Help Stella get her groove back
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We need help. My sweet little Stella is currently in an emergency hospital in severe kidney failure. She needs many diagnostics to determine the cause, if it’s acute or chronic. I’m not comfortable asking people for money but I am desperate. Stella has been in our lives for just over 2 years. I rescued her at a time when she needed it most. She has very severe allergies, to both food and the environment which results in her licking and chewing her skin until raw lesions appear (pics below). She lived in a house with 30 cats, she had a lot of anxiety and was in a lot of pain and discomfort. She was surrendered to a vet clinic where she ended up living as a ‘clinic cat’ with several others.
The second I saw her at the clinic, we bonded right away and we saved each other. Truth be told, I actually disliked cats, a lot. I was very much a dog person, but Stella changed that. Without a second thought, I scooped her up into my arms and loaded her up into my car, with my Golden Retriever, Bree, sitting in the back seat. It took her a few months to come around, hiding under couches and beds. Now, she sleeps on my head, is the first one to greet anyone who comes to the house. Has a lot to say and has become a very special member of our family.
I had to say goodbye to my Bree, whom I had for almost 16 years, last September. It was the worst day of my life. I’m not ready to say goodbye to Stella right now. I’m a single mom to an almost 5 year old boy, Jack. I’m also an only child caring for both of my parents who are very ill. I moved my mom into my home recently and Stella has become her closest companion. When I’m at work, or taking care of my father or my son, Stella sits with my mom the entire day, providing her comfort and companionship. My mom has end-stage cancer, she’s palliative. Stella gets right up on her chest or nestles into the crook of her arm and, without exaggeration, stays there until I get home. In the evenings and nights, Stella comforts me. I have trouble falling asleep, I suffer from anxiety, depression and ADD, she sits right up on my chest, the weight of her, the purring, the warmth relaxes me, calms me and eventually puts me to sleep. She is also a companion to my son, who is still trying to understand the loss of Bree.
Many may not understand the strength of the bond we develop with our animals. Mine are truly therapy to me.
I don’t want to say goodbye to her right now. If whatever is making her sick can be treated, I desperately want to try. I can’t stand the thought of letting her go because I can’t afford her diagnostics. If the doctors determine that her condition is chronic, I will let her go peacefully so she doesn’t have to suffer. She’s a fighter and I can’t gelp her fight this right now. The cost of doing all the tests, the hospital stay, the fluids and the care she needs right now is beyond what I can afford. I should’ve taken out an insurance policy for her, but I didn’t. And that I’m deeply regretting. Please, if you can help in any way, Stella, Jack and I would be forever grateful and will find a way to pay it forward.





Monica, Jack and Stella
The second I saw her at the clinic, we bonded right away and we saved each other. Truth be told, I actually disliked cats, a lot. I was very much a dog person, but Stella changed that. Without a second thought, I scooped her up into my arms and loaded her up into my car, with my Golden Retriever, Bree, sitting in the back seat. It took her a few months to come around, hiding under couches and beds. Now, she sleeps on my head, is the first one to greet anyone who comes to the house. Has a lot to say and has become a very special member of our family.
I had to say goodbye to my Bree, whom I had for almost 16 years, last September. It was the worst day of my life. I’m not ready to say goodbye to Stella right now. I’m a single mom to an almost 5 year old boy, Jack. I’m also an only child caring for both of my parents who are very ill. I moved my mom into my home recently and Stella has become her closest companion. When I’m at work, or taking care of my father or my son, Stella sits with my mom the entire day, providing her comfort and companionship. My mom has end-stage cancer, she’s palliative. Stella gets right up on her chest or nestles into the crook of her arm and, without exaggeration, stays there until I get home. In the evenings and nights, Stella comforts me. I have trouble falling asleep, I suffer from anxiety, depression and ADD, she sits right up on my chest, the weight of her, the purring, the warmth relaxes me, calms me and eventually puts me to sleep. She is also a companion to my son, who is still trying to understand the loss of Bree.
Many may not understand the strength of the bond we develop with our animals. Mine are truly therapy to me.
I don’t want to say goodbye to her right now. If whatever is making her sick can be treated, I desperately want to try. I can’t stand the thought of letting her go because I can’t afford her diagnostics. If the doctors determine that her condition is chronic, I will let her go peacefully so she doesn’t have to suffer. She’s a fighter and I can’t gelp her fight this right now. The cost of doing all the tests, the hospital stay, the fluids and the care she needs right now is beyond what I can afford. I should’ve taken out an insurance policy for her, but I didn’t. And that I’m deeply regretting. Please, if you can help in any way, Stella, Jack and I would be forever grateful and will find a way to pay it forward.





Monica, Jack and StellaOrganizer
Monica Mejsak
Organizer
Toronto, ON