Birthday Gifts For Pickle

Edit 5/11/18: New total is updated based on conversation with the vet this week, adjusted for any "misquote surprises" after services are provided,  GoFundMe's fee (5%) and card processing fees (2.9% plus 30 cents per transaction).

I was able to fill Pickle's prescription this week under the condition that I bring him in for yearly testing in August ($200), at which time I'd like to also get his tooth taken care of if I can (the assistant said "most dental is around $350" - right. We'll see!). So, it's still a pretty significant amount. If I make the goal or surpass it and there is any left over, I will reserve it for any future needs Pickle has. Thank you SINCERELY for helping me get his medication refilled right away!

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Hey, everyone...

So, May 12th is my birthday and as many of you know, I've been struggling a wee bit financially recently and that means the quality of life I can provide for Pickle is shaky as well. Hope is on the horizon as I launch new musical projects, but the here and now is still a lil precarious. So, if you were feeling generous, in lieu of birthday gifts for myself, I would prefer a little help with some of Pickle's upcoming expenses. 

Most urgently, I need to refill his thyroid prescription, which lasts about six months ($50). The last time I ordered it, my vet tried to make me come in and do a full battery of tests on him ($200 plus the office visit, which I think is $10-15). I said I'd only allow the thyroid test alone so I could get the scrip filled, seeing as how he was acting healthy and his appetite was just fine. But I have a feeling on this round Dr. Moon's gonna put his foot down. So, $250-$265 is likely what I'll need immediately.

Also, I've been putting off getting his tooth taken care of because I simply haven't had the money, which explains the obnoxious overall goal, as I'm sure it'll be a few hundred dollars minimum. I will update this with a more specific amount when I call and ask for an estimate this week.  I honestly hope I do not need this much! That would be nuts. He'd better implant a tooth made of friggin' gold in that case. But you never know. Anyone with pets knows the vet isn't cheap! 

So, there it is. I loatheloatheloathe asking, but I'll swallow my pride for Pickle, because it's not his fault he got stuck with me. Sometimes he drives me batty, but he's a good and sweet boy and I just want him to have the most comfortable life a kitty with FIV and thyroid disease that got forced into sharing life with "a reluctant but devoted" owner (as my friend Nan calls me) can have. Every animal deserves that much.

Thank you, friends.