Support Cheese's Fight for Health and Recovery

Any little bit helps.

2 months ago our baby, Cheese, stopped eating and was very obviously sick, we took her to the ER vet, they charged us $700, said it was just gas and sent us home with metronidazole. She got worse the next few days, the metronidazole trashed her wbc and platelets, brought her back to the ER and they did tests, told us it was likely autoimmune or cancer, sent us home with some antibiotics, steroids, and anti nausea meds and a $1200 bill. Once cheese was off the metronidazole and on the steroids, she drastically improved and was back to her normal self. We had to go to our normal vet weekly then biweekly for follow up blood tests to monitor her, but never got a diagnoses for the last 2 months, each vet visit cost $200-$400. Wednesday cheese started throwing up again and avoiding food, we got more antinausea meds, but she still was hardly eating or drinking, so we rushed to the ER vet again this morning (Saturday 4/5), and got blood work, X-rays, and ultrasounds. Her calcium is high and she has some damage to her liver (potentially from the steroids), kidneys, and there were calcium deposits. They found some lumps/masses in the scans, but with where they were located, they were unable to get biopsies. This visit cost $1800. The next recommended steps were to admit her to a different ER in Bannockburn for the weekend to monitor her and keep her on fluids and then to be seen by an internalist Monday to run more tests and specialty scans to determine if it is cancer, however the ballpark price range for just the ER stay was $3,000-$6,000, and that doesn't include the tests or treatments needed, which we cannot afford, so we brought her home, and will need to admit her on Monday, as the internalist is booked months out, and the ER is the fastest way to get her seen. The doctor stated if we wait, her organs could calcify, or something like that, which would apparently be really bad.

I know times are really tough right now, but if you can afford to spare anything to help us keep our baby girl alive, it would be so greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Riss & Chris