Help Rat Move to Uni with Beloved Pets

My name is Rat, who about 9 months ago got laid off and equally got an opportunity handed to me, the single greatest opportunity I've ever had.

In August, I got laid off from my managerial job of 5 years due to 'overstaffing,' and in that severance package, I received $20,000 as well as pay until the end of the year. With that money, I was finally able to pursue my dream of applying for Uni for a degree in Linguistics in England. Theoretically, this should have - and would have - been enough to move myself and my three pets - Dottie, Colby Jack, and Creamie - but I ran into problems finding a new job to coast me through until the move and had to use a large portion of that savings. Alongside trouble finding a job, I ran into a few issues in April when Dottie suddenly had cluster seizures and spent 3 days in the emergency vet and needed meds upon coming home. What I was able to hang onto until April was depleted as I tried to get her the help she needed - and while I wouldn't change what I did, I'm now frankly flat broke.

(Pictured: Dottie asleep, prior to her incident. Probably my favorite photo I have of her, she loves sleeping with her tummy up but her legs spread like this was both adorable and hilarious to me.)

Because of that, that 20k I received that was supposed to be my moving fund was depleted quickly, and I am now struggling to make up that money as I was not able to find anything more than a minimum wage job that frankly does not pay what I need to keep going month to month on the bare minimum - let alone build back up that savings. I have also been working as a food delivery driver and tend to rarely be home as a result. Still, I cannot break even, and so I come here now.

(Pictured: Colby's favorite time of day is from about 4pm-5pm, I try to give myself an hour between jobs and quite frequently end up with a Dottie croissant behind my legs & Colby up against my side and stealing my blanket.)

I was accepted into school, but now I have to figure out how to move everyone overseas. The pets alone will cost me 10k, and moving myself and what little of my things I wish to take will be another 7k. If I'm not able to come up with that 10k for them, I won't be able to take them with me - Dottie, who has been with me through hell and back for the past 8 years; Colby, who I rescued from an abusive household and is highly aggressive towards anyone but the three of us; and Creamie, who I may have had the shortest but that doesn't make her any less of a pivotal part of my family and a big comfort to her little sister Colby - not to mention, has been huge in her recovery of slowly becoming more okay with others around her.

(Pictured: Colby & Creamie, one month into living together. I was nervous when I first adopted Creamie about how they would get along, as Colby has always been highly aggressive to people but she took really quickly to Dottie. Instead, they became best friends and diehard sisters, and as shown in the cover photo have even started leashed adventures outside together)

If I don't take this opportunity, I likely will never receive a second chance at it, but I can't do it without help. They're my world, and if I can't take them, I won't leave them behind. I am asking from the bottom of my heart for you to please consider helping us and help me achieve my dream.

Edited: I added some photos of the girls && wanted to come here and say thank you so much to everyone who's given anything so far. I wasn't expecting anything, and have been... Critical of myself to say the least, considering the circumstances. This really gives me a lot of hope that I can still pursue this dream though, and it means the world to me. Thank you all so, so much, and if you can please share and help me out that would be amazing.

The company I want to travel with for the pets wants the full amount by June 1st, which is a huge ask. But the difference is help with customs & the USDA paperwork, their health certificates through their vet, and trained veterinary staff that's far more likely to know how to help my two beans with separation anxiety than normal flight staff who may only make the situation worse. Not to mention they'll provide ground travel from Joplin to Chicago - the only nearby airport that has the facilities to fly the pets out - and then again travel from the London airport to our new home.

I just wanted to say thank you again, from the bottom of my heart. As more came to light of how little I had left versus how much I truly needed (double what I was quoted over the winter which... Summer, travel, I should have expected that) I was really beginning to feel hopelessness set in over the situation. You all are giving me belief that all hope isn't lost on both pursuing my dream job as a translator for folks who don't know English, and being able to live with these fuzzy babies of mine who make the world worth living in.