Help us save Cosby!
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This sweet guy is Cosby. Just like Milo
(@Milo TheBravest) and our most recent foster, Bean, Cosby was just diagnosed with FIP.
Cosby was first spotted on the streets of the south Bronx by a rescuer at Belledonna and Friends just before Christmas. As he is so friendly, he was likely dumped in one of the many feral cat colonies. Last Thursday, they were able to get him. His belly had at least doubled in size since they last saw him. He was immediately diagnosed with FIP. He's emaciated, anemic and has stomatitis. He's got a fight ahead and will also need a complete dental when he is healthy enough to undergo anesthesia.
Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is a painful, incurable disease that, until recently, was nearly always fatal. FIP presents in multiple ways. Unlike Milo and recent foster Bean who had neurological FIP, Cosby has wet FIP. Wet FIP presents as fluid retention in various parts of a cats body. There is no FDA approved medication for FIP. However, over the past few years, thousands of cats have been cured of FIP by a new drug. The problem: the company that created this drug refuses to license it for use in animals out of fear the it could interfere with the research for use in humans. This has left desperate pet parents around the world with no legal way to obtain it through their veterinarians. With news spreading of its amazing efficacy, a black market in the drug grew quickly. Here in the US, an underground group of volunteers run multiple online groups where pet parents can acquire and learn to administer black-market GS-441524, the cure for FIP. This regimen is hard, administering daily injections for 84 days (and possibly longer depending on how cats respond) followed by an 84 day observation period.
The thing is, this medicine is expensive! Between the medicine itself, blood tests to track progress, vet care, and supplies, Cosby’s treatment will cost over $5000 out of pocket. With your help, we can save Cosby and many more cats who deserve a chance in the future! These cats are Milo’s Bravest Friends.
Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is a painful, incurable disease that, until recently, was nearly always fatal. FIP presents in multiple ways. Unlike Milo and recent foster Bean who had neurological FIP, Cosby has wet FIP. Wet FIP presents as fluid retention in various parts of a cats body. There is no FDA approved medication for FIP. However, over the past few years, thousands of cats have been cured of FIP by a new drug. The problem: the company that created this drug refuses to license it for use in animals out of fear the it could interfere with the research for use in humans. This has left desperate pet parents around the world with no legal way to obtain it through their veterinarians. With news spreading of its amazing efficacy, a black market in the drug grew quickly. Here in the US, an underground group of volunteers run multiple online groups where pet parents can acquire and learn to administer black-market GS-441524, the cure for FIP. This regimen is hard, administering daily injections for 84 days (and possibly longer depending on how cats respond) followed by an 84 day observation period.
The thing is, this medicine is expensive! Between the medicine itself, blood tests to track progress, vet care, and supplies, Cosby’s treatment will cost over $5000 out of pocket. With your help, we can save Cosby and many more cats who deserve a chance in the future! These cats are Milo’s Bravest Friends.