Fluffy was in again - he had a bleed into his back left leg. It started sometime between 2 and 3:30 AM. He was relatively normal when I took him out at 2 AM, but he was very restless, and when I went to take him out again at 3 AM it looked like he was smuggling a Virginia Ham!
We transfused him two units, and I debated (and decided ultimately) to take him in again. Same drill - nothing we don't do at home except for monitoring. Cost this one 48-hour stay: $3,142.
Today is Fluffy's 7th birthday! He's made it this far.
We've used up all but about a dozen units of FFP/cryo, down from almost 70 that I had in the house before this started (he usually goes through 2 units every 4-6 weeks). We've still got plasma in Florida which we're desperately trying to get shipped here.
If anyone has any good ideas for fund-raisers, or who knows a reasonable Tucson vet who might be willing to do some pro bono work that would be awesome. We can't afford any more hospitalizations.
Eventually I'll post the full story of what happened. It's a long and sad tale.
We're worried about three things: money, plasma, and veins. We are running low on all three at the same time.
Does anyone have any ideas about what we can do for a fund-raiser? We're working on bringing the blood bank equipment here, and we've already pretty much used up the home equity loan.
It would suck if we got him through all this just to run out of money or plasma.
No comments:
Post a Comment