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lizblackdog) wrote2010-04-05 11:23 pm
lizblackdog) wrote2010-04-05 11:23 pm
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Paint my world just a little bit darker
ugh ugh ugh. I'm committing art again. Or something. I don't even know yet if Spike is even a viable candidate for surgery, but I already know I can't afford it. My mother and sisters have all expressed themselves willing to help but it's still liable to be more than we can raise between us.
Also, I spoke to the vet's and they're not willing to accept bits of my bill being paid by third parties (no, I don't know why and I was too shredded to ask by this point). This being so, I'm not willing to just ask people to send me money for it, because I've got no way of proving I'm not just scamming everyone with a fake sick dog story.
I know you don't believe I would do that; as it happens you're right. But that's not the point.
...anyway, my sisters talked me into this when I was over there on Sunday. Personally I'd rather sell a kidney without an anaesthetic, but I'm fairly sure my age and medical history rule that out, so I'm giving this a whirl.
I'm thinking I might attempt dog portraits; it's possible I can do those acceptably enough for people who are crazy about their dogs and feel sorry for mine. Under the cut are two quickie attempts I did yesterday. Don't mistake them for any manner of finished thing, they're literally five-minute jobs that happened spontaneously after someone in the Khimeros chatroom posted pics of her doxie puppy and someone else retaliated with a pit bull mix.
The third is also unfinished; it's something that happened after I needed to step away from the Internet for a bit this afternoon and remembered to take my shiny box of unopened acrylic paints with me. Gods help me, this shit's insidious.
Also, I spoke to the vet's and they're not willing to accept bits of my bill being paid by third parties (no, I don't know why and I was too shredded to ask by this point). This being so, I'm not willing to just ask people to send me money for it, because I've got no way of proving I'm not just scamming everyone with a fake sick dog story.
I know you don't believe I would do that; as it happens you're right. But that's not the point.
...anyway, my sisters talked me into this when I was over there on Sunday. Personally I'd rather sell a kidney without an anaesthetic, but I'm fairly sure my age and medical history rule that out, so I'm giving this a whirl.
I'm thinking I might attempt dog portraits; it's possible I can do those acceptably enough for people who are crazy about their dogs and feel sorry for mine. Under the cut are two quickie attempts I did yesterday. Don't mistake them for any manner of finished thing, they're literally five-minute jobs that happened spontaneously after someone in the Khimeros chatroom posted pics of her doxie puppy and someone else retaliated with a pit bull mix.
The third is also unfinished; it's something that happened after I needed to step away from the Internet for a bit this afternoon and remembered to take my shiny box of unopened acrylic paints with me. Gods help me, this shit's insidious.
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I dearly wish I were in a position to mail you 100 quid. I'm sorry I can't.
I'm way behind. What kind of surgery? I'm alarmed. How much do you have to raise? I wonder if you could set up a Chip-In site. Do you have to be legally nonprofit for that, I wonder? You could also appeal to some rescue groups for help. Hell, you might even get one to lend you the money, so you can get the surgery quickly, before you have time to save up for it. I know you have some contacts in dog rescue on this side of the pond, at least, and I have bajillions.
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Long story short: Spike has a tumour in the bones of his muzzle, just under his nose and behind his front teeth. We qualify for free veterinary treatment by the PDSA, but after my PDSA clinic did two different lots of biopsies and couldn't quite work out exactly what it was and how malignant it was, they referred me to a non-charity specialist vet.
I didn't know I could get caught like this, see. I'd always thought the PDSA covered me for whatever would be needed. But this thing's atypical and odd and the head vet there says his clinic isn't equipped to deal with it, so I'm apparently screwed as far as finance goes. Though it's possible I may be able to persuade one of the other charities (the Blue Cross or the RSPCA) to kick in. I don't know.
What I'm waiting to find out now from the most recent set of tests and biopsies is a. just how cancerous the Mouth Thing is, b. whether it's spread to any of the rest of him, and therefore c. whether surgery is even worth doing and if so, how extensive the surgery will need to be.
but if he has surgery it will cost between £2500 and £4000. He'll need a section of his upper jaw removed - how large a section depends on what manner of tumour the Mouth Thing is. If it's squamous cell carcinoma he'll need a big piece removed as long as the lymph glands are clear; if it's a bone cyst we can get away with removing a smaller piece.
...or click on the Mouth Thing tag for the full story in many more words. And thank you <3
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