Treatment from 2025-01-31

UPDATE: Bella has gone through so many things and now she has a severe developmental delay. We need to run some tests and our vet recommended some supplements and prescription cat food (Lucky's condition is same, they advised the same for Lucky. ) Bella walks surprisingly normal despite the fracture that she had. Just seeing her, you wouldn't know that she had such a complicated backstory, apart from the fact that she is so small.

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Our dear Bella went through a tough treatment process. On October 8, 2024, when I first found Bella covered in blood, I rushed her to Pet224 Veterinary Clinic for emergency care. They told me that she had an open fracture and that they had tried to take a blood sample but couldn't because her overall condition was too poor—she was in critical condition. A couple of days later, she started to recover slightly, and we attempted to schedule surgery for her open fracture a week later. However, the estimated costs were far beyond what I could afford, so I had no choice but to transfer Bella to another clinic. In the meantime, I was only able to pay 5,240 TL on November 22, nearly a month later, for her three days of intensive emergency care at Pet224. Due to financial constraints, I had to move Bella to Foks Veterinary Clinic, a decision I still regret deeply. She stayed there from October 10 to October 18, but during this time, they failed to manage the infection caused by her open fracture. As a result, she developed sepsis and severe hypothermia (34°C). Despite her deteriorating condition, they tried to pressure me into an operation with almost no chance of survival. At that point, I had no choice but to take Bella out of that clinic as well. Not only was my cat getting worse, but I was also handed a bill of 15,250 TL for those eight days of treatment. I managed to pay 5,250 TL on October 30 and another 10,000 TL on December 25. Later, I took Bella to Fiona Animal Hospital, where a highly skilled surgeon, Elif, took care of her. After consulting with her professors, she determined that surgery was impossible at that stage and instead initiated an intensive five-day treatment focusing on sepsis and severe anemia. By the end of this treatment, Bella had almost fully recovered from the life-threatening phase, and for the first time, we managed to get a normal hemogram result. For this treatment, I had to pay a total of 11,650 TL upfront, as it was a newly opened clinic. The payments were made as follows: 2,650 TL on October 18, 1,000 TL + 6,000 TL on October 19, 1,500 TL on October 23, and 500 TL on October 24. Later, since Bella was a complex case, Elif wanted to consult her professors once again. They concluded that her fracture had healed slightly misaligned and that she would remain somewhat disabled. Considering that Bella, a four-to-five-month-old kitten, had already endured so much, they deemed surgery too risky. Even if the procedure went well, the pins wouldn’t hold because she was too young. Instead, they advised us to celebrate the fact that Bella had miraculously survived! Throughout this ordeal, Bella underwent a total of seven hemograms, one biochemistry test, and eight X-rays. Overcoming all of this has been incredibly difficult for me. Though months have passed since she survived these challenges, Bella is still battling developmental delays—she remains as tiny as a baby...