(ABOVE) This is Bumi, and he is the one who needs the heart scan which is going to cost €300, and that is just for the scan. You can see with his eyes, the vet needs the scan to determine whether it is due to blood pressure or its his heart, so he can begin heart medication. He is on Amlode at the moment as that is what was believed to have caused him to start losing his sight but she is worried it may be his heart now, hence the heart scan.
(ABOVE) This is Marley. He passed away in December from Lymphoma. It was aggressive and took him very quickly. He was on a form of paliative care medication to give him more time, but because he needed 2 biopsies and the medication, the bill raked up to €1200 and we’ve still not got round to paying it, mainly because I am disabled and am on government money, which is covering my rent, food and electricity bills. So, this is causing me immense depression and anxiety that I won’t be able to pay this off and get Bumi his heart scan so I can start his medication if it is his heart causing the eye problem. Hopefully it isn’t heart disease, and then we can sort the medication for the blood pressure, but if not, it’s vital I get that heart scan and pay off the €1200 veterinary bills in order to not be in debt so my cat isn’t waiting around on such an important health issue.
I am so embarrassed to ask for this, and never would normally. I would happily send a small little pet sketch to anyone who does via email as a thank you, and that would be a way for me to say thank you. Anyway, I don’t know what else to say other than this is the most important issue in my life, as my animals are my life and me everything to me. Making sure their happy is all that matters. I can go without for most stuff, done it most of my life, but when it comes to them, I always want to make sure their health is number 1 and I can cover it. This has just been a really tough time because of my dogs passing, and covering the paliative medication, biopsies, and then obviously when he passed he was cremated and that also cost quite a substantial amount too, so it all got on top of me and its been overwhelming trying to pay so much back.
So, that’s all I can really say. If you’d like more photos of my pets, I’m happy to send them. Marley was a Samoyed Golden Retriever cross, and mad as a hatter. He was only 8 years old when he died, which was far too young. We rescued him in 2014, after someone threatened to shoot him if they didn’t come and take the dog away, so in the middle of the night, we drove out into absolutely nowhere and picked up this little bundle of white fluff and brought him home. And he stayed with us ever since.
Bumi came from an abusive person, who left him behind in a house, to which we took him in and he has been with us for 5 years now. We are unsure of his age, but the vet estimates ‘teens’, but he is still in good form, and is affectionally known as ”the dude”, as he is very chill, laid back and loves his food. He has no intention of ever going on a diet, because he loves his beautiful round belly, and his blanket to sleep on all day.