Hoping to cure Lacy from a fatal disease

In November 2024, after I noticed her tummy becoming enlarged and her eyes changing colour, my six month old kitten Lacy was diagnosed with Feline Infectious Peritonitis, which until recent times was a death sentence for cats as there was no cure. However, trials of the human drug Remdesivir, which was developed during the COVID-19 pandemic for people with acute COVID-19 symptoms, showed that it helped cats with FIP.

In December I started Lacy on a 12 week course of Remdesivir, compounded for cats, and also purchased a similar product, GS-441524 from overseas.

Unfortunately, the drugs are very expensive. The first batch of Redesivir for Lacy was $262, the second batch $442 and the GS-441524 was $300. Another batch will still need to be purchased to complete the 12 week course. In addition there was a vet visit, blood test, and a $350 phone consultation between my vet and a vet in Auckland.

All up, the bill has so far amounted to around $1600, with more costs to come. The final bill is likely to be in excess of $2000, so I'm hoping to raise that amount. I feed over two dozen otherwise stray cats each day and my budget is already stretched just trying to do that much for them all, so any help with covering Lacy's costs would be much appreciated.