Help Miumiu Breathe - Urgent
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UPDATE：Just received a call from the hospital. Miumiu is not doing very well. She has had "panic attacks" and burst of movements which made her permanent tap came loose. She still has liquid in her pleural cavity and at this moment, we have decided to hold off with the drain until we get the results from the liquid test which could be in a few hours. If Miumiu breathes at an acceptable level we will leave her in the oxygen incubator until the results came but if her breathing deteriorates they will but the drain back immediately. The bill is now surpassed $3000 already with tax which was not expected 24 hours ago with the sedation and extra stuff they already did. I really want to keep her around until the results came and I hope you can please share my post. Thank you so much.
最新情況：醫院打電話來說喵喵24小時內有很多「突然」而很大力的動作，所以把導液的喉管弄鬆，他們要重新裝上。醫院每次裝都要額外收費近＄300。我非常想等到報告出來，但現在已經超過我們24小時前預料的金額（＄2750頭72小時），現在是58小時已經花了超過＄3000。我們現在是希望若她情況稍微穩定就不插喉管等報告，萬一她的呼吸再有困難便馬上插回。
中文隨後
Hi! My name is Yemina. I am from Richmond BC and now I'm studying at McGill University. Two years ago I met Miumiu, an 8-month-old cat found in the streets of Montreal and was temporarily fostered at my friend's place. I fell in love with her immediately and I called the adoption centre to know more about her. Miumiu was found outside with other cats while the volunteers are feeding the homeless animals and miumiu followed her a long way and the volunteer decided to take her to an animal adoption centre. My friend was fostering her with other kittens but they were not getting along so my roommate was helping to foster miumiu. I adopted her after discussing with my family!
She is an active and curious cat! She greets everyone who comes to my place and she constantly looks at the door to wait for me to come home every day. She love playing with feathers and will respond and come to me when I whistle!
I realized that her appetite has gone down in the last two weeks. I have always been giving her canned food with water and dry food every day for protein. She started to drink and eat less up to a point (2 days ago) she started to stop eating! I was worried and I tried changing the diet but she refused to eat even her favourite treat! I also noticed that she stopped defecating for 3/4 days so I called the emergency vet center (because it was 12 am midnight). I explained her situation and the receptionist asked if I noticed her with a difficulty in breathing or breathing with mouth opened. I then realized that she has been breathing with mouth opened for a few days already but I thought it was a normal or just a minor problem. I quickly sent her to the emergency vet centre in South Shore.
I originally thought it was a digestion problem, maybe severe constipation. But actually, it was a lot worse! She has "Pleural Effusion", a condition with liquid accumulating in the pleural cavity. She was placed in the oxygen incubator immediately because she had a hard time breathing and she has thoracentesis (pleural tap) done immediately to remove the excess liquid surrounding her lungs. I was watching her the whole time and there was 230cc of liquid drained! That is A LOT of liquid for a cat! I soon realized the severity of her situation and the cost of the procedure that needed to be done for her.
I was in utter shock at 3 am in the hospital facing the bill and possible cost of her treatments. My friend has borrowed $500 to me so I can pay the deposit and Miumiu can stay in the hospital for the night.
The vet told me that she needed a complete test for the liquid that was drained, blood test, and ultrasounds and scans to know exactly what was the cause so they can treat her properly.
At 5 am I visited Miumiu after the vet has re-checked her condition and I was told a bad news. Her liquid has re-accumulated and her blood pressure was very low and her heart rate was slow and ECG was not normal. I was told that her condition was so bad that she might not make it.
I was completely shattered by this news and I was facing the choice of euthanasia after 5 hours in the animal hospital.
At 7 am I decided to talk to the specialist even if it costs $160 because I want to make sure I am making the right decision. I ended up talking to another general vet, Dr. Roy, for the day shift and she has explained the situation much clearer.
Dr. Roy has listed 5 possibilities for her situation. Bacterial infection (pyothorax), Cardiogenic, chylothorax, tumour/cancer, or FIP. We are treating it as a bacterial infection because I did not have the money to do the proper diagnosis for her like cardiac echography, abdominal echography, liquid test, blood work, etc... so I just assumed and hoped it's an infection. The night I spent at the vet costs me over $1000 on its own. Currently, Miumiu is on high dose antibiotics and is still in the oxygen incubator with IV drip because she is still not eating.
