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I finally, finally got some answers about Laurel's atopy. My vet was fantastic and not the slightest bit judgemental: "getting rid of" Willow is not on the table and I was not guilt tripped about that or about anything else.
I have a lot of credit card debt from vet bills, auto repairs, and other unavoidable expenses but when I figure out how to make minimums every month and still eat, I only need to come up with $168 to get her first vial made and it will last four months. Laurel has multiple environmental sensitivities so she is essentially allergic to Humboldt County, as well as being violently allergic to cats, but it doesn't make sense!
The atopy was a pre-existing condition when we got Willow. It was already horrible long before I brought a live kitten into the house. The house wasn't exactly clean and probably still had cat dander left over from Franklin. My next door neighbours have indoor/outdoor cats who come into our yard (Willow is leash trained) so there is no way to completely keep her away from cat dander, but shouldn't her severe allergies have gone through the roof with a live baby kitten not just in her house, but actually dry nursing off her until the kitten was larger than the foster mom?
I mean....like...you know....so I think my actual question is wtf?????
Has anyone else here used idexx.com for allergy testing and are they any good? Has anybody else ever dealt with this situation before? Willow is accustomed to wearing a T shirt for decoration and visibility or a raincoat or jacket for weather protection, but she's still a cat so I think it would be cruel to put a lycra bodysuit on her 24/7 since it would be no big deal to do the same for Laurel if I can ever scrape up the funds.
My vet already told me that it could be a year after we start immunotherapy before we see any results and that there's only a 50% chance that Laurel can be cured. Laurel is a discarded designer dog and Willow is a moggie, so neither of them realistically has a chance of scoring a new owner with deeper pockets even if they weren't my babies and I could imagine living without one or both of them.
It's dumb to feel guilty about being poor. I didn't go out and buy thousand dollar purebreds I couldn't afford to take care of, ffs, but feelings are not and have never been about making sense in the first place.
I have a lot of credit card debt from vet bills, auto repairs, and other unavoidable expenses but when I figure out how to make minimums every month and still eat, I only need to come up with $168 to get her first vial made and it will last four months. Laurel has multiple environmental sensitivities so she is essentially allergic to Humboldt County, as well as being violently allergic to cats, but it doesn't make sense!
The atopy was a pre-existing condition when we got Willow. It was already horrible long before I brought a live kitten into the house. The house wasn't exactly clean and probably still had cat dander left over from Franklin. My next door neighbours have indoor/outdoor cats who come into our yard (Willow is leash trained) so there is no way to completely keep her away from cat dander, but shouldn't her severe allergies have gone through the roof with a live baby kitten not just in her house, but actually dry nursing off her until the kitten was larger than the foster mom?
I mean....like...you know....so I think my actual question is wtf?????
Has anyone else here used idexx.com for allergy testing and are they any good? Has anybody else ever dealt with this situation before? Willow is accustomed to wearing a T shirt for decoration and visibility or a raincoat or jacket for weather protection, but she's still a cat so I think it would be cruel to put a lycra bodysuit on her 24/7 since it would be no big deal to do the same for Laurel if I can ever scrape up the funds.
My vet already told me that it could be a year after we start immunotherapy before we see any results and that there's only a 50% chance that Laurel can be cured. Laurel is a discarded designer dog and Willow is a moggie, so neither of them realistically has a chance of scoring a new owner with deeper pockets even if they weren't my babies and I could imagine living without one or both of them.
It's dumb to feel guilty about being poor. I didn't go out and buy thousand dollar purebreds I couldn't afford to take care of, ffs, but feelings are not and have never been about making sense in the first place.