I’m convinced Neo is the perfect kitty. He is a well-mannered, curious, bright, affectionate, cute, and silly Scottish fold. He stays out of trouble and is always very sweet to visitors. He brings me so much joy everyday and I honestly can’t imagine life without him. Today (July 1) is his 6th birthday. Yesterday, I wasn’t sure if he would live to see it. Today, I worry he won’t live through it. It’s been an extremely difficult past few days. I noticed 3 days ago that Neo was bleeding from his urethra. I brought him to the emergency vet and they found that it was a urethral obstruction, a life-threatening and time sensitive condition. Due to financial reasons, I opted to take him home after being unblocked rather than having him hospitalized. At home, he was very active and sweet (albeit a little loopy from the meds). He was acting as if he thought he would never see me again. He has never nuzzled my hand so aggressively before. He wouldn’t even eat unless I had a hand touching him to know he was safe and with me. It was so cute.. I regret not sleeping on that bathroom floor with him. The next morning, I noticed he was still unable to urinate even after 12 hours of bringing him home. They say cats are more likely to be reblocked within the first 48 hours of the obstruction removal. So I took him to the emergency clinic where they confirmed that he had another urethral obstruction and that he will need to be unblocked and have surgery performed which would not be cheap. It was a race against time to schedule him with an affordable surgeon in the area. By sheer luck, we were able to get him an appointment to a surgery center that day. Surgery went smoothly from what I was told. Neo needed a cystotomy to flush out the small stones in his bladder as well as a perineal urethrostomy, which is the removal of some penile tissue to widen off his urethra and help prevent future blocking. I was told he would be peeing more frequently now and how I should prepare for it. However, he still didn’t urinate at all. After bringing him home, his health rapidly began to decline. He was in so much pain even under pain medication. He could barely stand or keep his head up - he was dying. I rushed Neo back to the emergency hospital where I had to make a choice to continue to spend a couple grand on his treatment or let my baby die. It’s a decision I hope you never have to make. After many tears and in spite of the financial strain, I opted to try and save Neo and allowed him to be hospitalized overnight and into his birthday. I’m sad I won’t be able to spend his birthday with him, but I’m hoping it will be a trade off for more years with Neo. If you know me, you know that I never ask for money. I have a hard time asking for help in general but, for Neo’s sake, here I am. I have already maxed out a new health credit line I opened for Neo and need help to cover his health expenses. The goal amount is set to what has been spent so far, which is assuming there will be a normal recovery after today.. but that is not guaranteed. This whole situation has left me mentally, physically, and emotionally exhausted. And any financial relief I receive would be deeply deeply appreciated. Any dollar amount helps. Thank you so, so much. UPDATE Neo was cleared to come home! He isn’t completely out of the woods yet but things are looking up! He finally purred, urinated, and ate!! I was so relieved to see that his is finally functioning again. We still have to monitor his behavior and health for the next 48hrs before I can relax. He has a residual fever but I think it is breaking now. Also, thank you to everyone who has donated towards Neo’s medical bills!! I’m literally crying while responding to these. I’m so grateful for the kindness and support you’ve all shown me and Neo. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, truly!!! ♥️
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