I always forget to post on Lemon!😊
UPDATE! We have enough for the echocardiogram!🎉🎉🎉
Well, I did a thing, may not be the smartest from a financial standpoint but apparently I lead with my heart and not my head. 🤷♀️
I was scrolling last week on fb and our local county shelter had a post with some doggos and this little cat. Silly me decided to send a message about her. Well, needless to say, after her 5 day stray hold was up, I went and pulled her. The good news is that she is the absolute most loving little soul you’ll ever meet. The bad news? She has significant problems and probably won’t live to be an old cat. Here’s what’s going on. The obvious is her eyes or lack there of. She cannot see and she possibly has a cleft palate. She also has a grade 4/6 heart murmur. The doctor wanted to do X-rays and which revealed that she has an enlarged heart. She needs a sedated exam to check if she has a cleft palate and look at her eyes. To proceed safely forward, she really needs and echocardiogram. To put her under anesthesia without knowing what’s really going on is very risky and I’m not inclined to do that. Dr. Graves said MVS (Memphis Veterinary Specialists) is where she needs to go for the echocardiogram and it would run about $800. I want to know if anyone would be willing to help this innocent angel? I know I may not have done a very smart thing but I couldn’t leave her. A very sweet friend has offered to foster her and she’s settling in well. She is only four pounds and about a year old.
Let’s welcome Fanny to Catnip Row.💖
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🥺poor kitty