UPDATE ON SUNNY (aka Big Boss: Cat Edition, Nick Furry):
Hey guys. So news. Today Sunny went to the vet to get his pre-op exam, and we have learned a couple things:
1) Sunny has a slight heart murmur. Now the veterinarian not sure whether it was because he was in an unfamiliar environment and that was just a cause from the stress of it, or if it is a consistant thing that he has been dealing with that we just have been unaware of so far, as it does happen in older cats (and Sunny is 12 years old). But, this will more than likely effect how they proceed with the surgery when he gets it.
2) The eye is causing him pain, which we pretty much already knew, but the veterinarian gave definite confirmation and it may be causing swelling that is pushing inside of his skull against his brain, from how they explained it to me.
Which brings me to
3) As you can see from above, the surgery is finally estimated to be either $845.90 or $913.90, and this price is completely dependent on what kind of mediation he will need post op. Then the cost of him getting bloodwork and vaccinations today was $362.99, which came out of the fund we already had for Sunny (again, thank you all who donated).
Which means we are once again a bit short. I hate to have to come and ask again, but if anyone can help by donating so that Sunny can get the eye removed. I hate that my cat is currently living in any kind of pain or discomfort, and just want this for his well-being. So please, if anyone can, I would greatly appreciate it.
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Reagan was elected in 1980, around the same time that HIV began spreading and turning into a pandemic. Nearly 60,000 cases were reported with more than 27,000 dead before he even mentioned the disease in a major speech, during his second term.
His administration spent years pushing back on requests for funding for treatment and research. It’s impossible to know for certain, but if the disease had been aggressively studied and treated in the early years it might have been contained to a few hundred or few thousand deaths here in the USA.
Also he cut funds for mental health treatment and facilities, turning disabled people out onto the streets, the War on Drugs was cranked up to inner-city warfare, and the fundamentalist Christian “Moral Majority” that was his power base happily watched queers and black people and sex workers and homeless people die alone and scared.
Until Donald Trump was elected, he was the best example of an oblivious wealthy white person riding a wave of bigotry into the White House, and empowering that bigotry to a degree that cost tens of thousands of lives.
TL;DR, he watched us die and didn’t care.
Your yearly reminder that Ronald Reagan’s grave is a gender neutral bathroom.
Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saens except you can hear it inexplicably playing – by a whole orchestra no less – while lost in the forest at night. You have a gut feeling that you shouldn’t, but following the music seems like your best bet at no longer being lost. Nevermind that you keep hearing footsteps around you that aren’t yours – there’s no one there, no matter how many times you check.
