NICKY'S FIRST TRIP TO THE VET HOSPITAL

THIS POST IS MAINLY FOR MY READERS ON BORDERBOYS BUT OTHERS THAT POP BY HERE ARE WELCOME TO HELP OUT IF THEY ARE SO INCLINED.

It's been a while since I posted here but since the regular sites are down today for maintenance I thought I would talk about my kitty Nicky since you cannot access the Saturday Borderboys post today.

Nicky was born over 3 years ago literally between my legs and he has been a very important part of our family from the day he was born.

Last week he started dropping weight fast and his right kidney was obviously swelling by the weekend. Clearly he has a blockage or something wrong with the kidney(s).

This morning we are heading to the vet. It will be his first time traveling away from home and visiting a vet's office for a medical problem.

On the Saturday post and on my Facebook page, I mentioned that there are some feline helping organizations that may help us cover the vet bill.

Meanwhile I return to the doctor myself on Thursday and it is medicine renewal time- those of you that have to take meds in the United States know how costly that is.

On top of that we have experienced some site issues at Borderboys so I haven't been able to consistently post- this has cut down on the income that is sorely needed since my partner's seasonal job (he is also on disability and can only work part of the year) ended when the San Diego Padres season ended at the beginning of October.

We do have Roxy Red still staying with us and Roxy and Nicky have a mutual love for each other. Roxy has a few upcoming shoots scheduled to generate more income but that is week's away.

So the problem is this- I would rather die myself then let our kitty suffer and perhaps lose a kidney if this is not treated but it is going to put an awful financial strain on us. Regular readers know that I have been battling with health issues myself and have been trying to make payments on a hospital stay back in July.

So, once again, I am asking my readers to consider visiting the donation page, located here, and make whatever donation you can. I have a lot of readers daily but since Saturday- and quite frankly since last May there has not been a single donation given for the work I do.

If just ten of you make a $10 donation each that will cover some of the expense of today...no one has bothered to respond or offer (even my partner's family) to take us to the vet so we may have to take a taxi which will be around $30 even before we get into the vet's office.

I will try to get some pics up of me and Nicky at the vet today so no one thinks we are trying to scam you all.

My baby really is sick and I have to take him.

Sadly we are sacrificing this week's food money and money that was suppose to be used to get my medicine to take care of Nicky who obviously cannot get himself to the vet.

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