I had your problem too, Kirsten, BUT I decided not to listen, because I wanted another cat, and I got one. You need to do the same. You need to do this for youself, and we all know you want Lily.

I was talking to mom a few nights ago, and I mentioned to her that I might bring Toby to the vet because he breaths fast sometimes and pants, and I'm worried it may be something serious. She was all like "Oh...its the just the heat. Don't waste your money" I said, Yes, It may be the heat but I want to check him out to be safe. Then she said "Well sure if something does happen that you can't afford thats all you can do, its only a cat. " Its always about the money .. she doesn't understand that I would spend as much money as I could to help one of my cats if they ever got sick. I KNOW if my parents ever got a cat, they would probably let it roam free outside, and if the cat ever got sick, they would "maybe" take it to the vet and if they had to pay over 200 dollars on him, they would probably put him to sleep first. And I am sure of this.

Some people just don't think pets are as important as we do =/ It's sad.