Kenji's Life-saving Vet Visit

I remember when I first saw him as a tiny kitten, fourteen years ago.  His blue, blue eyes made me fall for him right then and there, and I gave the last of my money to the breeder to be able to bring him home. 

My mom helped me pick out the name "Kenji" for him, and it means a lot to me to have this bond with my mother, because she also had a Siamese from the time she was a teenager that lasted into her thirties.

Since then, Kenji has been my lifeblood.  He is my best friend and he is always there for me, and I'm not ready to let him go yet.  To me, for a Siamese, fourteen is FAR too young.  I managed to save his life a few years ago by having his teeth surgically removed, because they were decayed and prevented him eating.  Now, he can only eat wet food, but at least it saved his life.

I don't know much, but maybe after years of eating only wet food, he's contracted IBD?  Lately, I've been shelling out more money to buy him grade-A food.  Grain-free and pure, I was hoping it would help his diarrhea, but now I fear it might be too late.  Now, he won't eat, and he has had diarrhea for so long, at least a year.  It's painful to watch him get so skinny, his hip bones protruding, and to have such horrible problems with his bodily functions.  He's starving to death.  All this time, I'm a terrible owner, a terrible parent, and a terrible friend.  He needs to go to the vet, and I must do everything I can to keep him with me and give him the comfortable life he deserves.  He really is the best cat.  He's so friendly and wonderful and he loves everyone.  It's just... I haven't been able to afford it.

With my poor standard of living, always working a dead-end job that pays so little, locked up in a tiny cluttered apartment, depression and other illnesses running my life, by all rights I should not have any pets at all.  They don't get the care they need and/or deserve.  But there is no other place for him.  I can't give him away, he means so much to me, and I know he loves me too.  How could I just give him up when I want so desperately to try and save him?  This is why I'm turning to the public, to get some sort of normalcy for him back on track.  To get him this help, with the vet and possibly medicine and food, I need money.

I don't know how much I'll need yet, as I am making the vet appointment today.  Dr. T____ has treated him before, and she's wonderful.  Her office is wonderful.  They have called and expressed concern and requested checkups for both Kenji and our other cat Busu over the years, all of which unfortunately I haven't been able to take up on due to not having funds.  They have been understanding, though when I show up soon I'm sure to probably get a scolding from Dr. T and her assistants, but it wouldn't be anything more than what I deserve.  I'm hoping five hundred will be more than sufficient.  If I make it, and have any left over, it will go straight to Kenji's care.  Food, litter, anything.  It's his fund.

I can't stress how urgent this all is.  I fear any day he might slip away from me.  When I get the vet bill, I will scan it and upload it to show everything going on with him. 



Please help me save my best friend's life.


Help him look like this again - fat and healthy.