URGENT: Help Save 1 year old cat Fay

On Thursday the 25th of March in the evening we noticed Fay sounded a little wheezy and was acting rather strange, it didn't seem urgent at the time so we decided to sit the night out and get her to the vet in the morning.

So, Friday morning, Fay was struggling to breath, so we rushed her to Animates Paraparaumu early in the day. At this time they thought it was just an mild infection so gave her some fluid, oxygen and Anti-biotics and told me to come in if I couldn't get her to have them or if her condition got worse. They weren't sure why she was breathing so extremely but she was getting oxygen just fine at the time, so they weren't worried. (This bill was $189.07)

Saturday was a nightmare, she was still breathing very badly but we thought we could sit it out, I rang the emergency vet and they recommended I go visit but all our local vets were full on this day (my vet is currently shut on weekends) so we kept a very close eye on her till Sunday.

Sunday morning I went to give medicine to her but she just dribbled it back out instantly and gagged a bit, she was breathing with her mouth open now so we rushed her down to the emergency vet (1 hour away from us). When we got there, we were told she was not looking very good and they they'd need to run a bunch of tests that would work out to be around $900-$1000 and by the end we still might not come home with a cat. We were very upset by this as we couldn't afford it but we were told to go home and wait for a phone call in a few hours for an update. In this time I tried to scrounge up any money I had and borrow from family and friends, we managed to get about $480 together.

We got the phone call in the early afternoon that she was actually fine to come home and they all the tests aren't gonna be needed as they worked out what the issue is. Turns out Fay has a much more serious infection than initially thought and needed 250ml (1 cup) of pus drained from just outside her lung. We were given new antibiotics for her and were told to come pick her up but she'd need more appointments at our local vet for more draining's. Her breathing was much more stable at this point and she was able to get oxygen. This bill ended up costing around $428.14.

We went back to our local vet on Tuesday to get Fay's lung drained for the second time (first after the emergency one). She still had a high temperate which had barely gone down and had lost weight due to not eating. We had to get more fluids given to her as well as pay for different painkillers. But we were once again able to take her home. This bill was $206.47

Present:

Fay will be going to the vet again today for another Draining and whatever else is needed, I expect this bill to cost anywhere from $160-$200

Her breathing still isn't quite normal but she is perking up a bit and gaining more energy as the days go by.

However, the bills are getting very tough to manage and we are struggling to get money together to pay for them.

Fortunately, our vet uses a payment system called 'Laybuy' which allows us to fully pay the vet and payback 'Laybuy' within 6 instalments, the first being required immediately. Unfortunately, Laybuy has a limit of how much you can have on it at a time, we can only put another $500 through it. But that said, I am well past my limit of what I can afford weekly whilst still being able to buy food for her and myself. I was only able to get this far thanks to the people around me pitching in what they could.

We are unsure how many more visits she will need, hopefully not many.

But so far the bill is $823.68 and will be past $1000 after todays appointment. She will 100% have to go back for at least another checkup or two, even if she doesn't need another draining.