[misslynn62]

Everyone...Petey got sick on Saturday. I noticed that he was lethargic and didn't seem to be pooping. I caught him vomiting too. A few hours later he seemed like he was coming out of it. However, by midnight it was clear he was in trouble. I nursed him through the night and as he was still holding on by morning, I got him into the vet. It is now Tuesday and the vet says that he has bladderstones and possibly a portosystemic shunt. He is finally peeing (which we didn't know he wasn't doing all along) and eating and coming out of it. However, he needs surgery to ensure he won't get another stone lodged in his urinary tract and end up in another emergency situation. His vet bill is astronomical and very much out of my realm to pay. The surgery is out of the question, in this circumstance as I can't afford it. To take him home tonight, I need several hundred dollars and a payment plan for the rest. Well...the plan I can do (somehow) but I am still scrambling to 'find' the cash to get him relased to me so I can enjoy what time he has. I have cried myself silly for 3 days. I have begged family for help, but they could'nt. The total vet bill, with surgery, is going to be $2000. Just to get Petey home tonight, without benefit of the surgery, will cost me $600 cash. So...I don't know where to turn now. If anyone has any suggestions, I am desperately in need and time is running out.

Petey's Momma