Hello everyone. Last Friday Juani had his X-rays to evaluate his spine, which is visibly curved. In addition to showing this curvature, the X-rays revealed an old pelvic fracture (from before we rescued him). His lungs are also in poor condition: mild edema and severely affected bronchi. Lastly, there is a tracheal displacement due to mediastinal growth.

This last finding could be due to inflammation caused by an infection (consistent with what is seen in his lungs, which could be a chronic infection that has worsened in recent days), or it could be caused by lymphoma. To get more information, we did emergency bloodwork on Saturday, and the results seem to support the infectious–inflammatory hypothesis rather than cancer, but this needs to be confirmed with an ultrasound.

In the meantime, he is on broad-spectrum antibiotic treatment, but we will likely need to try several antibiotics to find the right one. Another option would be to do a culture, but that would require extracting fluid from his lungs, which is quite invasive and could worsen his condition. For now, we cannot start diuretic treatment for the edema because he is somewhat dehydrated (for that, he would need regular fluids).

We need help to pay for the bloodwork that has already been done and to be able to do the ultrasound. The total is approximately $220. We need to cover this as soon as possible, as we also have outstanding veterinary debt for other cats (Amador and Casper), and we need to pay it off or at least reduce it in order to continue treatments, including fluids to hydrate Juani, pain medication, and new antibiotics.

The good news is that the fluids, anti-inflammatories, and bronchodilators seem to be helping. He’s been feeling better since we started the treatment, which is why we can’t risk not being able to continue it.

You can see the receipts at the link at the end.

Any help is deeply appreciated 🤍

PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/purrhapshaven

Venmo: https://venmo.com/u/ktronsen

Receipts: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bC8K0LvVbeCKphgDlcSZ3kcYVPC58tBRhjOVbHOt3a8/edit?usp=drivesdk

Thank you all very much!

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