Duchess Snowball the cat needs help with vet bills

Hi, my name is Duchess Snowball, I am a 4-year-old Russian White kitty cat, and I need your help!

During a routine rectal exam, a careless veterinarian caused my left anal gland sac to rupture and they didn't even notice. As soon as my mommy brought me home, she noticed I was limping, examined me and saw a large brown spot on my bottom and called the vet immediately.

The clinic denied me any further examination but let my mommy send in photos (see above). They diagnosed it as a "ruptured anal glad", said that it was a "very common condition in cats" and assured my mommy that I "would be fine". My mommy also showed them a video of me limping and crying as I was walking. Noticing that I was in considerable pain, they let my mommy pick up some meds for me (Buprenorphine for the pain and Clavamox for the infection).

After my second dose of Clavamox I had liquidy and very bloody diarrhea for an hour. As per the Clavamox instructions and thinking I was experiencing an allergic reaction, my mommy immediately reported my condition to the vet and they said that "was normal." They advised my mommy to continue administering the medicine as specified.

Overnight my bottom end became a ragged bloody mess. And even when my mommy sent them this photo, they still denied me medical attention.

The very next day, my mommy carefully researched every other vet clinic in the area and found me the most wonderful, experienced, and compassionate lady veterinarian. Upon seeing my horrible condition, she scheduled me for surgery the very next morning (there just so happen to be a cancellation). I had to have all the dead skin cut off, the top layer of my flesh scraped off, the holes sewn up, and my skin sewn back together with 25+ stitches. Here is what my new veterinarian documented:

After sending a culture sample to the pathologist, it was determined that the reason why my injury progressed so quickly is because I had an E-Coli infection that spread rapidly and ate my flesh. And this E-Coli was 100% resistant to the penicillin antibiotics (Clavamox) prescribed by the first vet.

Despite all the medication prescribed, I am still in terrible discomfort. I will require several more visits to my new vet.

Unfortunately, this whole ordeal has cost my mommy, an art college student, a great deal of money. My mommy has depleted all of her savings and now she has no money left for rent and tuition fees. She also took a three-week hiatus from her part-time job so she can nurse me back to health. My mommy says that I am the sweetest and most well-mannered kitty. She is very sad to see my spirit broken and my athleticism halted by the severe pain and discomfort I have been in these past couple of weeks.

My mommy and I would be eternally grateful if you can donate to our fund. Thank you ever so much for your kind generosity in my time of need!

If you'd like to know more about me, CLICK HERE for my Instagram account.

P.S. If you are unable to donate no worries whatsoever … you can still help by sharing this post and my Instagram as much as possible. xoxo Duchess Snowball

[NOTE: This post was updated on January 23 at 2:30 pm AST]