Help Izzie Get Her Surgery
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Please help my friend save her beloved kitty, Izzie! This is a letter from Izzie’s mommy:
Hi everyone,
I'm hoping you can take a few minutes out of your day and read about my baby girl.
Izzie is an amazing 12.5-year-old kitty. When I first adopted her, she came in as "evidence" to the shelter. She was skittish but so cute and loving. I ran back to the shelter and adopted her within an hour.
Since then, she's gotten me through years of moving, breakups, and so much more. I also foster abandoned kittens and she is always a mother figure to them, taking them in without anger or fear and only love.
Back in February of this year, I noticed her 3rd eyelid was swollen so I rushed her to the vet. They gave me teramycin and steroid drops. After the first course of treatment, Izzie’s eye did not improve. They told me to take her to an eye specialist who did another exam and gave me more eye drops to try. After several months of vet visits, different eye drops and antibiotics that did not work, they eventually suggested bloodwork and a biopsy.
After anxiously waiting for days, the biopsy results came back- they told me she had CANCER- SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA. Although I’m relieved to finally have answers, I am so worried and scared for her.
The Dr informed me that because it's in her eye, the best course of treatment would be to remove the whole eye so it doesn't spread.
After difficult discussions with her Doctor, they assured me that she would recover quickly and adjust easily. The only thing in between getting Izzie back to health is they quoted me $1900-$2100 for the surgery. I have to put $250 down to secure the date of surgery and the rest is due the day of the surgery. The past few months of vet visits and treatment have already exhausted what I have, plus more.
If Izzie doesn’t get the surgery, her Doctor informed me that the cancer will spread to the other eye, or to her bone, and she will be in extreme pain without much time left.
She has been such a trooper through all of this and I just want to give her a chance. If there is anything you can provide for support, Izzie and I will be forever grateful and appreciative. It will give her another chance for a healthy life and we can go back to fostering little kittens together, sharing and spreading the love.
Thank you so much.
-Izzie and Nas
Hi everyone,
I'm hoping you can take a few minutes out of your day and read about my baby girl.
Izzie is an amazing 12.5-year-old kitty. When I first adopted her, she came in as "evidence" to the shelter. She was skittish but so cute and loving. I ran back to the shelter and adopted her within an hour.
Since then, she's gotten me through years of moving, breakups, and so much more. I also foster abandoned kittens and she is always a mother figure to them, taking them in without anger or fear and only love.
Back in February of this year, I noticed her 3rd eyelid was swollen so I rushed her to the vet. They gave me teramycin and steroid drops. After the first course of treatment, Izzie’s eye did not improve. They told me to take her to an eye specialist who did another exam and gave me more eye drops to try. After several months of vet visits, different eye drops and antibiotics that did not work, they eventually suggested bloodwork and a biopsy.
After anxiously waiting for days, the biopsy results came back- they told me she had CANCER- SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA. Although I’m relieved to finally have answers, I am so worried and scared for her.
The Dr informed me that because it's in her eye, the best course of treatment would be to remove the whole eye so it doesn't spread.
After difficult discussions with her Doctor, they assured me that she would recover quickly and adjust easily. The only thing in between getting Izzie back to health is they quoted me $1900-$2100 for the surgery. I have to put $250 down to secure the date of surgery and the rest is due the day of the surgery. The past few months of vet visits and treatment have already exhausted what I have, plus more.
If Izzie doesn’t get the surgery, her Doctor informed me that the cancer will spread to the other eye, or to her bone, and she will be in extreme pain without much time left.
She has been such a trooper through all of this and I just want to give her a chance. If there is anything you can provide for support, Izzie and I will be forever grateful and appreciative. It will give her another chance for a healthy life and we can go back to fostering little kittens together, sharing and spreading the love.
Thank you so much.
-Izzie and Nas
Organizer and beneficiary
Helen FT
Organizer
Los Angeles, CA
Nastassia Yalley
Beneficiary