. The vet confirmed it was solid and actually a tumor. The estimate for the surgery is $1191-1488. Which to be honest is about what my car cost. We can't even afford to do the test to see if it is malignant or not, though I don't think it is considering how long she has had it. The real danger lays in that as it keeps growing there is the danger that it will burst. At that point our only options would be to have it removed or to put her down. My dad says we can start saving to get it removed after we finish paying off our current the dentist bills, but with the rather rapid growth we've been seeing in the last couple of months I am convinced there won't be time to save for it.
I don't know how to describe it but there is still so much life in her; putting her down would be wrong. She is still curious and bitchy and playful and everything she always was and I just don't think that this is her time but I am at a loss as to what to do. I just got a shitty job at Frys, which pays me minimum wage, I'm starting to save for her surgery as well but I just don't know if I can do it in time.
My family has always danced on the edge on of the finical knife, we've had foreclosures and bankruptcies and we've never been able to afford medical care for our animals. It has always bothered me and now I can't even look at pictures of cats without feeling guilty about not being able to help my own baby. We're going to try and save for this but I just don't know if we'll be able to do it in time. And so being a child of the internet, and a true believer in the idea of the community, I'm making this appeal to see if I can try and raise some money to help us with this. The internet can do amazing things when it mobilizes and I know this is not the biggest cause, but I also know that if everybody who sees this spares even a couple of dollars it could make a real difference in the life of this kitty and her family.
I don't know if you can get a feel for the size of this tumor from the picture, because her hair is so long it makes it look smaller, but here is a pic of it. It may be a little disturbing but I feel its necessary to include. Since this pic was taken the dark red area was opened up somehow and started bleeding.
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Cassandra Feely
Organizer
Cave Creek, AZ
