If you haven't already, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE check out those links!!!!!!!!!! There's as shelter here in the Trenton area that does NOT put cats down ever. A few months back the local newspaper did a feature article on this place. From the pictures, the place is beautiful with everything a kitty could hope for. Don't let mommy suffer needlessly, call a vet, under these circumstances I'd think any decent vet would work with you as far as fees. Keep us posted?