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Emergency vet bill for Oscar in Cologne
Oscar, Sophia's tabby kitten, needs urgent treatment for severe tick fever costing $2,400.
🇩🇪 Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany1,484 views
Oscar is my tabby kitten of eleven years. On 23 August we rushed to the Cologne Emergency Vet Clinic with severe tick fever. The vet recommends a hospital stay and surgery, and the estimate came to $2,400.
They have stabilized Oscar, but the treatment can't wait beyond November.
Oscar is more than a pet - Oscar walks my kids to the bus stop every morning. I have already put $160 toward the bills and asked for a payment plan.
Whatever I can't raise, I'll repay to anyone who needs it back.
If more is raised than needed, the surplus goes to the Cologne Emergency Vet Clinic's charity fund for other animals.
Where the $2,400 goes:
• Emergency surgery: $1,600
• Hospitalization (4 nights): $350
• Medication and follow-up visits: $240
• Diagnostics (X-ray, bloodwork): $210
Every share and every dollar helps.
Updates from Sophia
Quick update: $574 raised so far (24%). I made the first payment toward diagnostics. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
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Hope things get better soon. Poor Oscar, hope they feel better soon.
give Oscar a hug from me. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Blessings.
Hope things get better soon, Sophia. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. We're a small family in Springfield but we're thinking of you. God bless
is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Sophia.
Everything on the list is an amount I've been quoted or invoiced. emergency surgery comes first ($1,600) and I'll update the page as each thing gets paid. Ask me anything else.
rooting for you, Sophia. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Blessings
this could happen to any of us. I have a 9 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Love from San Jose.
Hope things get better soon. Poor Oscar, hope they feel better soon
Wishing you the best, Sophia. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of Cologne.
Best of luck. Hope the recovery goes smoothly. After 17 years in public service I know how hard it's to ask for anything.