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Well, Hobbes' kidneys are ok, so it isn't renal failure like I thought it was. But bloodwork, urinalysis and x-rays have determined nothing more than his white cell count is high, red cell count is low, and he has a shitload of fluid in his abdominal area. The vets are thinking it's cancer, but they can't tell for sure. They wanted to have me take him to the emergency vet and have them put him on iv fluids, but we can't afford to. Instead, we have to give him 200cc of subcutaneous fluids twice a day.
His vet bill is already approaching $500, and we used our care credit card to pay for it. The card has a max of $500, so it's pretty well spent. They also want to do an ultrasound to see if there are any masses or tumors in his belly. The ultrasound is somewhere between $200-300, and then who knows how much treatment is, if he can even BE treated. The idea of putting The Kook through chemo is not appealing. I saw what it did to my grandma when I was little, and she was completely miserable. I don't want my cat to suffer like that. The problem is that I don't want to pick the euthanasia option unless I know it's something like cancer that can't really be cured. But he looks so unhappy. He's literally skin and bones. You can see the definition of each bone through his fur, and he's so weak and I don't want him to be like this. I'm at a loss. The vet was kind of snotty when we said that we couldn't do the IV fluids at the E-vet because of the expense. Like how dare we not choose the option we couldn't afford, just because it was the best. I wish I could just hand them a blank check and say 'Here. Make him better. I don't care what it costs.' I feel like the most wretched, awful pet owner ever. I am responsible for the well being of Hobb, and I can't afford what he needs. I don't know if I should stick a donation button on here and ask for everyone I know to help me. I know Eric's parents won't help us with this, because, as nice as they are, animals are just animals to them, and paying a large vet bill is not really an option to them. I'm at a total loss.
His vet bill is already approaching $500, and we used our care credit card to pay for it. The card has a max of $500, so it's pretty well spent. They also want to do an ultrasound to see if there are any masses or tumors in his belly. The ultrasound is somewhere between $200-300, and then who knows how much treatment is, if he can even BE treated. The idea of putting The Kook through chemo is not appealing. I saw what it did to my grandma when I was little, and she was completely miserable. I don't want my cat to suffer like that. The problem is that I don't want to pick the euthanasia option unless I know it's something like cancer that can't really be cured. But he looks so unhappy. He's literally skin and bones. You can see the definition of each bone through his fur, and he's so weak and I don't want him to be like this. I'm at a loss. The vet was kind of snotty when we said that we couldn't do the IV fluids at the E-vet because of the expense. Like how dare we not choose the option we couldn't afford, just because it was the best. I wish I could just hand them a blank check and say 'Here. Make him better. I don't care what it costs.' I feel like the most wretched, awful pet owner ever. I am responsible for the well being of Hobb, and I can't afford what he needs. I don't know if I should stick a donation button on here and ask for everyone I know to help me. I know Eric's parents won't help us with this, because, as nice as they are, animals are just animals to them, and paying a large vet bill is not really an option to them. I'm at a total loss.