This giving Tuesday, consider helping us continue our mission of moving cats from the streets to loving homes π
Here are just a few cats that you have helped through your support! Some have been adopted and some are still with our wonderful fosters.
You can donate on this post or at:
Donorbox (PayPal, Venmo, Credit Card, Bank Transfer): https://donorbox.org/advocatrescue
PayPal or Zelle: [email protected]
Venmo: @AdvoCat-Rescue
We appreciate your donation, truly every dollar counts!
Cherry Licorice's surgery is today!
He's got a nasopharyngeal stenosis which needs surgical correction
This boy has had a long medical journey to get to this point, two cultures including one that was positive for MRSA and the outgrown positive for 2 other highly resistant bacteria, a respiratory pcr, 2 weeks hospitalization for an IV antibiotic, a CT scan, many different medications, and nothing has worked. The CT showed a stenosis which has brought us to this point.
His medical to date has been over $6000 and this surgery is about another $1500.
Plz make a donation to help us with his high medical costs.
Donorbox (PayPal, Venmo, Credit Card, Bank Transfer: https://donorbox.org/advocatrescue
PayPal or Zelle: [email protected]
Venmo: @AdvoCat-Rescue
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Volume up!
Weβd like to re-introduce to you Cherry Licorice, a crazy sweet tuxedo boy we pulled from ACC last winter. When we pulled him, he had a kitty cold and our plan was to get him healthy, shower him in cuddles and love, and find him an awesome home.
Well we got the cuddles and love part handled but his health has been an ongoing struggle.
Shortly after he arrived, he was treated with common antibiotics (one at a time), clavamox, doxycycline, azithromycin, and it sadly did nothing to for him.
We had a nasal culture and a respiratory panel done. The culture was positive for MRSA, which is high on the list of antibiotic resistant bugs. A sensitivity panel to tell us which meds should work. Marbofloxacin was on the list and pretty safe, so that was the drug of choice.
No change at all.
A couple of months later we did another culture, the MRSA was gone but we now had two other bacteria, both classified as βresistantβ Stenotrophomonas Rhizophila and Meth-Resist Staph Pseudintermedius. Our vet chose Amikacin, which is a very strong and harsh IV antibiotic. CL was hospitalized for two weeks for treatment, and we ran bloodwork every 3 days to make sure his organs were doing ok. His organs were fine but no change to his breathing.
Next meds from the compound pharmacy, Linezolid and Chloramphenicol.
No. Change. At. All.
So, grasping at anything, we sent Mr. Licorice for a CT scan thinking maybe thereβs a polyp deep in there. No polyp was found but they did find a Nasopharyngeal Stenosis which would explain his terrible breathing! Essentially, this is a narrowing in his breathing apparatus causing him to struggle to breathe!
So to sum things up, weβre basically already in for nearly $6000 between the testing ($2,000 hospitalization ($3,300), and meds ($450), and CL has his surgery schedule this Friday to open up his airways so he will hopefully breath clearly going forward.
We really need your help for this guy, as we're not giving up!
Please make a
