06/11/2025
Sterling is ready to come home tomorrow, but we also have to finish up his account tomorrow too and we are still a bit off. It's fantastic he got through such a near death experience. Now for the even harder challenge finding a loving home which he has being waiting a year for.
Edit: fully funded, yay thanks everyone
Sterling is still fighting and needs help 🙏
Raised $2000 / Goal $2000
Sterling had a medical emergency late Sunday afternoon and had to be hurried into the vets for an emergency procedure to save his life or he would of died that night.
He had a completely blocked bladder, close to bursting full of dark bloody urine which was quickly becoming toxic. He was also very dehydrated, with his eyes beginning to swell up and weap from the infamous 'ginger 100' cat flu that would never miss a dip in the immune system to make its appearance.
Luckily the vet was able to place the catheter successfully drain out the urine. He has being on fluids for several days now to correct his dehydration and protect his kidneys. The most dangerous time for kidney injury was the first 24 hours so I'm relieved he got through that.
Thankfully his obstruction wasn't caused by urinary crystals, but a bad UTI that had created a lot of blood clots and immflamtion blocking off the narrow urethra. The vet started him on 2 antibiotics and pain relief from what I heard.
Sterling is improving with the urine beginning to clear up and he ate a bit for the first time last night. It was time to take the catheter out yesterday so now the wait is on to see if he can toilet on his own. Should he still have to much immflamtion and need the catheter placed again for a few more days, we will need to financially guarantee that or be faced with a difficult situation. I'm staying positive however and hopefully he is able to p*e again on his own today.
Sterling will be in the hospital for a couple more days so we need to get his account covered asap.
If you can help with Sterling's treatment here are my bank details.
Account name: Monto cats
BSB: 084 826
Account number: 30 031 0705
Reference: Sterling
Alternatively if you message the page we could organize a direct donation to the vet.
Thankyou for helping Sterling live.