He was worth saving, but we couldn’t although we gave it a good try. Hobbs took his last breath about an hour ago. He was gone before the needle even hit its mark and he left on a flood of my tears.
Of all the hoarder’s load, he was the most loving, falling asleep night after night, wrapped up in Mike’s beard or snuggled on my lap. About a week ago, he started fading away from us- he was running high temps just like Hamilton. His heart was racing furiously fast, so fast the vet couldn’t even track it. He was having trouble breathing some days and his abdomen became flaccid and loose. He was passing odd color stool, either it was a pale yellow or bright yellow (never a good sign). His fever fluxed between 103.6 and 104.8 and today it hit 105.8 and to hell with the huge vet bill- I raced him back to the vets.
They ran an x-ray to discover his stomach was full of fluid- they did an aspiration and drew out thick yellow fluid and I burst into tears, because I knew what they meant. We wasted no more time and this kitty who had been fighting FIP (wet version) is fighting no more.
Saying Goodbye-
If you happen to read this and you are in a good spot in your life and you have $5.00 you can send our way. I can’t emphasize enough how much it is needed right now. Our vet debt has never been higher. But he was worth fighting for- every ounce of me knows this and at least- he died in my arms and not on the cold floor of the hoarder’s home where no one gave a tinker’s damn about him.
I am very sorry for your pain from your loss. My heart breaks with yours right now. Thank you for all you do.
Godspeed, Hobbs. Someone knew what a neat little creature you were.
I happen to be in a good spot right now. God’s been very kind to me lately; why, I don’t know. I’ll be sending something.
So sorry about Hobbs. Pay day today so I sent you a little – so wish it could be more.
Christine, aka Possumlady
I just called Faithful Friends and made a $50.00 payment on your account. I asked Jacob to send you a receipt. My deepest sympathy for the loss of your sweet Hobbs. God bless, joAnn
Thank you Jo Ann so much. There was a promise of large funds recently to come this way, but it all fell through and it is not going to happen. Our bill is so huge and I will try and come up with ways to cover it all, but am really considering stepping out of rescue. It’s a lot of worry, stress, tears and frustrations but the cats have never let me down and there are rewards for them along the way. We have been doing this a very long time, and I don’t know what my life would be like if it weren’t for these cats and kittens but I am at the point (especially after today) to step away from it. But I need to pay this bill first. I don’t expect my vet to cover the cost. That is just not fair.
The remodeling of the enclosure was finished today. George did a great job as always. The kitty Betsy won’t be coming here after all, the couple have changed their plans and will be keeping Betsy after all. I am happy for her- changing the routine of senior cats can often lead to disaster. Should that have happened here after she was delivered, we were ill-prepared to handle yet another vet bill.
On a sad note, Muggles got caught under Mike’s lift chair on Saturday night and got squished. She was rushed to the vet and they have her on pain killers and anti-inflammatories. She is favoring both her legs but they didn’t find any broken bones and say it is just soft tissue damage. 🙁 I wasn’t in the room when it happened, but when I heard her scream I came running. She is only a year and a half old black kitty who we fell in love with and now she is out of her mind in pain. 🙁 But. she is alive, not moving around too much and is a bit altered from the whole experience.
that really sucks that they changed their minds after you made the changes and fixed the area for her, I am glad that they are keeping her as that is the best thing for her. OH Muggles you poor thing I do hope the pain subsides and you are back to your old self. I am so sad that you think about getting out of the rescue and even sadder that I am not in a position to help you at this time. I will continue to pray and I know he listens, but who knows what his timing will be.