Finnegan is a 1 year old Minuet neutered male. On November 6, he had a urinary blockage, and almost died due to the idiocy of a veterinarian assistant.
Fortunately his vet (who was not in the office when he was brought in the first day) got right on it the second day, he was catheterized but had suffered a bit of damage to his bladder wall and had wonky kidney values but they stabilized.
On November 18, in the evening, he showed symptoms of blockage again (see the video). His regular veterinarian was out of town for a few days, and she told me to rush him to the local Veterinary ER hospital.
He had to be anesthetized and catheterized. He is on IV and bladder catheter right now. I am waiting for the doctor to call me around noon.
To get him treated, I had to put down $1,200 that I borrowed from a friend for a very short term - a day, as it was 11 pm and I had no way to do anything else. Then the next day I was able to go to one of those payday type of lenders to get the rest of the estimated amount.
The doctor there told me that if this happens a third time, he will have to have a surgery to practically cut off his little penis and enlarge the urethra do avoid further blockages.
In medical terms it's called a perineal urethrostomy (sometimes referred to as a PU) and it's a surgical procedure that is most commonly performed on male cats with a urinary obstruction.
This procedure removes the narrowest part of the urethra (the tube that transports the urine from the bladder to the exterior of the body), allowing easier urination with a lower risk of re-obstruction.
Urinary blockages are life-threatening for cats, as the urine builds up in the bladder and backs up in the kidneys, and the bladder can rupture and the kidneys can suffer irreparable damage.
This is Finnegan on his second blockage. I managed to tape him and send the video link to his regular veterinarian, who was out of town and told me to get him to the ER asap.
I am on a small disability income, and after paying for his first visit (with many many thanks to people who donated for him), I really need your help.
I lost my dog Whisper to liver cancer in August. I'm still not fully recovered from that, emotionally. I don't know how I would be able to cope with losing Finnegan.
Due to the fact that I am on low disability income, I do not qualify for Care Credit. And most of the veterinaries in my city (including the ER clinic) do not accept any pet insurance.
I managed to borrow money to save his life but if I don't pay the loan back by Dec 18 I will have to pay huge interest fee.
Please help me. At the bottom of this post I am uploading the expenses paid for Finnegan both during his 4-6 November 2020 veterinary visit and his end of November veterinary ER hospitalization.
The visit in the beginning of November was fully covered by what I had and what people so graciously helped with.
For the ER hospitalization, I did receive $200 by direct Paypal donations and $223 are to come from the GoFundMe. I can do about $200 by myself with a bit of budgeting so my main worry is $1,400 or so.
You can see Finnegan's little life stories here
Finnegan Facebook page
Note:
I tried doing a GoFundMe page but I guess those people now are crooks too. The daily withdrawals there are set for a week after the money are donated, and then every day, for every withdrawal, I got an email from them about "unsuccessful withdrawal", every day I went to the campaign and surprise, only the bank routing number was there, all other information miraculously disappeared, every day I would update it and the next day the same. And, of course, the respective day's withdrawal would be scheduled for another week later. They're just trying to use the money that are donated for a longer time than they should.
ER hospitalization and follow-up veterinary visit with his regular veterinarian:
Note: Finnegan ended up having urethrostomy surgery at the end of December. But for that I managed to get a Scratchpay loan and find a good surgeon that took Scratchpay. It was $3,000 total, but I can pay it in monthly payments over two years. It's this amount I'm struggling with, the loans I made for his care prior to the surgery.