Here is the breakdown of the cost (plus 15% tax) (picture of the bill is below in the Chinese section)
Emergency consultation- $138 (once)
IV catheter - $87 once
Pleural tap (thoracocentesis) - $264 each time
Intensive care - $165 per day
Oxygen - 174.96 per 24 hours
Sedation - $44 each time
fluid cytology - $180 (once)
Thoracic drain with sedation and X-ray - $276
IV fluid - $61 per day
Injections - $92 per day
Drain monitoring - $80 per day
Currently NOT doing because of the lack of funding:
Blood test plus drawing blood - $231
Cardiac echology - $390
Abdominal echology - $430
Internal medicine specialist - $148
POSSIBLE cost for treatments if it's not bacterial infection:
Surgery - $4000 to$5000 (ligation of thoracic canal, pericardiectomy
Chemotherapy - (not sure until tomorrow)
heart medications - (not sure until tomorrow)
I am now fundraising for the cost of her proper diagnosis and for her intensive care at the vet and possible cost for her treatments. For now every day at the hospital costs me around $1000 dollars and as a student, this is a great burden on me and my family. She might need to stay for at least 4 days for the antibiotics to work. I want to give her a last chance before I give up!
Miumiu is a lovely two and a half-year-old cat and we hope she will be cured and can live with me for much longer. She is my first pet and she means a lot to us.
The money raised will be used in her diagnosis and treatments. Thank you for your amazing support! It means a lot for me and Miumiu.
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我是余仲欣，來自溫哥華，在滿地可麥吉爾大學用獎學金和做兼職支持念書。父親在香港工作，母親則多在溫哥華（我們的家）生活，亦有陪同我在滿地可生活。
在寒窗逆旅中，使我不致孤單寂寞的，就是她。
她名叫苗苗。當初我用短息告訴父親，我準備養一隻貓時，我用了簡體的「猫」字。父親故意作弄，說這不是貓，是「苗」。於是，我們都管她叫「阿苗」或「苗苗」了。
苗苗才兩歲半，曾流落在滿地可的街頭。我跟她一見鍾情，雖然我從未養過寵物，但我第一次看到她時，便知道她將是我的良伴。果然，到了我家之後，她開心活潑的跟我一起成長，令我枯燥的生活平添了不少樂趣。她是那麼的溫柔體貼，她是那麼的善解人意，她又是那麼的馴良忠心。她是我們家的一份子。
可是，數天之前，她吃的愈來愈少，到最後更拒絕進食。我知道，她病了。但不知道的是，她的病比我想像的嚴重得多。
我是一個尚未有謀生能力的學生，家境也不富裕。我問朋友借了五百加元，交了按金，才讓苗苗暫時在獸醫院住了下來。但醫生告知，檢查和手術費用不菲。而苗苗已危在旦夕，我亦數十小時不眠不休的陪著她了。難道我要看著一條可愛的小生命，就此被病魔擊倒？我恐懼、徬徨、焦慮、傷痛，方寸已亂，實不知怎樣再說下去。
我唯一知道的是，世界上愛䕶動物的善心人很多，有財力挽救這樣一條小生命的朋友也不會少。我力竭聲嘶的向各位呼籲：救救苗苗！
您的捐款，無論多寡，都彰顯了您的愛心，以及對生命的重視。一旦手術成功，苗苗可以快快樂樂的繼續她寶貴的生命之旅，我也可以放下心頭大石專心讀書。
拯救苗苗，刻不容緩，您的捐助，將在這個關鍵時刻起到關鍵作用。謝謝各位善長仁翁。
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下面是成本的細分（加15％的稅）
緊急進院費-$138（一次）
靜脈導管 - $87（每次）
胸腔穿刺 - $264 （每次）
重症監護 - $165 （每次）
氧 - 174.96（每24小時）
鎮靜 - $44（每次）
液細胞學檢查 - $180（一次）
胸漏與鎮靜和X射線 - $276 （一次）
靜脈輸液 - 每天$61
注射 - 每天$92
排水監測 - 每天$80
目前還沒有做，因為缺乏資金：
血液檢查以及抽血 - $231
心臟生態 - $390
腹部生態 - $430
內科專家 - $148
其他費用（如需）：
手術－＄4000-＄5000
化療－未知
藥物（心臟）－未知
最新情況：醫院打電話來說喵喵24小時內有很多「突然」而很大力的動作，所以把導液的喉管弄鬆，他們要重新裝上。醫院每次裝都要額外收費近＄300。我非常想等到報告出來，但現在已經超過我們24小時前預料的金額（＄2750頭72小時），現在是58小時已經花了超過＄3000。我們現在是希望若她情況稍微穩定就不插喉管等報告，萬一她的呼吸再有困難便馬上插回。
中文隨後
Hi! My name is Yemina. I am from Richmond BC and now I'm studying at McGill University. Two years ago I met Miumiu, an 8-month-old cat found in the streets of Montreal and was temporarily fostered at my friend's place. I fell in love with her immediately and I called the adoption centre to know more about her. Miumiu was found outside with other cats while the volunteers are feeding the homeless animals and miumiu followed her a long way and the volunteer decided to take her to an animal adoption centre. My friend was fostering her with other kittens but they were not getting along so my roommate was helping to foster miumiu. I adopted her after discussing with my family!
