Please help save Echo!

Hey friends, my name is Bonnie Kazanjian and I am Rich Kazanjian's sister in law. I started this page in hopes of helping raise funds for Rich's kitten, Echo. Those of you who know Rich, know that his animals are his world! He would do anything for his precious fur babies. Unfortunately Rich is currently deployed overseas and Echo is living us during this time. Echo is a 6 month old, PRECIOUS kitten who Rich rescued this summer prior to his deployment. Echo started to get sick about a month ago. He suddenly became lethargic, decreased appetite, and started drooling. We rushed him to the vet, ran a bunch of tests and found out that he had Feline Coronavirus. (Yes, cats can get COVID too). We thought that he was out of the woods until about a week ago when he suddenly started to deteriorate again. He has been loosing weight despite eating, he sleeps constantly, and he has zero energy. We brought him back to the vet this week where he was admitted for IV fluids and antibiotics as well as a slew of tests, viral panels, stool samples, urine samples, X-rays, and an ultrasound. The tests were ALL inconclusive. The vets are completely stumped as to why this kitten can barely hold his head up. Their only conclusion at this time is that he has FIP (Feline Infectious Peritonitis) which is disease that has a 99% fatality rate within weeks. There isn't a test for FIP, but it is a variant of FCoV (feline coronavirus) which he tested positive for. FIP is diagnosed after all other viruses have been ruled out, which is now the case with Echo. We are still waiting for 1 more viral panel result to come back, which we should know by the end of this week, but until then we were told to assume he has FIP.

As I mentioned, FIP is fatal within weeks, HOWEVER, there is a black market drug available that has a 96% success rate of curing FIP. Our vet endorses it despite it not being FDA approved yet. She told us that it is VERY close to being approved, but will likely be another year until it is finalized so unfortunately until that time comes this drug is VERY expensive. The course of treatment is 84 days and the estimated cost for the medication alone is over $4000. We have already spent close to $2000 on testing and emergency visits so we are asking for help on Rich's behalf so that we can start treating Echo before it's too late. The plan right now is to start treatment for 2 weeks and see if Echo turns around. If he does, then we hope to be able to continue the full course of treatment. We promise to update regularly on Echo's progress and will refund any funds in excess of his medical bills. We understand that some people may prefer to pay our vet directly. I will post their information below if anyone wishes to donate that way instead. Once we get the approval from Maxpaw (the company that has the drug to treat FIP) to start treatment I will post their link as well. I am also happy to post receipts of all of his medical expenses occurred thus far (the balance that now sits on our care credit card account). If anyone has any questions at all please do not hesitate to reach out. I know with all of the internet scams out there lately it can be scary donating to a cause when you aren't there in person to see the funds used. No amount is too small. PLEASE help us save baby Echo and give Rich something to look forward to when he gets back home. ❤️