Cover medical costs for Selina

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It all started on March 19th when I took Selina to the vet because she suddenly had a cloudy eye. I was told that she had a lens luxation (a dislocation of the lens). I was given some NSAID drops to put in her eye and was told to bring her back the next weekend for reassessment, but that she would probably need surgery to fix it. Not only that, but she would have to go to an ophthalmologist for it. At that time I became very concerned about what the cost of that would be, and I reached out to my Facebook friends and a local non-profit for help as I figured out my monetary options.

During the week that followed Selina's health suddenly declined, I came home from work on the 22nd and found that she had thrown up greenish fluid and she refused to eat. I took her to the emergency vet that night, and they treated her symptomatically and we went home. The next day she was still not eating and we went to her regular vet who also ended up treating her symptomatically. When we got home from that visit she finally ate a little food and I hoped that we were past it.

A couple of days went by, she still was not eating well. On that Saturday the 25th, we went back to her regular vet to reassess her eye, and to talk about a referral to an ophthalmologist. They took some blood work and found that she had band neutrophils, which told them that she had inflammation...somewhere. Still no real answers at that time. The next day I packed her in the car and we drove to Ames, IA to go to the ISU small animal hospital where they assessed her eye and told me how much the surgery would be. But they also shared my concerns about her not eating and said that it's very possible that her gastrointestinal issue and her eye issue were connected and were caused by something systemic that they would want to find before they would even do surgery on her. They wanted to hospitalize her there but the cost was too much and I didn't want to leave her there so far away from me, so I took her home.

The next day, I took her back to her regular vet and hospitalized her there. She was in very bad shape at that point, had potentially not eaten in days and I was desperate for answers. She was jaundiced at that point and I was so scared I was going to lose her. I spoke to the vet later that day, who said that she had eaten some for them and said that she was good to go home for the night. I wanted ultrasounds done but the ultrasound tech wasn't going to be in until the next day, so the following day I took her back and hospitalized her again.

What we ended up finding was that she had potentially pancreatitis, gallstones, or cancer. She had been treated symptomatically previously with the same treatment they would do for pancreatitis--fluids and antibiotics--and we were sent home with liver support and gallstone medications. That night after the 2nd day of hospitalization was the first night in a while where she had acted like herself. On her last visit to the vet on April 1st, we checked her blood levels again and they were all back to normal. I was advised at that time that her eye issue can wait until it becomes apparent that it's bothering her, after what she had been through the vet did not think it was necessary to put her through anything else right now.

The amount I chose for the fundraiser is to cover the costs of all of her vet visits, I had to put all of the charges on my Care Credit and I don't know how I am going to fit the monthly payment into the rest of my bills without some help. If there is anything extra raised at all it will go toward other bills that I have.

The total cost of her care was $2,966.33. In the days after her first visit, I received donations from friends totalling $985. The amount that I am asking for is a little bit over the remainder because I am trying to make up the difference caused by any processing fees. Anything helps, thank you very much for reading!

Here are the various charges for her care, some redaction for privacy: