Gracey's Veterinary Bills

Hello, everyone.  I'm author Sharon E. Cathcart.  Our kitty, Gracey, recently spent three days in the veterinary ICU.  She started out with a life-threatening fever of unknown origin; every test came back negative.  An internal medicine specialist was called in, and she started testing for flea-borne ailments. 

As it turns out, Gracey has bartonella, also known as cat-scratch fever.  This is a flea-born illness that can be transmitted to humans.  Luckily, as soon as the vet said she was testing for flea-borne illness, we did some additional research.  It turns out that fleas can develop resistance to treatments over time, so we needed to change to a longer-lasting med ... and treated all of our other cats immediately.

Gracey's hospital stay cost us more than $4,000.  She will also be on a six-week course of antibiotics to cure her.
Several friends have said they would like to chip in toward Gracey's care, so I started this fundraiser.  Gracey is an alumna of the shelter where I volunteer (she is wearing her little "I <3 Humane Society Silicon Valley" shirt in this photo).  I am staying away from the shelter until her course of antibiotics is done; I don't want to accidentally bring in an infected flea, in spite of all our precautions.

Any and all help is much appreciated.  Thank you for having a look.