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My kittie needs some surgery!

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 6:55 am
by colossus
So my exploratory, sometimes dumb kittie ate something in the apartment and it wrapped up his little tubes. :(

He should be OK, but he needs surgery to remove it...multiple thousands of dollars worth of surgery. Unfortunately, while my girlfriend and I have put away some money for issues like this, we have accrued nowhere near the cost of this surgery in the six months we've had him. And I'm a graduate student and she's a barista...so it's just an awful financial situation. I'm not particularly fond of asking for charity, especially of people I mostly don't know in "real" life, but we're running out of options. We started a GoFundMe and would be forever grateful if you could help out in any way at all. And obviously, feel free to share this elsewhere.

https://www.gofundme.com/2mcwqr6k

Here's some more pictures of the special guy:

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And believe me, he too loves fuzz! And modular synths, and guitars, and all such nice things.

Re: My kittie needs some surgery!

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 9:11 am
by popvulture
vidret wrote:At a point where it costs several thousand dollars you might want to look at traveling to a country where it costs several hundred dollars instead.
Ugh, do y'all have socialized veterinary medicine as well? No fair, dammit.

Re: My kittie needs some surgery!

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 9:12 am
by popvulture
I kind of doubt it, but then again...

Re: My kittie needs some surgery!

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 10:04 am
by colossus
Unfortunately it's on the urgent side of things so traveling isn't an option. But yeah, I know he'd eat me. But he's so cute that I don't care.

Re: My kittie needs some surgery!

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 10:15 am
by spacelordmother
Done. Best of luck to you and yours!

(now going to research vet insurance)

Re: My kittie needs some surgery!

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 10:24 am
by colossus
Thank you so much, man! It's really, really, really appreciated.

And yeah, I'm thinking insurance is a must. We talked about it when we got him but figured he was only 1 y/o so the likelihood of needing it seemed slim. I know better than that now.

Re: My kittie needs some surgery!

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 12:28 pm
by D.o.S.
:(

Money is tied up right now so I can only send good vibes for a bit but this makes me sad.

Re: My kittie needs some surgery!

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 4:45 pm
by colossus
Good news! Surgery is done and went well. He managed to find a purple ribbon in the apartment and tied up his internals with it. He'll be at the vet through tomorrow but everything should be good.

Re: My kittie needs some surgery!

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 4:55 pm
by Chankgeez
:hug: Apparently, I'm not the only one attracted to purple. :hobbes: Speedy recovery! :sick: :!!!:

Re: My kittie needs some surgery!

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 5:14 pm
by zeravla
Glad to hear it went well!

Re: My kittie needs some surgery!

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 5:19 pm
by popvulture
Glad to hear everything went well! I'm in the same boat as DoS at the moment, but I might be able to chip in shortly if my client for the past several months ever decides to actually pay me. Give that kitter some pats for me in the meantime :hobbes:

Re: My kittie needs some surgery!

Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 10:25 am
by colossus
Baby boy is coming home today!!

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