Re: Need your help with Stretch

[Lernermichelle]

I know.  When Simon needed to go into the hospital, they would not admit him without me paying half the estimate, and there was not enough room on our credit card for it.  Luckily my mom was able and willing to give me her credit card number for it.  It was  very scary feeling, though, until she did.  I wanted to shoot the damn receptionist in the head, me standing there with my sick baby and her saying if I did not have a credit card to put it on they would not even see him.  What about someone who had no relative with a working credit card they were willing to lend?   If it is lymphoma, I am not sure there is anything that can make him go 6 months without chemo.  But the vet who told me about the steroid combo I am always recommending (1/2 cc dexamethasone and 1/2 depomedrol, given periodically when they go downhill) said that she had some cats with lymphoma go 6 months on these shots alone, with good quality of life.  If nothing else seems to help, you might want to try this.  Did the dex shot help at all? If it did, you might want to try the combo shot. It is not expensive, though you will probably need to go to the vet to get it. The shots can be given sub-q, but most vets will not give clients the shots to take home.   But it might not be lymphoma.   Michelle     In a message dated 1/3/2006 10:58:15 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Hi Michelle, > >Thank you for the info.  I am going to give another >day or two to see how things go before taking Stretch >back to the doc.  Frankly, we are tapped out on money. > We are not wealthy by any stretch of the imagination, >and after spending hundreds of dollars trying to save >Cricket, and with Christmas just passed, we are a bit >broke.  I had to put the $85 visit to the vet >yesterday on a credit card that didn't have $85 >dollars on it.  I will do all I can for Stretch, but >if it's cancer, I am not going to draw it out.  We >just can't afford the treatments.  I feel so >frustrated right now.  I don't want Stretch to go >through this.  I don't want my nephew to go through >losing his cat; he's been through so much as it is. >And my attitude isn't it's normal hopeful self after >losing Cricket.  I feel it's too soon after Cricket; I >don't think I can go through this again.  I am praying >for a miracle right now.  If Stretch can just pull >through this, and give us a little time, we will be >better able to afford treatments in six months.  I >hope that some of you understand being in this place. >How do you guys afford expensive treatments when you >just don't have the money? > >Thanks, >Wendy >