Taken in the lesson, considered it, and learned nothing

STORY TIME:

I have one of the most expensive cats on earth.

I recently paid ~$15,000 to have a pacemaker installed in my 4 year old shelter cat.

She started getting very clumsy and I noticed her getting dazed more and more often. Once I brought her to the vet, I learned that she had a congenital heart condition and her heart was literally stopping for seconds on end causing her to pass out (literally dying in front of me for seconds at a time.)

I couldn’t let her die. I adopted her during covid and could not have survived the pandemic without her.

I am blessed in that I could afford something like that and it wasn’t even a question of whether to get her the procedure. I would have gone bankrupt if I had to choose.

I hate that people will have to make that choice (it’s not even a choice as most people could never afford that) so after my pet insurance reimbursed me back ~$13,000, I donated it to the hospital as a grant specifically to be used towards any feline cardiac procedures that couldn’t be afforded.

Every morning we sit together while I have my coffee and I thank the universe for letting her be there with me in that moment.

Ponytail holders are fun, not food!

Hope he's feeling better.

https://arrogantworms1.bandcamp.com/album/fan-funded-song-2022

"Ten Thousand Dollar Cat", Arrogant Worms

I think we had to drop $5000 in emergency vet bills and surgery for a blockage for our little asshole eating string February of 2023. Had to drive 50 minutes to a vet that could even do it.

Hahahaha, damn cats. I know this well. My $1 rescue cat? Couple months later she was a $700 cat from emergency vet visits. To be fair it was mostly our fault as we left our toilet lids open and didn’t clean our toilets enough. But who would drink from a dirty toilet when you have a nice fresh bowl of water changed daily? Her, lol.