Please help little Cleo battle FIP!

On 9/7 my sweet 2 year old calico kitty, Cleo was diagnosed with a rare, usually fatal disease- wet FIP. Honestly im still not super clear on what FIP is but she had fluid around her lil heart and abdomen and was in critical condition, I rushed her to the ER vet where she then stayed for 24 hours getting fluids, an ultrasound etc, she was already SO brave and strong and was literally fighting for her life.

ABOUT SWEET CLEO

-She's your classic dog cat! She loves to chase rolled up foil balls or crumpled wrapping paper and carries the ball around the house

-she loves the faucet! anytime I turn the sink on BAM she appears outta nowhere to take a sip

-she MEOWS like crazy with new people and loves to be pet, a true socialite!!

Since she is so quirky and full of personality-when she started hiding and didn't come for her usual morning sink drink I knew she was sick, but honestly I never thought it was with something life threatening. All summer I have been fostering cats in my second bedroom- and I started to fear the worst, that Cleo was terminally ill with something one of the fosters maybe brought in. Luckily for my own guilt, FIP is not transferable to other cats and the virus is something (kinda like cancer cells in humans) where all cats have the virus just not all will get sick.

That night at the emergency vet, she was so sick I thought she had been given heavy sedation. She could barely hold herself up-it was so sad and scary. HUMANE EUTHANASIA was suggested because the cost to keep her stable even overnight and preventative care for her wet FIP were going to be really high. They said if I took her home with no plans or preventative care she may not make it through the week. But this is my baby! She is the reason I have cats, my good friend Nora bottle fed her until I adopted her at a couple months old :] she really is a fighter and has a long road ahead! So I knew I was going to do anything and everything i could to help give her the tools to fight this disease!

I had to open up multiple different credit cards and use all my bill money for the foreseeable future. Asking for help is really hard and its easy to feel like your cause isn't worthy or that you can figure it out all on your own. But I can't and I need yalls help! I have put hundreds if not thousands of dollars as well as countless hours into fostering cats this summer, a huge reason why I don't have the resources financially to take care of these bills on my own-so if animal rescue or cats in general pull at your heartstrings, even 1$ from everyone who loves cats, could really go along way in helping me pay off these bills and help ensure that Cleo keeps getting the preventative care she needs to beat FIP!

If you've read this far THANK YOU! Thank you for caring about me and caring about Cleo. She is only 2 and deserves a fighting chance! Anything y'all can donate will help me pay her bills off and cover her wet food and meds she will need for the next couple of months.

Thank you!!

2486- ER vet

208- Banfield

850- Preventative FIP care

167- UTI vet

leftover for future vet visits, special diet, heating pad and supplies, GoFundMe fees

My financial gifts are few but my creativity and love for my cat knows no bounds! Lets help me pay these bills off and I can make ya a meal or watercolor you some flowers, crochet you a lil plate warmer whatevers clever but I am forever grateful for your time and money, your energy and love. Thank you!!

Hannah and Cleo, she lays next to me as I type this and I can't wait for the day where shell be my bathroom buddy again :]