Timmy's new mom called to tell me that Timmy is very sick. He was throwing up for a few days and today he threw up blood. When the vet had a look at him (this was his 2nd trip, she took him right away when he first started acting sick) they said he needed surgery. His bowels were inflamed. His gall bladder was enlarged. And his lymph nodes looked suspicous. They flushed his gall bladder but when they went to insert a catheter in his bile duct, it would not go suggesting possible stones. His lymph nodes were biopsied but results will take 1 to 1 1/2 weeks.
I feel like crying. I NEVER saw any signs of him being sick. And this lady's other cat is a very costly cat too, medically. (she told me how in his 8 years has probably cost her more than $7000 in vet bills) AND over Christmas he also had a mysterous illness to the tune of another $900. (She did not even venture to tell me Timmy's bill)
We (as in One by One) have already told her to send us the vet bills, but that does not help with the anguish.
The good part is how she just adores Timmy and has refused to simply return him to the shelter.
So before I go cry my eyes out for being a bad foster mommy, I'd like to ask for all the prayers you can muster to help Timmy pull through.