BigGirls diagnosis & treatment fund

This is Big Girl (Biggie) She is a stray that adopted me. Her last owner left her on the streets to fend for herself  while fighting serious illness.I will not do that to her. She's the sweetest cat I've ever known.She suffers chronic URI's & her symptoms are becoming more severe.The last few months were filled with many Vet trips, given different meds to experiment with by trial & error as an exhaustive effort to find relief for her symptoms.It's been a drawn out process with each Vet expedition causing levels of stress in her I didnt think was possible. (slashing/clawing,desperate cries, sad meows..full on BUCKWILD) My heart breaks!

 Vet finally dosed me with reality( after a few paychecks later ) she said; BG likely has bigger underlying issue(s) causing her current symptoms that wont go away & without proper diagnostics  we wont be able to pinpoint the exact cause, which then we can't treat. 
BG needs a battery of tests, allergy panels, culture swabs & more bloodwork. Her symptoms are ALL OVER the board.The dilemma -BG cannot have this done until I can come up with the  costs, which means the longer she sits miserable. I CANNOT bare to see her as she is right now. So, my dear friends, thats why I created this campaign; with the goal of being able to treat her & figure this out ASAP!  I know times are rough & I dont expect many people to donate & thats OK!I  decided for the sake of Big Girl Id swallow my pride & at least TRY. If you cannot donate, it would mean the world to me if you could share this campaign so it gets spread out into the world.  

 BELOW: Why should you donate to help Big Girl? Why is she so special? I detailed part of our love story so people have the opportunity to know why their support means so much . Thank you!

I looked out the window one day & there she was.

OK, lemme tell you why Big Girl is so special. My Mom being the animal lover she is, had a habit of feeding stray or homeless kitties, so she is actually the matchmaker. She noticed one cat in particular didnt seem like the average "stray", never going too far from the house & started showing up multiple times a day looking for food. At my parents house, Mom fed her morning & night, trying to gain her trust.  At this point, Big Girl is just a myth I've been hearing about from Mom. One evening I came over & Mom says "look outside! thats that big cat!" I laid eyes on Big Girl-Love at first sight. I thought for sure she was a runaway or lost. After time had passed (and an exhaustive search for her possible owner turned up nothing) BG pretty much became permanent. One day Mom & I wrote down a list of cute & whacky names for her but always ended up calling her what she was: a BIG GIRL!

When my Mom was in the hospital before she passed away, one of the things she told me in her shakily voice "you feed Big Girl?"I know for a fact she would never want Biggie to think she had abandoned feeding and caring for her not only right as BG was letting her guard down, but also becoming dependent on her. That was her thing. If an animal or person was coming off a bad time, if my Mom could help it -she'd over spoil them in love & make sure they know life wont be like that for them ever again as long as she can help it. But now she couldnt for BG. So I stepped up to the plate. Thankfully I didnt live that far away.I went from a part time visitor to daily caretaker ( she also had 2 other kitties she fed but they had street smarts, they belonged to the neighborhood, Big Girl needed a parent)  I also didnt want to rip her away from the environment she knows just to be stuffed indoors in my apartment all day. So this was it for now. Mom would want me to give Big Girl the great life that someone else didnt want to give her. Little did I know at the time just how HUGE Biggie's role would be in my own greiving process. 

She loves using piles of leaves as her snuggle zone

I slowly earned Big Girl's trust little bits at a time. She started making herself a home, even getting along with the dogs. When Im around, she is my lil shadow, she will swirl around my leg repeatedly for long periods of time. From the beginning I noticed she had a little bit of a runny nose & each time I attempted to get her in a carrier to the vet,  she punished me by running away for days at a time. We'd take a step backward. I'd gain her trust. I'd lose it. Each time I tried, she left for longer. I  was worried she'd leave for good. I didnt want to lose her. Since she otherwise seemed happy, full of life & energy, was a cuddler, purred, played, drank plenty of water & had a HUGE appetite  ( hence, the name Big Girl)  I didnt worry so much at the time . I tried to relieve symptoms with home remedies

That worked for a long time until her symptoms became what they are today. her BIG APPETITE that has kept most worries at bay are now dwindling. I've had to start force feeding with syringe.





some days her little mouth hangs open all day.  Poor thing.

Despite all of this, she is still the sweetest , loving  girl.  I appreciate the time taken to learn about Big Girl. I will be posting updates on her progress as it come...