help garfield’s amputation

UPDATE: APRIL 30, 2024;

as of yesterday, we were able to get her blood work and x-rays done and it’s looking great! her blood work came back negative for lukemia and she is strong enough to do surgery! her x-rays showed that it is just her paw affected by the tumor and not her arm. so we are now raising money for the amputation of her thumb, which is around 1,500!! this weekend i am doing a garage sale where 100% of the money i get will go to her, as well as all the money i get from my small press on nail business has been going to her :) thank you so much to everyone who has helped <3

UPDATE: APRIL 23, 2024-

Hello! we have finally gotten to the point where Garfield’s vets are doing a pre-work up for her paw amputation. she has a tumor on her left thumb paw pad. The vets do not think it is cancerous but they want to make sure it isn’t spreading up her leg/to other toes, as well as making sure her body is healthy for it.

I am asking for help towards her blood screening and X-rays which will be taken before her surgery. I have uploaded a photo of the cost directly from the vet, as well as some new photos of her.

The total for that is $300, and the surgery after is around $1,100 unless x-rays show more damage. I want to thank everyone who has been able to help us in these past few months, i am forever grateful to you and i like to let garfield know how loved she is from all of you. Any help is greatly appreciated.

-Katie

—photos of bills and garfie!

hello, my name is katie. my cat is named garfield. i found her when someone had dropped her off and left her in my neighborhood when i was eight, and she was around two years old at that point. my family allowed me to keep her and since then she has been my best friend. we do absolutely everything together and she is the thing that keeps me going every day. in february, i got sick and was in the hospital twice in one month before we found out that i have POTS, lupus, and SVT. i lost my job due to not being able to even get out of bed which left me with no money. it drained my family and i financially and we are still trying to pay it off. through all of that, garfield was there for me every day. in the past few months, she also has had a few health issues. she got a cyst on her paw in january and i was able to pay for it since i was working. however, in the past month or so, she’s been showing signs of early dementia. she’s started distancing herself from everyone and sleeping all day. she has also started yowling and crying at night and in the mornings when she is trying to find her food bowl or the litter box and seems confused and lost until i help her. i am now twenty years old, and we’ve been best friends for thirteen years now and i would do anything to make sure she is okay and comfortable by taking her to a vet, but i really need help financially to get her there and pay the vet bills. any help is really appreciated ♡

UPDATE! NOVEMBER 15, 2023!!

hello, im not really sure how do an update post so i’m very late to it. garfield was taken to the vet and she had a skin infection which was treated and she was doing much better! as of the past week however, i’ve been noticing she is hiding again and very lethargic. she has a large mass on her paw which was biopsies in january but it came back inconclusive, so the vet wants to remove it which is $1,500. i am getting heart surgery next month and after that i will (hopefully) be able to return to work and pay for said bills. but as the days go by, she is getting worse so i may need to take her in earlier than i’d hoped. any help is greatly appreciated and i am so thankful.