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.
Update on Princess: She's out of surgery and everything went well. She's staying for overnight observation but she handled everything like a champ.
That's great news! Thanks for the update.
Did a quick search on financial aid for pet emergency services. The university's clinic may have options, including their own fund. There's a list at The Animal Foundation (page title is "Financial Aid for Pets"). Another site mentions something called Scratchpay in addition to Care Credit (I've used the latter for emergency vet care). Others here may have suggestions.
Princess must be looking forward to going home and being with her person. Spoil her rotten! Continued prayers for you both, fren.
Thanks. I'll ask about what kind of aid programs they have available. I've had CareCredit before. I've been working on getting my credit back in shape last few years, not sure if it's a good idea to get a new card right now. I have enough to cover it on my existing card but I just need to worry about paying it off.