She is an active and curious cat! She greets everyone who comes to my place and she constantly looks at the door to wait for me to come home every day. She love playing with feathers and will respond and come to me when I whistle!
I realized that her appetite has gone down in the last two weeks. I have always been giving her canned food with water and dry food every day for protein. She started to drink and eat less up to a point (2 days ago) she started to stop eating! I was worried and I tried changing the diet but she refused to eat even her favourite treat! I also noticed that she stopped defecating for 3/4 days so I called the emergency vet center (because it was 12 am midnight). I explained her situation and the receptionist asked if I noticed her with a difficulty in breathing or breathing with mouth opened. I then realized that she has been breathing with mouth opened for a few days already but I thought it was a normal or just a minor problem. I quickly sent her to the emergency vet centre in South Shore.
I originally thought it was a digestion problem, maybe severe constipation. But actually, it was a lot worse! She has "Pleural Effusion", a condition with liquid accumulating in the pleural cavity. She was placed in the oxygen incubator immediately because she had a hard time breathing and she has thoracentesis (pleural tap) done immediately to remove the excess liquid surrounding her lungs. I was watching her the whole time and there was 230cc of liquid drained! That is A LOT of liquid for a cat! I soon realized the severity of her situation and the cost of the procedure that needed to be done for her.
I was in utter shock at 3 am in the hospital facing the bill and possible cost of her treatments. My friend has borrowed $500 to me so I can pay the deposit and Miumiu can stay in the hospital for the night.
The vet told me that she needed a complete test for the liquid that was drained, blood test, and ultrasounds and scans to know exactly what was the cause so they can treat her properly.
At 5 am I visited Miumiu after the vet has re-checked her condition and I was told a bad news. Her liquid has re-accumulated and her blood pressure was very low and her heart rate was slow and ECG was not normal. I was told that her condition was so bad that she might not make it.
I was completely shattered by this news and I was facing the choice of euthanasia after 5 hours in the animal hospital.
At 7 am I decided to talk to the specialist even if it costs $160 because I want to make sure I am making the right decision. I ended up talking to another general vet, Dr. Roy, for the day shift and she has explained the situation much clearer.
Dr. Roy has listed 5 possibilities for her situation. Bacterial infection (pyothorax), Cardiogenic, chylothorax, tumour/cancer, or FIP. We are treating it as a bacterial infection because I did not have the money to do the proper diagnosis for her like cardiac echography, abdominal echography, liquid test, blood work, etc... so I just assumed and hoped it's an infection. The night I spent at the vet costs me over $1000 on its own. Currently, Miumiu is on high dose antibiotics and is still in the oxygen incubator with IV drip because she is still not eating.
