Old Yellow BILL is our newest family member! We picked him up from a shelter on 2023-08-14. He was on death row due to his age, some medical issues and simply because of the shelter bursting at the seams with animals. We knew we had to go get him and give him a fighting chance. He had over $300 in pledges that we have received. Thank you to all those who pledged to save his life and get him somewhere safe. This is why pledges are so important. It made it possible for us to add him to our family.
Old Yellow BILL had a bad URI. The shelter did an excellent job successfully treating that. They also got him neutered. The vet that did the neuter said it looks like he may have stomatitis and will need a full mouth extraction. We already know that will be at least $1000.The money already pledged will get him an exam and pre anesthesia bloodwork. We need donations! Old Yellow BILL also needs a new name!!! We all know what happened to Old Yeller. Let’s have fun with this. Whoever donates the most will get to choose his name!
Update 2023-09-11: Old Yellow BILL very humbly thanks everyone who donated a total of $451 towards getting his dental work done! We will get it done as soon as we can raise the remainder of what we need.
Drum roll please………..and his new name is…..”Bill”! We promised we would name him the suggested name of whoever had the largest donation. We have Oliver, Ralphie Jr., Monty, Pancake and now Bill!!!
Update 2023-12-18: Our sweet Bill had his dental a few weeks ago at VCA Companion Animal Medical Center! His mouth was WAY worse than we were hoping it would be. Dr. Watkins and Kara (surgery technician) both said his mouth and throat were so red and inflamed that they had a hard time intubating him. He had 4 lower teeth extracted in hopes that would reduce the swelling and redness. We had his re-check appointment last Tuesday and his surgical sites have healed but he still has a lot of redness and swelling in his mouth and throat. The only way to totally fix this is for him to have a full mouth extraction. That means another $2000. When a pet’s mouth is as bad as his, it is not good to pull all of the teeth at one time. That is too much trauma to the mouth. It is best to do it in a staged process.
Bill is a young “senior” and has a lot of life still to live!! He is sweet, friendly, loves all of our team as well as all of our other senior cats. He deserves to be totally pain free. Dr. Watkins did as much as she could with the funds we had from his first fundraiser and what was safe for him to do.
Update 2024-01-15: Our sweet Bill had his second dental done last Thursday and had the remainder of his teeth extracted (10). His face has been swollen, he’s having a hard time getting the hang of eating with no teeth and he still has a lot of drool. We know once his mouth heals, he will be better than before. It’s hard seeing him like this, though. Can you imagine how bad your mouth would hurt having that many teeth pulled? Thank you to every single one of you that donated towards his 2 FB fundraisers and for the private donation we received. We couldn’t have gotten his dentals done otherwise.
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