normashearer:

victoriastation:

I’m sorry this is long.

This past May I adopted a beautiful seal point Siamese cat from the Southern CA Siamese Rescue.  When I saw her picture on the adoption website, I knew she was the one for me.  She was about 5 years old, had an imperial air, a beautiful face with the prettiest blue eyes, and to top it off, her name was Coco.  Coco Bean?  It was destiny!

The rescue center didn’t know much about her life prior to being brought to the shelter, just that she had been abandoned and was wandering the mean streets of Los Angeles before a kind lady saw her, started feeding her, and brought her to the rescue center.  The foster person that I picked her up from, Sam, said that Coco had needed two teeth extracted because of decay, and she was really shy because she had been through so much in such a short period.  She was hiding behind Sam’s toilet, hunched up in a little ball, but she let me pet her without hissing at me—a miracle, Sam said.  So I brought her home with me.

The first night I had her home, she hid under the bed until the middle of the night when she jumped up and explored my window and the perimeter of my bedroom.  It wasn’t long before she started sleeping on my bed and demanding attention.  She loves to have her back and chin scratched!  She also loves catnip!

About a month later, I noticed she had become very lethargic and would drool a lot.  I assumed it was because she was older, but when she stopped eating I took her to the vet and they discovered a bloody ulcer in her mouth.  The vet diagnosed her with stomatitis which is a bacterial infection that causes severe gingivitis and is very painful.  So she was put on antibiotics and steroids.  Other than that, her blood tests and everything came out normal.  The vet informed me that in worst case scenarios they usually end up removing all of the cat’s teeth and then it would go away for good.

The first round of antibiotics worked like a charm.  Coco was happier and healthier than ever.  She wasn’t hiding, she was playing with her catnip strawberry, and purring up a storm.  6 weeks later, she started making funny noises after trying to eat and I knew her stomatitis was back.  The vet gave me a refill on her medicine and everything seemed to be okay.  She even put on some weight (up to 10 lbs now—fluffy kitty!)!

I’ve been really stressed out for a while because of the expense of Coco’s bills.  My mom hassles me about it and she and my dad pressure me to give her back to the shelter.  “The writing’s on the wall, they say.”  But it’s not that easy for me.  Coco is too sweet and I love her too much to just hand her back over.  I promised to be her forever home and I don’t want to let her down if I can help it.  So I emailed the director of the rescue center to ask for advice, and she informed me that if I give Coco back, there is a chance she will be euthanized.  I can’t let that happen!!  She’s not terminally ill or anything—it’s not like she has kidney failure, or heart disease or cancer.

Anyway, Coco finished her second round of meds last week, and I took her in for a follow-up visit today.  The meds apparently didn’t work.  Coco’s gums are terribly inflamed and the back ones even have pus on them.  When the vet told me Coco really needed a full mouth extraction (except for the front teeth), I burst into tears.  I think she wanted to cry at my distress as well.  She said she wouldn’t let Coco be put to sleep, and that she could set up a payment plan for me.  Still, I didn’t know what to do.

So now I’m faced with a really difficult choice.  I either come up with enough money within the next month or so (the surgery will cost about $1300—that’s with the $300 discount the vet gave me out of what I assume was pity), or I have give Coco back up for adoption with the chance she might be put to sleep.   I love her too much to just give her up.

If I had enough money to get her surgery right now I’d do it without hesitation, but under the current circumstances, I just can’t afford it.

So I’m asking for your help.  If you’d like to give a donation to help pay for Coco’s oral surgery, I’ve set up a paypal account in her honor.  I know times are tough for everyone so I’m not expecting anything.  But if you would like to help in any way, I would appreciate it from the bottom of my heart.  If enough funds can’t be raised, I will refund anyone and everyone who donated.

The link to the paypal account is HERE, & my email for paypal is kendrabean@gmail.com

I am also listing a bunch of movie memorabilia on ebay in effort to raise money.

Thanks for reading, everyone.  If any of you would like to pass this on, that would be amazing ♥

Love, me and Her Excellency, Duchess Coco Bean

Best of luck, Kendra. My cats are my everything, I couldn’t bear the thought of losing them. I’ll do what I can to help you, including a donation.
Can I post this on some of my FB pages to spread the word?
All my love ♥

Yes, please do!  So far we’ve raised $215!!  Thanks so much to everyone who has reblogged and/or donated!  Coco licked my arm this morning (she’s like a dog in some ways)

scarlettohara:

The Oliviers meet the Queen Mother in 1954.

Two queens~

I think we know who the truly fierce one is (hint: it’s not the one on the left)

notoriousdreamteam:

thank you so, so much, guys. am feeling the ♥ and i no longer feel like crying myself to sleep. in fact, i think i might have some energy left to study for exam #2 tonight!

i love tumblr so much. everyone is so nice here and when we’re catty, it’s for the right reasons and towards the right targets. so awesome.

ps. victoriastation, i don’t use paypal often, but i got the confirmation email, so i hope everything went through ok!

ps. darling-eliza22, i’m finally officially following you - i think cause all of us, we’re all reblogging the same pics all the time that i thought i was actually following you already, cause i saw your name all the time. so.. sorry for the delay but better late than never :)

ps. scarlettohara, oh how did you know that i love the arthur theme and movie and that i was NOT shocked when i found out that the man behind that voice looked like this

It did—thank you so much!  I’ve been able to raise $105 just tonight—I’m amazed people are being so supportive for Coco!

lilygarland:

victoriastation:

I’m sorry this is long.

