"Please help save our little baby’s life! Without your help, she has no chance!"
Hi my name is Cassie, on Sept 28, 2023, our precious 13 month old, Princess Belle was diagnosed with Neurological Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP). FIP is an incurable disease, in almost every case resulting in death/ euthanasia.
There is a recent treatment that has extremely high success rate in curing FIP, however the treatment is very costly. In order to save Belle's life, Belle requires treatment immediately. The treatment consists of 84 doses ( injection or pill) cost varying, depending on Brand.
I am a single mom, working full time; however with everything on my shoulders financially and the cost of living rising, I cannot afford to save our little girls life. Belle is so extremely loved, we cannot imagine our lives without her. She deserves a chance at life.
Please, we are asking for any help that you can offer to provide Belle the treatment she needs to survive and give her a chance to live a full and healthy life. We also kindly ask, you to share this link with your family and friends, even if you are unable to donate yourself.
We thank you in advance, from the bottom of hearts, for your compassion and support for Belle and FIP awareness.
What is FIP?
FIP stands for Feline Infectious Peritonitis. It is an incurable disease, one where euthanasia has thus far been the only "cure". FIP is a virus that multiplies and mutates, resulting in an infection that spreads throughout the cat’s body. There are 2 main types of FIP, dry and wet. and 2 rare types, ocular and neurological.
In Belle's case, she has been diagnosed with Neuro FIP.
Cats with neurological FIP may be left with residual damage to brain and/or spinal cord and permanent disabilities. Disabilities include varying degrees of incoordination, behavioral changes, and dementia. The most troublesome disabilities result from involvement of the spinal cord. Additionally, cats with neuro FIP may likely experience chronic tremors and in serious cases, seizures.
If left untreated, FIP is a fatal disease that can kill a cat anywhere from days to a few months after diagnosis. It is unknown when Belle developed this disease, and I am terrified, we are running out of time. Belle desperately needs your help.
I have written "Belle's Bio" below, please feel free to read further about our little princess.
Belle's Bio
Belle was adopted by my son and I last October when we fell absolutely in love with her at the vet, while taking our German Shepard, Dexter, for his routine check-up.
She was the only long haired little fluff in the kennel. I pulled aside a vet tech and asked to hold her, and I instantly fell in love. Without getting my son too attached, I quickly filled out an adoption form for review and left it at that. When we came back to pick up Dexter, I brought my son over to the kennel, out of curiosity to see which kitten he would be drawn to. He instantly pointed at Belle, and said "that one!". From that moment, I couldn't get him to put her down, he was madly in love with the little princess.
After much kitty snuggles and some tears (Mommy, I want to take her home!), we had to leave the vet, and wait to hear back if we were chosen for adoption. We prayed, manifested and wished every night that we would get the call for Belle.
The day finally came!
We prepared everything for her (everything pink of course) and excitedly went to pick her up! Since that moment, Belle has been loved incredibly. She has brought so much love, joy happiness, gentleness and laughter to our home. She is the sweetest, most gentle and yet goofy little thing and lastly the MOST spoiled, as any princess should be and has built such a bond with not only myself, but my son, Big Brother! (There is no bedtime, unless Belle is snuggled on his pillow!) She completed our little family.
A few months after adopting Belle, I received a call from the vet with concerning news. Belle's siblings had tragically passed from a disease, FIP. A disease that even the vet was unfamiliar with. Each kitten having experienced different forms of FIP, but sadly never being cured. This of course, immediately set me into panic, and we decided to do blood work on Belle to see if she was healthy. After what seemed like a life time of waiting, Belle's blood work came back healthy! My prayers and wishes were answered.
We continued on monitoring Belle, focusing on helping her gain weight, which was proving to be a challenge, but was told "she may just be a tiny cat". (By tiny, I mean 2.25 kgs!) None the less, we continued focusing on monitoring her behaviors and eating routine, bowels movements etc. Everything looked great, after all, her blood work came back fine, we were convinced she had beaten the odds!
On Sept 28, 2023, Belle was acting odd. She jumped off my bed and within a matter of seconds twisted her head upwards and to the side, mouth wide open, locked jaw, head and paw twitching; Belle had her first seizure. Naturally this scared the ever loving **** out of me, and I immediately took her into the vet clinic. This is when all went down hill, this is when we received the diagnosis.
Since then we have cried night after night, sleepless nights of extensive research, finally to have found hope and our only chance at saving our little princess.
Treatment for Belle
After a desperate search for a cure, I discovered a treatment, proving to cure FIP, known as GS-441524 administered in a series of injections/ pills over the course of 84 days. With the help of the FIP Warriors community, a community of owners with successful journeys with this treatment and some practitioners, we are able to obtain the medication needed to heal Belle, this is our only hope.
I am consulting our veterinarian this week on dosage, as she is still only 2.55 kgs, and will be purchasing the first few FIP injections to jump start the process, however, we are desperately in need of your donations to be able to continue paying for her treatment and examinations.
How to keep in touch?
We will continue providing updates on Belle's journey on Facebook. We invite you to follow and watch our little princess recover, all thanks to you!
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