Mystic is gone! :(

[luckies4me]

It would also be hard to lend my services because I have to care for Dylan during the day and we have no one to baby sit him and cannot afford daycare, which is why I am not working right now. As soon as our taxes come we are going to put Dylan in day care so I can go back to work.

[COCatMama]

Take him with you, ask to work a couple hours a day....whatever it takes, right? plus you will get something new to put on your resume, and a reference!
My mom was a single parent with me and somehow she muddled thru, my parents divorced when I was 2 years old too.
I understand about the money probs, I'm in the same boat...I was badly freaked out about Juneau's howling and called my vet and the prices for the spray collar are *ouch* and drugs are expensive, and he'd just pull an anti bark muzzle off.

According to the landlords, he's pretty much stopped howling, and they don't seem to really care if he does, cept he does it when i leave at 7 15 am LOL.

[luckies4me]

Originally posted by Lalania
I understand about the car thing, I have a car but only a learner's license and not allowed to drive by myself grrr. Mystic is just as much your baby as the skin variety, and you have to fight for him no matter what. Is he eating and drinking? Do you know animal first aid? try to splint the foot? Ask some neighbours for help.
Above all, don't give up! Mystic is young and otherwise healthy.

I don't really talk to my neighbors because they are all young 18 year old college kids. yes he is my baby which is why it hurts so much. And I will fight for him of course. Like I said I am going to take him in to the vet for pain medication and to have it splinted. Then tomorrow I will call around and see what else I can do. I am going to try to borrow 8 dollars to buy some anti inflammatory drugs for him also.

if you read my other post I said he is not drinking or eating or hasn't gone to the bathroom for a whole day! Unless he went under the bed. I am going to get off soon and open a can of wet food (he loves it!!!) and see if he will eat that. i also have some Nutrical I am going to give him so he can get some energy.

[luckies4me]

There is no way I could take my baby with me. He is crawling all over the place and into everything. Do you know what it's like to have a baby who ismobile? VERY HARD! It would also be dangerous and I couldn't possible walk three hours to the clinic in the cold with my son, it's just not a logical option.

[COCatMama]

errr sorry try putting a teeny bit of tuna on it (not too much!!! it gives them the runs) And since you are a vet tech you know which drugs are safe for cats right? Tylenol is bad or something, isn't it? errg.

[RockyRoad]

OMG I read this thread and I am so sorry. I'm glad you are going to get his leg splinted and get some medication for him. He is such a cutie! And I'm sure you are already doign this, but ease the pain by stroking his head and tell him everything is going to be okay. If I lived in Oregon I would give you money, but I live all the way across the country. Anyway, good luck with Mystic. Seems Lalania is helping you a lot so good luck and god bless.

[Karen]

luckies4me, is there another parent of a young child around that your could exchange childcare with? You know, you watch their kid a few hours a week, and leave Dylan with them a few hours a week ... check your local churches or community organizations, they might have a program like that set up, so that even a part-time job, a few hours here and there, could help with the money problems. When I was in college, I was basically a nanny for one mother and child, in exchange for child care. The second year we did that, I would also take care of another little girl twice a week, so HER mom could have some free time. Taking care of two kids is sometimes easier than one - they keep each other occupied!

As for your old medical bills, could you appeal them, or get your abusive ex to pay them? Maybe small claims court? Had you ever filed charges?

In Mystic's case, you keep watching him, and is aspirin an anti-inflamatory for cats? What inexpensive people drugs might work? Tomorrow, first thing, contact a clinic, and explain you're good for it, and a trained vet tech, and Mystic needs the help now, for which you'd be glad to help later.

[COCatMama]

to my knowledge aspirin is not an anti-inflammatory, NSAIDS such as Advil and Motrin are, but I would be very cautious about giving people drugs to a cat, they don't seem to be able to tolerate it as well as a dog.

[Karen]

I figured she would know, given her vet-tech training.

[luckies4me]

OMG! Thank god it worked! I don't know what was wrong. It must have been aol. Anyways, now I am on and can post so that makes me a little happy.


Mystic is laying on our bed as we speak, Cheetah lending her body as a pillow. She always comforts him when something is the matter, she is so sweet.

Well not such a good day. Called back the vet and what do you know..........they now say they never told me they would except him and splint it and give him pain meds. I was so mad. What are vets there for? To help animals. They can't take 5 minutes of their time to look at his foot, no they have to charge $45 dollars.
Well no luck there so I called the Humane Society but they couldn't help either. A lady there said to soak his foot in the tub, they also said she was a vet tech. A huh, yes lets go pick up Mystic who has a bad foot and cries every time you pick him up and put him in the bath......so logical. my god lady! I haven't heard of such a stupider thing in all my life.

Well I applied a cold pack to his leg, gave him a dose of anti inflammatory meds (yucky meds, it is so black in color, yuck) but he took it like a charm. I can't splint it because i have nothing to do it with. I am thinking of cutting up an old tshirt and using that, I have no other option.

