This may sound a bit strange to some people, but I'm a little distraught right now. My cat recently injured her tail very badly. After thinking about it, I think someone, maybe a neighbor, stepped on it and she tried to pull away and it yanked her tail out of its place. She has a really high fracture and is having her whole tail amputated tomorrow morning. I dropped her off at the vet this morning and they are afraid she may have some nerve damage and may not be able to control her bladder/anus muscles very well. Worst case she may have to be manually relieved for the rest of her life. She's only 5 years old. I pray that's not the case. She hasn't showed issues of that so the worry is that the surgery may be complicated because it's such a sensitive area.
She's at a major university vet school ICU so she's in good hands but the cost is going to be unbearable to me. 5-6k. All going on a credit card. I am already at the end of my financial rope. I make less than 1k a month and barely scraping by trying to save up anything I can. I don't know if anyone can help me find a better job, but I'll take just about anything, willing to relocate, freelance IT work, etc.
This is Princess. I pray that the surgery go well tomorrow and for Princess to be able to live a normal life again. Also help me find a way to pay for this and to find a more productive occupation.
Amen.
Update Princess is out of surgery and the surgeon said it went very well with no complications and she should make a full recovery. Thanks again for the prayers, frens. It means a lot.
Prayers for you and your pet, fren.
It's funny how cats can have an impact on us. I was never a cat person growing up, and really didn't like them at all. About 20-25 years ago, we got our first cat, a tortoiseshell, as a kitten (also named Princess!) and she really, really grew on me. We ended up having to put her down after about 15 years, as she had cancer. There was also another cat, who wandered up and adopted us. I really didn't like him at first, because he was mostly an outdoor cat, and we didn't understand him very well. Once we figured him out, he and I became the best of friends. Unfortunately, our next door neighbor backed over him, and killed him. We came home one evening, and there he was standing next to our driveway, bawling his eyes out. He really loved our cat, too, and I know he didn't do it on purpose. I helped him understand that I wasn't angry with him, and then he helped me bury our little furry friend in the back yard.