Surgery for Cassidy

Cassidy is 3 years old and was found by a rescue organization as a small kitten.  She had repeated sinus infections, and was constantly treated for them.  Her foster Mom had cancer, but Cassidy always kept her foster Mom going - sadly, her foster Mom passed away a year ago.  Cassidy went into another foster home and continued to have problems breathing. 
      It was found that she had a polyp, the size of a nickel in her throat and sinus cavity.  This polyp had grown since she was a kitten (Caassidy is now 4), and it was about to block Cassidy's airway completely - causing death.  Cassidy needed surgery right away.  The surgery was risky and very traumatic - but it was her only hope. I agreed to help raise the funds for this surgery - and the vet was good enough to do the surgery for Cassidy, as this could not wait. After meeting Cassidy and visiting her at the vets, I decided to foster Cassidy since she will be on several medications and will require special care and attention. She may need to stay with me permanently.  
     Cassidy has had a very hard time in recovery - she just recently had a feeding tube inserted, and her sinuses are draining massive amounts of mucus - as they were never able to drain properly since she was a kitten.  The photos are taken way before her surgery - and I will post current photos of her at the vet hospital as soon as I can (a current photo is now posted).  Cassidy has such a strong spirit and is such a fighter.  It was touch and go for a while, and she almost left us during the surgery - but she pulled through.  She again had to go under anesthesia for a feeding tube to be inserted (it was too diffuclt for her to eat after the polyp surgery) - and she made it through the feeding tube procedure too. 
    There is extensive inflammation throughout her nasal passages and her throat - both due to the polyp that was there, and the trauma of the surgery.  She had the surgery on February 11th - and is still at the vet's as of February 23rd. 
     She has finally rounded a corner we think, and she is showing marked improvment.  She needs round the clock nursing care right now and is on several medications.  We are not sure how much longer she will be at the vets, but we are hoping she can go home in another week. 
      Her bills already total close to $4,500.00.  This is an expensive bill and the rescue organizations involved in her foster care simply do not have the funds to cover this bill. We need help for Cassidy.  She is a very loving and friendly cat - even at her most diffiuclt time after the surgery, when we went to visit her in her cage, she purred and tried to get up. Her spirit and will to live is amazing. 
      There are so many homeless cats out on their own that need so much help.  Cassidy was very lucky to find people who wanted to try and get her help and I am very lucky to have the chance to give her a home once she is able to leave the vets. 
    We all feel that her foster Mom, Lucy, is somehow helping Cassidy on this road to recovery and to a new home. Lucy loved Cassidy dearly, and Cassidy would sleep on Lucy's pillow right next to her head every night.  Lucy did not even mind the sneezing of "kitty bugars" onto her head as Cassidy slept :-) 
We know that Lucy would want us to do everything we can for Cassidy.
   If anyone needs more information or would like to verify things with the vet who is caring for her, please email me.  Thank you so much for anything you can give to help Cassidy.  She deserves a chance for a happy and healthy life.