Finally Home Animal Haven

10/10/2025

UPDATE: We’ve raised $280 so far for her diagnostic testing and monitor! We are still $475 away! Even the smallest amount helps us find answers for Evie’s medical condition! Praying to be able to get to the bottom of this for her! 🙏

09/10/2025

Evie had a continuous monitor applied yesterday to track her blood sugars since they were spiking extremely high then bottoming out very low. This will better help the vets understand her numbers so we don’t have to draw her blood constantly. She is having to wear a recovery suit to keep her from picking at the device so we can hopefully see the values long enough to make sense.

Due to the fact that her previous labs showed spikes all over (13 to be exact…in addition to inflammation and concerning high liver values) we are rechecking her labs to see if they have improved since being off of the insulin (in case for some reason it was causing havoc on her system).

The current vet who is also under advisement of a specialist are putting their heads together to work on her case. We have an internalist guiding us through these steps. They drew an additional extensive lab panel that should tell us if more things are going on internally that are deeper than what we are seeing.

Her case is SO COMPLEX we have been working nonstop to help her. We won’t stop digging but we need your help.

Yesterday’s vet visit was $775 but is vital to figuring this out. So far we have raised $180 🩷

Her labs show values of a very sick cat, nothing she should be suffering from at such a young age (only 2). 😭

Please help us get to the bottom of Evie’s case-we can’t do it without your support! 🙏

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08/10/2025

UPDATE: Evie is far from being out of the woods as we still don't quite know what is going on with her yet. ❤️‍🩹
We are consulting with a specialist 🏥

She's been off of her insulin for two weeks now (under vet advisement) to see if her labs improve. After her last visit, we discovered her labs ranged from high to low in multiple areas warranting much worry and nothing quite making sense. They pointed to several different ailments and a VERY sick cat, nothing that adds up for a cat being only 2 years old with none of those corresponding symptoms.

Previously her insulin had been throwing her into readings ranging from 418 all the way down to 75! 😰Testing her off of insulin was the only way to truly see what her sugars had been prior to the original vet's diagnosis and planned treatment. On insulin, her sugars are shooting way too high.

After two weeks of being off of insulin, we monitored her blood glucose consistently for 12 hours but they randomly ranged from 73 to 206. These readings show that if she is truly a diabetic, her blood sugars are way too low to treat with insulin without being worried that you could bottom her out and send her into a coma. However, we weren't reassured with these readings because when we tested her she was indeed positive for having sugar in her urine...something that she just wouldn't have if she wasn't diabetic.

Nothing from her labs are quite making sense.

Our next step is to apply a continuous monitor for the next 3-4 days to keep track of her highs and lows so we know when her spikes happen. We may also need to plan an ultrasound of her pancreas to get a closer look and make sure we aren't missing something there that's happening internally.

Weve finally paid off her original vet bills but we are consulting with a specialist who has a deeper experience with these type of cases, due to the fact her labs showed spikes in values everywhere. 📈 We need your help! The testing the specialist advises is extensive but necessary, and we cannot give up.

We need to raise at least $600 for her next two upcoming vet appointments. We can't let her just suffer without getting to the bottom of this!

When we agreed to take her in, we were the only rescue who would help. There is just no support for diabetic cats or cats with health issues. They often get euthanized without supportive care.

At FHAH we help the animals who we know may be hard BUT need us the most despite anticipating many sleepless nights, long hours, extensive medical care, tons of digging and sometimes even heartbreak.

Your contribution (no matter how small) goes a long way and cats like Evie depend on our love, support and care to help them get better.

05/10/2025

While Estella is still healing from the surgery for her infected teeth and jaw, we can already tell she’s feeling better. ❤️‍🩹

Every day she’s been given the option and she’s decided to spend the last several days climbing to the window of the Catio, just soaking in the sunshine, bird watching and snoozing. ☀️🕊️🌻

Such a beautiful sight 💕

30/09/2025

28/09/2025

Come join us today!! 12p-6p 🐴 🐮 🐐 🐱
Stop by our tent and say hi…there’s always so much to see and do!

26/09/2025

Estella had her surgery less than 2 days ago and is healing well at this moment!

They did multiple extractions, but were also able to save a few of her teeth. While under they checked her throat for possible polyps, but everything looked normal. They flushed her ears and nasal passages completely, in hopes it will give her a head start in healing from this infection.
She is currently starting her 5th antibiotic…so she is due for some healing VERY soon! She is also on an anti-inflammatory. Send well thoughts her way that she will continue to improve and this will finally allow her to breathe normally again! The sutures should heal over the next two weeks and we are so excited for her to live more comfortably! Who knows how long she has been suffering from the infection in her jaw.

Thank you to all of our donors who worked together to make this happen! So many donated what they could to ensure she would have this surgery. Thank you to RedRover who contributed the final amount we needed through their RedRover Relief Urgent Care grant. This amazing organization helps with grants for animals in crisis and their support is truly lifesaving!

We will keep you updated with her recovery over the next several days. 🙏

25/09/2025

Evie (the 2 year old cat who arrived to us with critically high blood sugars), has us frantically trying to get to the bottom of her health issues. After her last visit to the vet, the Dr. was left scratching her head. She had never seen labs quite like Evie's-multiple values ranging from extremely high to extremely low...mimicking a cat with severe vomiting, high white blood cells, high platelets, decreased liver values and more...nothing she’s been experiencing nor which correlate with what they should be seeing with a cat with only diabetes. In addition to that, when Evie receives her insulin her blood sugar goes from spiking really high to bottoming out really low! Nothing that makes sense in the medical field.😢

The vet, left with so many questions, was forced to bring in a specialist to get a 2nd opinion on what she was looking at. They decided to halt her insulin for now and see if her full panel of lab values improve, as currently they are worried about what is happening with the rest of her body every time she gets the insulin she needs. It is possible that something else internally is not functioning correctly, so we need to get to the bottom of whether she is a true diabetic or if something else could be causing this.

We have been monitoring her blood sugars closely as being without insulin as a diabetic can be dangerous, but so is what reaction her body is having when it's administered.

We meet back at the drawing board over the next week to see if her values have improved since being off the insulin…if they have then we need to figure out why her injections are causing this reaction. Yet if they haven’t, then we will continue the search to see what is causing her lab values to be so unstable.

Meanwhile, Evie is a truly adorable gal who loves to play and is a kitten at heart💞 It’s heartbreaking to think she has all this going on at only 2.
We will continue to work to figure this out, no matter how long it takes. 🐾

24/09/2025

Richmond VegFest is 4 days away…it’s always so much fun! This year there are 120 vendors and we are one of them! Stop by Byrd Park in Richmond and say hi…there’s so much happening there this Sunday! 🌮🎶🛍️🐾