Hello everyone, my name is Sonya and most of you know me as the Vice President of The Bell Foster Kitties and this is our current story, please keep in mind this is a long read and pictures could be GRAPHIC or OFFENSIVE to some.
Do you remember Sweetie? After all of your help she is doing amazing and living her best life walking property lines on a huge farm. We find that absolutely wonderful however her two boys (who were named Gilligan & Skipper) now Cookie & Cream have developed some medical problems in their short 6 months of life. We are not sure if they drank some "tainted milk" when she was hospitalized from becoming septic due to the mastitis, or if she could have passed on something while being pregnant since she was an outdoor kitty. Her little boys had an amazing surrogate mama but they both have fallen ill with mysterious complications. On October 25th Cookie was running a very high fever and had a limp/stagger while he was walking. He was rushed to Metro in Cleveland and had to remain there overnight to receive IV fluids, enema's, meds and to keep track of his vitals. They still could not find the root of cause however he was released home on steroids and pain meds. We continue to follow up locally and watch for any signs of declining again. Without many thousands of dollars for serious lab work and genetic testing in which was not recommended they may never know if this could have been just an isolated incident. Now his brother Cream happens to be an even more complicated case. He has been to the veterinarian office multiple times. It all started off with them thinking that he may have ear mites or an inner ear infection because he had developed a significant head tilt! He also had facial paralysis that has since resolved and unsure if it could return. After being treated a couple of times, they had discovered that he may ruptured his ear drum or has an ear polyp or tumor. It also could have ruptured and apparently can regrow. In order to determine the accuracy, it would require an MRI/CT of his head that would need to be done in Akron or Pittsburgh. Those estimates are in the range from 10,000-15,000. They mentioned we could possibly see if he could be placed in a research trial study for a discount however that is unknown at this time. During his exam for well check to see if he would be safe to undergo anesthesia for his neuter, they had discovered that one of his testicles had been unfound and that it could in fact be lost in his abdomen. They mentioned that he may have to undergo an exploratory procedure for its location and that it could be expensive. Well on November 5th he went in for his neuter procedure. They were able to easily find his lost testicle, so he did not require the expensive exploratory procedure. Over the weekend he appeared to be extremely swollen, and his incision sites were oozing. Early morning November 11th his incision site ruptured open due to the infection, and he was then immediately taken to his primary vet, as the clinic who done his procedure was not open. His primary care vet gave him a very strong injection of antibiotics, some NSAIDS and a chloraseptic solution to keep the wound open and clean until surgery could be scheduled. He also received laser treatment to promote new tissue growth and healing to the infected incision sites. This was said to be done as neglect during his neuter procedure whether it was from not being shaved enough or unclean procedure and not being sent home on an infection prevention antibiotic, we are unsure. However, as the day went by and despite resting in a kennel and having a cone on, his incision site kept opening more and more. By late evening he was rushed to Metro in Cleveland where he underwent surgery to cut away the dead and infected tissue and to reclose his incision sites and put in a drain tube. He will require the tube to be removed and future visits to monitor infections.
On November 9th we also took in 5 emergency sick bottle babies. Two were able to be placed with a nursing mama. The other 3 due to their eye infections, being small and eating struggles are still on individual bottle feedings. On November 10th we moved a tick from a baby it was noted that this baby had turned critical. She was then also rushed to Metro in Cleveland after she kept dry heaving and had grass clippings in her stool. She was also refusing to eat. At Metro she was given fluids, looked over and sent home. At less than 3 weeks old they did not want to do an x-ray or bloodwork. She was still struggling and refusing to eat and unfortunately passed away early morning November 12th. We have no idea if those grass clippings contained any chemicals, if she could have had some sort of blockage or contracted Lyme disease from the tick or any other sickness that could have played any kind of contribution to her passing.
Now most of you know that we are still a very new non-profit organization. We operate solely on donations and appreciate each and every one of our followers, friends, family members, fosters and all who have helped in any sort along the way. We cannot continue to do what we do without you! We have had a very bad year with kittens being sick with upper respiratory and eye infections making going to the vets very expensive. We have to pay for meds on tops of the office exams. We have also had rushed these emergency cases to Metro who needed critical interventions.
Remember the 13 sick babies that we took in? Unfortunately, only 1, "Midnight II" was the only survivor of that group of 6. There are still 5 remaining Waffle House babies out of the 7. They have been through eye drops, eye ointments, 2 rounds of injection antibiotics and oral antibiotics. They are now growing well and, on their way, to finally over coming this nasty upper respiratory infection. Now, Ms. Midnight undergone 3 weeks of critical care intervention and it is still unknown if she will need any eye tissue removal as she was either born without or they had ruptured at some point. She has come so very far! Being completely blind does not stop this little girl. She will however require some ongoing care especially if she will require any surgery!
Mustache had also come in with the large group of sick babies and is being held currently in a temporary home. We had thought he would need his paw amputated. He had a really horribly infected toenail that was removed, and he has also been treated with a few rounds of medications for that along with the upper respiratory and eye infections. He may also need surgery on his one eye for removal however just not at this time.
We are asking for any help that can be given to go towards the accrued medical bills. This help goes towards medical care, office exams, medications, supplies, emergency visits, spays/neuters and ongoing needs that may arise including but not limited to food, litter and other needed supplies. We admire and appreciate all that have donated supplies recently. We currently have well over 50 cats/kittens within our care depending on us humans!
We also take cash app, Venmo, PayPal and Facebook pay as well as cash, checks or money orders.
Any other donations of supplies can be dropped off or shipped directly to 1838 MilesGrove Ave, Lake City Pa 16423
Please feel free to reach out with any questions.
Thank you to every one of you for all you do to help us in helping these precious little souls! We could not do this without all of you!
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