Face Update
Update to this post:
When Mackie was first diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) due to Hypertrophic CardioMyopathy (HCM), we were told we had 30 days to 3 months at the outside. That was in mid-November.
We just hit the 7 month anniversary of that diagnosis and he is still with us.
Along with the joy of defying the odds so far, is the struggle stretching to keep him as long as possible. He is on a combination of six different medicines given at four different times of day. That has kept a blood clot from forming and is keeping his heart as steady as possible. However, fluid keeps accumulating in his chest cavity (pleural effusion). We can (and have had) this drained off with pleural taps (thoracocentesis), and we are now having the procedure performed every 3-4 weeks. Mackie still acts like normal. He yells at me for chicken, commandeers my lap, and possessively marks me with cheek rubs. By the quality of life measure, we are also beating the odds.
This procedure and the medications are costing upwards of $300/month.
I have a good job. Normally I could afford this. However, three of our other pets got sick, and our bathroom is literally falling apart so we couldn't delay a repair remodel any longer, and my car needed a repair so I could continue to commute to that job. We've already canceled our wedding anniversary plans, but it's still not enough.
I hate that I only post to ask for things any more. But he is my fluffy boyfriend, and apparently I have no shame left when it comes to trying to keep him as long as that quality of life is still there. Our accounts are just stretched too thin.
Please consider donating, purchasing something from my perfume sale (soon with jewelry and more perfumes!), or boosting the signal.
When Mackie was first diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) due to Hypertrophic CardioMyopathy (HCM), we were told we had 30 days to 3 months at the outside. That was in mid-November.
We just hit the 7 month anniversary of that diagnosis and he is still with us.
Along with the joy of defying the odds so far, is the struggle stretching to keep him as long as possible. He is on a combination of six different medicines given at four different times of day. That has kept a blood clot from forming and is keeping his heart as steady as possible. However, fluid keeps accumulating in his chest cavity (pleural effusion). We can (and have had) this drained off with pleural taps (thoracocentesis), and we are now having the procedure performed every 3-4 weeks. Mackie still acts like normal. He yells at me for chicken, commandeers my lap, and possessively marks me with cheek rubs. By the quality of life measure, we are also beating the odds.
This procedure and the medications are costing upwards of $300/month.
I have a good job. Normally I could afford this. However, three of our other pets got sick, and our bathroom is literally falling apart so we couldn't delay a repair remodel any longer, and my car needed a repair so I could continue to commute to that job. We've already canceled our wedding anniversary plans, but it's still not enough.
I hate that I only post to ask for things any more. But he is my fluffy boyfriend, and apparently I have no shame left when it comes to trying to keep him as long as that quality of life is still there. Our accounts are just stretched too thin.
Please consider donating, purchasing something from my perfume sale (soon with jewelry and more perfumes!), or boosting the signal.