For the life of my only family Ingrid

Hi everyone. My name is Ring Yang. I was a student in the CalArts Film Directing Program, but 3 years ago I dropped out for a complicated reason that would have to be told in a feature-length movie. Life went downward, along with the disaster of Covid, which I believe greatly impacted everyone I know in my life. Now I’m at a low point - I’m hoping to get an EAD card (alien working permit) so I can sign job offers and earn a decent income, but the process has been tough and delayed. I’m newly married, but my husband refuses to help with any financial aspects of life, including any rent and grocery expenses.

At the worst time of my life, my cat Ingrid, who is the only one that has been with me through all the good and bad for 7 years of my life, was attacked by two coyotes in the middle of the night. She was sneaking out to get me some bunnies & birds for dinner. (It started very recently, probably because she noticed I’ve not been eating much, and was worried.) I blame myself for not locking the pet door at 9pm as usual, but on that day I was passed out in bed due to an intense argument with my husband. Fortunately, my neighbors acted brave and fast at 2:30 AM, rushing out of the door in their pajamas to fight with the coyotes. They successfully saved Ingrid’s life, which I’ll appreciate for the rest of my life.

When I went to visit Ingrid at the largest animal hospital in LA (Since her condition was quite severe, the initial vet decided to call an animal ambulance to transfer her overnight), I saw her crying and meow-meowing to me, trying to talk to me about life/death stuff. Then I cried too; because I've known her for so long, I figured what she was saying was, “I don’t want to die. What are you gonna do without me helping you figure out who’s good and who’s bad to you? You are always so dumb when it comes to noticing those qualities about humans. I don’t want to leave you here right now, I really don’t.” And she’s right; I am a person who is blind to who’s good or bad. No matter how many horrible things people have done to me, I can't learn my lesson.

Now Ingrid is in her third week in the hospital, doing relatively ok; sometimes better, sometimes worse. Up to now, I have paid around $50,000 for her previous medical expenses, which exhausted all my bank account and friendship credit loans. There’s $34,000 waiting for me to pay off in order to do her last spinal surgery next week.

Ingrid wants to be alive. That was why she survived under the teeth of two aggressive coyotes biting on her neck, almost like a miracle. And that was why she went through all the pain and suffering in the past three weeks, trying her best to not fall into the darkness of eternity. I might be a very stupid person that can never figure out who I should trust and who not, but I know for sure one thing: Ingrid is my family and the only family I have. I love her, and she loves me back without any conditions.

Please help Ingrid through this horrible trauma, I’ll appreciate for life everyone who’s willing to lend me a hand with this financial crisis. Thank you for reading.