I am so sorry to pop up in here after leaving but the ✱✱✱ has done it again; he's blocked in the pee-✱✱✱✱. We took him to Urgent Care on Sunday (11/30) night (because of course he got sick over the weekend, just like last time) and they kept him overnight with a catheter. They took it out Monday, he was peeing on his own, and he came home Tuesday night. Tuesday was a little rough, but on Wednesday (yesterday, 12/3) after he ate his meds he was feeling so much better and I really thought we were out of the dark. This morning (Thursday, 12/4) he was a totally different cat. The meds weren't ✱✱✱✱✱✱✱ and he was miserable. We rushed him ✱✱✱✱ to the vet and he's indeed blocked again. He's staying tonight with a catheter to be unblocked, and he's scheduled for a perineal urethrostomy in the morning (12/5) to reduce the chance of him blocking again. He should hopefully be able to come home Saturday night if there are no complications. This has obviously been so ✱✱✱✱ on both of us. I've completely maxed out 2 credit cards trying to help him out. He's 11! Not a young'n anymore. The recovery process is going to be a nightmare-ish couple of weeks. On October 30th, last month or so, I had to ✱✱✱ my cat Olivia down (✱✱✱ fuzzball who lived with my ✱✱✱) Juju had a dental extraction the WEEK before Chippy got sick. Financially, I'm cooked dudes. I'm at the ✱✱✱ of my rope. Merry Christmas, right? I know I have practically no right to come on here and ask for help since I've been absent the last 6 months, but I really need some help. I'm getting denied loans left and right because I JUST got a debt consolidation loan to finally start tackling debt. The entirety of these visits has cost me: $3967 I'm not expecting this goal to get cleared or even donated to much, but anything that anyone can spare will be ✱✱✱ straight to the credit card I've used. Gofundme link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-chippys-urgent-surgery-and-recovery cashapp: $sickgrrl UPDATE 12/5: We made the decision to ✱✱✱ him down last night. He had a second unblocking procedure, but it wasn't as successful as the first one. There was still a lot of in his urine, his white cell count was off, and the surgery was sounding riskier and riskier. When they brought him in for us to say goodbye he was sedated, so he was purring and ✱✱✱✱✱✱✱ on us, but we could tell he was still so miserable. He was 11 years old, and the surgery recovery would have been really ✱✱✱✱ on all of us, but especially him at that age. It was the ✱✱✱✱✱✱✱ thing I've literally ever had to do. I don't just feel like I've lost my son but a vital organ, you know? I don't know how I'm going to make it through this. But thank you seriously from the bottom of my heart for your help. Thank you everyone so much for your love of Chippy over the years. He was truly the mascot of this chatroom. I have so many MFC recordings of him being so precious and I really want to make a Chippy supercut for everyone, but right now I just need some time. I have no idea how I'm going to survive this. I love you guys. I love you sweet Bubby. I'll love you forever. I'll miss you so much my sweet ✱✱✱. UPDATE 12/6: I've updated this goal and the gofundme to reflect the current amount needed to pay for Chippy's hospital stay and his cremation costs. Altogether everything's come out to $3967. Thank you so much to anyone who can and has donated. Thank you. We brought his little urn home last night. They gave me a bit of his fur to keep and a pawprint memento. I've been sleeping next to his straws and his favorite carrot and bacon ✱✱✱✱. I am empty