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Mimzy's Memory

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Mimzy first came into my life as a rescue cat I inherited from a very close friend. At the time, she was rather aggressive and difficult to manage, and I took her on basically to try and make her life better.

Little did I know she would make MY life infinitely better. Over the course of trying to make her feel safe enough to not beat the snot out of anyone and everyone (myself included), she taught me how to be patient-- something I had always struggled with. Because I knew that she was aggressive because she was VULNERABLE, and I took my responsibility of her caregiver seriously.

Over the years, she began to feel more and more safe with me. To the point where, as she was sleeping beside me at night, she would bump my forehead affectionately. We would just sit there for a moment, as if we could share our thoughts.

She was still always eccentric. I feel like I could fill the entire internet with Mimzy stories, tales of her hilarious way of seeing the world and all her wonderful quirks. But the short of it is, she became my best friend. And so, when she wasn't feeling well, I rushed her to the vet only to find out that her kidneys were failing. My best friend was hurting, and no matter how much the vet bill was going to cost, I was going to save her.

Through repeated back and forth with the wonderful vets and vet technicians, we discussed a plan. They flushed her with IV and fluids, but it wasn't looking good. They eventually found that her condition being sudden, there was a chance with antibiotics that they could reverse it and I would have my best friend back. But, throughout this entire process, the bill was skyrocketing. Did I want to go through that, they asked me. I didn't think twice. There was no real question. I had to save my friend.

She went through a long and grueling process until I could finally take her home. It was an exhausting ordeal, and, it has to be said, a very expensive one. By now, the bill was at $5700. But I was considering every last penny well worth it to have her home again.

But she still wasn't herself. I tried to tell myself it was just the stress of being in the vet ICU. That she just needed time. But, when days went by and she still wouldn't eat or drink by herself, the worry started to become impossible to ignore.

When she took a turn for the worse and refused to even let me force-feed her without vomiting, I rushed her back to the vet, determined to just have some time with her without all the medications and force-feeding, just... peace. With great difficulty, I asked the vet if she could just go home with me without meds, but they admitted to my horror that she would likely be in immense pain.

That was unacceptable for my best friend. So I made the decision I was absolutely dreading, and every fiber in my body told me not to, but I knew then, from the sad look on the vet's face, that I had to.

On April 4th, Mimzy was euthanized in my arms. I can barely write these words without sobbing.

But I am determined not only to be strong for her, but also to continue and find another furbaby to rescue. But with the current cost (which, with one last medication to bring her peace, sits at over $6000), I am not sure I can afford to without help.

Anything given will go towards not only paying off her last days, but also in hopefully allowing another kitty to be brought home, to be given the safety and security I pray I provided Mimzy.

Thanks for even letting me share my story, and anything given in her memory.
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Donations 

  • Mona Brine
    • $20 (Offline)
    • 11 mos
  • Christina Lee Gauvin
    • $25 (Offline)
    • 11 mos
  • Flora Mclean
    • $50 (Offline)
    • 11 mos
  • Sylvie Cormier
    • $30 (Offline)
    • 11 mos
  • Alta Stever
    • $250 (Offline)
    • 11 mos
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Shannon Stever
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Moncton, NB

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