THANKS FOR TRYING- WE JUST WERE A LITTLE TOO LATE

Sunday morning when I woke up and checked on Nicky his paw pads were freezing cold and his eyes were not that responsive.

Even though he had an appointment for Monday we still rushed him over to the Vet.

The vet came in and told us that "your cat is dying" and his body temperature was 93 degrees- well below the normal that is like 100-102 degrees for felines.

He was slowly dying and there was not much that could be done because it took too long to raise funds.

So I made one of the hardest decisions of my life and agreed to let the vet euthanize him and send him over the rainbow bridge to end his suffering.

After that we decided that unused donations- unless one of you contact me personally will be sent to a new organization that helps pets in emergency and disaster situations called the Red Paw Emergency Relief Team.


I am really broken apart by all this. If he was able to get treatment when he was taken in to the vet two weeks ago my cat, that I raised from birth, may still be with us.


Thanks to everyone that helped raise the funds to get him treatment.


We just got the right amount a little too late and his body gave up before we could get him the help he deserved from the start.


Chucky Baer

OCTOBER 2011- MORE FACTS

While this is the support page for my websites it has now turned into a support page for our beautiful kitty Nicky.

If you are here you are either a reader of my sites or you have come to help get our kitty the proper medical care he deserves.

Either way we thank you from the bottom of our hearts and we will keep you updated on his progress.

We started a new Facebook page called NICKY'S LAW...that is where you will find updates on him and our future efforts to make sure a law gets passed that:

1) Prevents vets from denying full emergency treatment to animals in dire need because of an owner's inability to pay the entire cost upfront.

2) A law that changes the way PET INSURANCE works. With pet insurance you pay a monthly premium, have to meet a deductible and yet you STILL HAVE TO PAY EVERYTHING OUT OF POCKET and then wait for a portion of it to be sent back in a reimbursement check week's later.

So if you do not have the upfront cash it makes the pet insurance virtually useless unless you find a sliding scale fee vet or one that will do it it pro bono until the insurance pays- we have yet to find a vet like that in San Diego.

So again THANK YOU SO MUCH for helping us help our sick kitty and if you are here just because you read my sites thanks to you all as well.

CHUCKY BAER
October 2011