Help Captain Marvel (Marvel) get Cleft palate repair and scoping of her nose — WI

This is Marvel she was a rescue cat that had been very sick in her early days. And with the hole in her cleft palate that all makes sense. We have had her about 4 years and she is a very sweet and social cat. She is always tapping people on the shoulder for a head scratch or pet. She can’t purr or meow because of this hole in the roof of her mouth. Initially we were in and out of the vet maybe 3-4 times a year getting antibiotics and she would play some, but now the antibiotics don’t work and every morning I have clean and wipe her nose so she can’t purr breath. When she eats or drinks things get into her nasal passage and it causes chronic infections with boogers, inability to breath and oozing eyes due to pressure in her sinuses.

She needs to have the cleft palate surgery for the hole in the roof of her mouth and they want to scope her while under so they can clean out the nares well and make sure their is no abscess or foreign body stuck in there. We have seen a surgeon who can perform the procedure at Blue Pearl Vetrinary hospital In Port Washington WI.

Marvel is the sweetest cat and when she was well when the antibiotics would work, she would play and follow us around but now she is constantly miserable, full of boogers and doesn’t want to play. She looks like we feel when we have a head cold, like the pressure in her head is so much that her eyes water too. This is hard for us to watch everyday and this no way for a cat to live, especially such a sweet and loving one.

We know pets are a financial commitment and we love our pets, but between all the vet bills and increasing costs of everything today with our three kids we just can’t spend $6000 on Marvel, we just don’t have it. I have to choose feeding my kids and housing them over this huge surgery. I have been trying to save a little money here and there but it would years before I could save this much to help her.