Here is the breakdown of the cost (plus 15% tax) (picture of the bill is below in the Chinese section)
Emergency consultation- $138 (once)
IV catheter - $87 once
Pleural tap (thoracocentesis) - $264 each time
Intensive care - $165 per day
Oxygen - 174.96 per 24 hours
Sedation - $44 each time
fluid cytology - $180 (once)
Thoracic drain with sedation and X-ray - $276
IV fluid - $61 per day
Injections - $92 per day
Drain monitoring - $80 per day
Currently NOT doing because of the lack of funding:
Blood test plus drawing blood - $231
Cardiac echology - $390
Abdominal echology - $430
Internal medicine specialist - $148
POSSIBLE cost for treatments if it's not bacterial infection:
Surgery - $4000 to$5000 (ligation of thoracic canal, pericardiectomy
Chemotherapy - (not sure until tomorrow)
heart medications - (not sure until tomorrow)
I am now fundraising for the cost of her proper diagnosis and for her intensive care at the vet and possible cost for her treatments. For now every day at the hospital costs me around $1000 dollars and as a student, this is a great burden on me and my family. She might need to stay for at least 4 days for the antibiotics to work. I want to give her a last chance before I give up!
Miumiu is a lovely two and a half-year-old cat and we hope she will be cured and can live with me for much longer. She is my first pet and she means a lot to us.
The money raised will be used in her diagnosis and treatments. Thank you for your amazing support! It means a lot for me and Miumiu.
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我是余仲欣，來自溫哥華，在滿地可麥吉爾大學用獎學金和做兼職支持念書。父親在香港工作，母親則多在溫哥華（我們的家）生活，亦有陪同我在滿地可生活。
在寒窗逆旅中，使我不致孤單寂寞的，就是她。
她名叫苗苗。當初我用短息告訴父親，我準備養一隻貓時，我用了簡體的「猫」字。父親故意作弄，說這不是貓，是「苗」。於是，我們都管她叫「阿苗」或「苗苗」了。
苗苗才兩歲半，曾流落在滿地可的街頭。我跟她一見鍾情，雖然我從未養過寵物，但我第一次看到她時，便知道她將是我的良伴。果然，到了我家之後，她開心活潑的跟我一起成長，令我枯燥的生活平添了不少樂趣。她是那麼的溫柔體貼，她是那麼的善解人意，她又是那麼的馴良忠心。她是我們家的一份子。
可是，數天之前，她吃的愈來愈少，到最後更拒絕進食。我知道，她病了。但不知道的是，她的病比我想像的嚴重得多。
我是一個尚未有謀生能力的學生，家境也不富裕。我問朋友借了五百加元，交了按金，才讓苗苗暫時在獸醫院住了下來。但醫生告知，檢查和手術費用不菲。而苗苗已危在旦夕，我亦數十小時不眠不休的陪著她了。難道我要看著一條可愛的小生命，就此被病魔擊倒？我恐懼、徬徨、焦慮、傷痛，方寸已亂，實不知怎樣再說下去。
我唯一知道的是，世界上愛䕶動物的善心人很多，有財力挽救這樣一條小生命的朋友也不會少。我力竭聲嘶的向各位呼籲：救救苗苗！
您的捐款，無論多寡，都彰顯了您的愛心，以及對生命的重視。一旦手術成功，苗苗可以快快樂樂的繼續她寶貴的生命之旅，我也可以放下心頭大石專心讀書。
拯救苗苗，刻不容緩，您的捐助，將在這個關鍵時刻起到關鍵作用。謝謝各位善長仁翁。
------------------------
下面是成本的細分（加15％的稅）
緊急進院費-$138（一次）
靜脈導管 - $87（每次）
胸腔穿刺 - $264 （每次）
重症監護 - $165 （每次）
氧 - 174.96（每24小時）
鎮靜 - $44（每次）
液細胞學檢查 - $180（一次）
胸漏與鎮靜和X射線 - $276 （一次）
靜脈輸液 - 每天$61
注射 - 每天$92
排水監測 - 每天$80
目前還沒有做，因為缺乏資金：
血液檢查以及抽血 - $231
心臟生態 - $390
腹部生態 - $430
內科專家 - $148
其他費用（如需）：
手術－＄4000-＄5000
化療－未知
藥物（心臟）－未知
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Yemina Chung
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Montréal, QC
