Support for Ziggy's Cancer Treatment

5/26/24 - Ziggy went to sleep forever under the baby’s bassinet last night. I’ve adjusted the donation goal. If anyone still wants to donate, funds will go to help cover her cremation.

I hate to do this because I don’t like asking for help. I’m notoriously bad at asking for help, in fact. But if anyone CAN help I would be over the moon. I adopted Ziggy Stardust 10 years ago from the shelter but she truly became my dad’s cat. He loved her so much she even featured in his obituary when he passed two years ago.

She is truly the last piece of my dad that I have left.

And she’s sick. Over the past day or two she’s suddenly dropped a ton of weight and has lost interest in eating. Even her normally loud and notice-me meow sounds off. We took her to the vet and they discovered she has lymphoma. They’ve referred us to an Oncologist to start treatment.

I just had a baby and have been on unpaid maternity leave, running through our savings and stupidly not expecting some life altering emergency. I’ve just gone back to work but it will be quite some time before I receive any paychecks.

If anyone is able to put anything towards her vet care and help me hold on to this last little piece of my dad, I can’t even begin to find words for how grateful I would be. This is the cat who loved on my dad through the last few months of his life, never leaving his side. This is the cat who laid in bed with me for a month after my dad died, never leaving my side. This is the cat who laid on my stomach all through my pregnancy and sleeps under my baby’s bassinet every night purring. I can’t lose her.

Right now her projected treatment costs are in the neighborhood of $4000. Of course, it could exceed that depending on how well she responds to treatment. Even if I only get a few more years with her… I’m just not ready to let her go and be with my dad yet.