So before I knew I wouldn't be able to take Mystic to the vets (after they told me they would help) Dan and I had to go pick up his battery charger for his van. Well Dan also had to help his Grandmother move this afternoon at 1:30 (there now) and we had NO GAS! Just enough to make it to the gas station. The worst thing is that the battery was in the back of Dans friends car, who was at a learning study. Finally his friend said he would leave it at the front desk for us to pick up.

So now we had to look for change in order to get anywhere. I found a dollar in the van and we found about three dollars in change in the house and in Dans pockets. So while we were leaving and pulling out of the driveway Dan was backing up, and well he was so stressed (cat, battery, moving, gas ) that he kept on going and hit the car parked behind us!!!!!!!!! Well that made him even more stressed out. Luckily we didn't do any damage, not even a scratch and got to leave on time. But I would only imagine what would have happened if we damaged it.

Then before we left Dylan fell and landed on his head. Dan was holding him and I am not sure what really happened. I just heard Dan say "Oh @#%$" and then a thump, with crying to follow. Poor boy. What a nice day I am having hah?


As for humane meds, none are really safe for cats (well, over the counter anyway) and I do not want to risk anything. I am not a vet, therfor I don't know everything and I want to lean toward the safer side. Mystic already has enough troubles. Buffered asprin is sometimes givento dogs but most vets don't even like to do that. I will be going to the feed store tomorrow after Dan gets off work and seeing if we can purchase some amoxicillan (antibiotic) just in case he happens to develope an infection. They are $1.00 a pill, so very spendy but Dans father agreed to let us borrow ten dollars, which then we can buy ten pills.

[Uabassoon]

good luck with everything. I wasn't able to post this morning either, and the problem finally fixed itself. Good luck with Mystic, I hope he feels better soon.

[lizbud]

You have the most incredible case of "Bad Luck", I've
ever hear of !!!


"Then before we left Dylan fell and landed on his head. Dan was holding him and I am not sure what really happened. I just heard Dan say "Oh @#%$" and then a thump, with crying to follow. Poor boy. What a nice day I am having hah? "


I sincerely hope your baby is not seriously hurt

[luckies4me]

Plus the only meds that I have here are vicadin and anaprox.


As for volunteering most places do not let you, I have asked already when faced in a similar situation a few months ago with my stray kitten River. And the vet I go to doesn't even do that, they say it isn't feasable and they don't have the money. I have been with them for years and won't even set up a payment plan for me!

I did actually get a job and would have started on the 25th of November but after I was already hired I couldn't do it because we had no sitter and no money for one. And it would have been part time also. I don't know anybody in this state because I am from California and it is hard to meet people when I can't go anywhere, no car. We were originally going to have Dans grandmother baby sit Dylan while I was at work and Dan would have dropped me off and picked me up but after much consideration Dan didn't want her to. She is 60 something years old and just moved into a house. So she would have been watching Dylan all day, and thenhave to pack at night and then move too. He felt that she shouldn't be in that situation and so I called the workplace and told them I couldn't take the job after all. And that would have been my money for Christmas. We can't even buy a tree now.

As for those medical bills, if I were to take him to court I would have to fly to California and he wouldn't show up anyway. He would also trash the rest of my belongings that are at his house (the only baby photos I have of me are at HIS house, along with my yearbooks and old journals) and I don't want to rick that. I need my baby photos. He's very crazy, trust me. He tried to kill me so I know what I am talking about.

Thanks for everyones concern though but I do not know what to do besides what I have done already. I have kept him warm, in the room where it is quiet and Cheetah could give him company. His foot trembles in pain. I am going to call and see if the feed store has any injectable steroids for him that would be safe for me to use. Wish me luck. I have done all I can do. I just don't have money and that's it. In February when our taxes come we are taking all that money and putting Dylan in a darcare so I can get a part time job. Hopefully then we will be doing better. I have never had such a tougher year than this one. I moved into this apartment the day I came home from the hospital with Dylan, two days after I gave birth and I had to move. Sorry going on about needless thing, I am just stressed and my cat is hurting.

[luckies4me]

"Wish me luck. I have done all I can do. I just don't have money and that's it."

What I meant here is that I have done all I could do today. I will be calling around to vets tomorrow to see if one will hopefully work with Mystic.

[luckies4me]

Originally posted by lizbud
You have the most incredible case of "Bad Luck", I've
ever hear of !!!


"Then before we left Dylan fell and landed on his head. Dan was holding him and I am not sure what really happened. I just heard Dan say "Oh @#%$" and then a thump, with crying to follow. Poor boy. What a nice day I am having hah? "


I sincerely hope your baby is not seriously hurt

He was fine. He has had worse falls than that. Last week he fell straight into the corner of our intertainment center and smacked his cheek on the corner. It actually cut open and he was bleeding. I bandaged it and give him some pain medicine and he was fine but very hurt and shocked. The bruse it still there but has faded to a yellow green in color. It is so hard to keep them safe when they become mobile. I am always on "look out" duty and always have to watch him every single second. Thank god our house is baby proofed. I just got done bundeling up wires that connect to the computer so I can tack them up out of his reach. Thanks for your concern though.