Oh, I'll try a short version.

Early this morning, Chewie (my large polydactyl cat) was choking in the hallway and spitting up. Went to check on him and he had a 2-foot length of dental floss coming out of his mouth. I soon discovered it went down his throat.

My vet wasn't open yet so rushed him to a university vet. After almost 2 hours they told me they were certain his intestines were all jumbled up from taking the floss into the intestinal system and that the surgery would be over $2000.

Well I just burst out crying. They ended up calling my vet at that point, explained what was going on and I talked to his nurse who said it would be about $500, with no guarantee but that I could make payments.

(As it was, it had already cost me $250+ at the university vet.) So now I'll have another $500 on top of that! oi vey

So, bundled up Chewie and took him out there and my vet had forgotten how huge Chewie is and almost refused to do it. He said it would be like operating on an over 300-lb human.

Anyway, he also said Chewie might have to be put down, depending on how badly the intestines were involved.

I had come in here to ask for prayers! but just got a call from the nurse saying they had closed Chewie up, he was alive, and would have to stay with them til next week.

The floss had made it all the way into his large intestine. They had to cut open the intestines in 6 different places in order to get all of it out. It took an incision from his chest all the way down into the abdomen.

I'm still so sick to my stomach after all this but...Chewie is alive!

This is Chewie. He's bigger than Bruna.


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