This past May I adopted a beautiful seal point Siamese cat from the Southern CA Siamese Rescue.  When I saw her picture on the adoption website, I knew she was the one for me.  She was about 5 years old, had an imperial air, a beautiful face with the prettiest blue eyes, and to top it off, her name was Coco.  Coco Bean?  It was destiny!

The rescue center didn’t know much about her life prior to being brought to the shelter, just that she had been abandoned and was wandering the mean streets of Los Angeles before a kind lady saw her, started feeding her, and brought her to the rescue center.  The foster person that I picked her up from, Sam, said that Coco had needed two teeth extracted because of decay, and she was really shy because she had been through so much in such a short period.  She was hiding behind Sam’s toilet, hunched up in a little ball, but she let me pet her without hissing at me—a miracle, Sam said.  So I brought her home with me.

The first night I had her home, she hid under the bed until the middle of the night when she jumped up and explored my window and the perimeter of my bedroom.  It wasn’t long before she started sleeping on my bed and demanding attention.  She loves to have her back and chin scratched!  She also loves catnip!

About a month later, I noticed she had become very lethargic and would drool a lot.  I assumed it was because she was older, but when she stopped eating I took her to the vet and they discovered a bloody ulcer in her mouth.  The vet diagnosed her with stomatitis which is a bacterial infection that causes severe gingivitis and is very painful.  So she was put on antibiotics and steroids.  Other than that, her blood tests and everything came out normal.  The vet informed me that in worst case scenarios they usually end up removing all of the cat’s teeth and then it would go away for good.

The first round of antibiotics worked like a charm.  Coco was happier and healthier than ever.  She wasn’t hiding, she was playing with her catnip strawberry, and purring up a storm.  6 weeks later, she started making funny noises after trying to eat and I knew her stomatitis was back.  The vet gave me a refill on her medicine and everything seemed to be okay.  She even put on some weight (up to 10 lbs now—fluffy kitty!)!

I’ve been really stressed out for a while because of the expense of Coco’s bills.  My mom hassles me about it and she and my dad pressure me to give her back to the shelter.  “The writing’s on the wall, they say.”  But it’s not that easy for me.  Coco is too sweet and I love her too much to just hand her back over.  I promised to be her forever home and I don’t want to let her down if I can help it.  So I emailed the director of the rescue center to ask for advice, and she informed me that if I give Coco back, there is a chance she will be euthanized.  I can’t let that happen!!  She’s not terminally ill or anything—it’s not like she has kidney failure, or heart disease or cancer.

Anyway, Coco finished her second round of meds last week, and I took her in for a follow-up visit today.  The meds apparently didn’t work.  Coco’s gums are terribly inflamed and the back ones even have pus on them.  When the vet told me Coco really needed a full mouth extraction (except for the front teeth), I burst into tears.  I think she wanted to cry at my distress as well.  She said she wouldn’t let Coco be put to sleep, and that she could set up a payment plan for me.  Still, I didn’t know what to do.

So now I’m faced with a really difficult choice.  I either come up with enough money within the next month or so (the surgery will cost about $1300—that’s with the $300 discount the vet gave me out of what I assume was pity), or I have give Coco back up for adoption with the chance she might be put to sleep.   I love her too much to just give her up.

If I had enough money to get her surgery right now I’d do it without hesitation, but under the current circumstances, I just can’t afford it.

So I’m asking for your help.  If you’d like to give a donation to help pay for Coco’s oral surgery, I’ve set up a paypal account in her honor.  I know times are tough for everyone so I’m not expecting anything.  But if you would like to help in any way, I would appreciate it from the bottom of my heart.  If enough funds can’t be raised, I will refund anyone and everyone who donated.

The link to the paypal account is HERE, & my email for paypal is kendrabean@gmail.com

I am also listing a bunch of movie memorabilia on ebay in effort to raise money.

Thanks for reading, everyone.  If any of you would like to pass this on, that would be amazing ♥

Love, me and Her Excellency, Duchess Coco Bean

Good luck, Kendra.

Thanks <3

milesadrift:

notoriousdreamteam:

I NEED to pass this exam which is worth 52% of my final grade. I need to get as high a mark as possible, because the other 48% is going to be an oral and I am terrible at orals and it’s in March but I’m shitting my pants over it already. Just thinking of it is able to make me cry just like that.In our program, a 60% is a pass.

But I just got back from the exam and I feel like it went horribly. I’m on the verge of tears. I don’t know what I’ll do if I fail this course (and/or others) and have to repeat the failed third year course(s) again. I think it would cost just the same as a full course load, at just over $10,000 (we pay per program, not by the course) and I’ll be heartbroken because I know my parents would feel like they have to work longer and harder to help me with school. But they’re getting older and are totally stressed from work and they need to start looking after themselves. I NEED TO PASS THIRD YEAR.

god, the tears are going to be streaming down my face in a minute.  I just — I need to pass. I’m not religious, I never have been, but at times like these, I need some kind of faith to hold on to, something to help me keep up the hope that I’ll pass and that everything will be ok. I feel like I need a miracle, that’s how badly I feel like the exam went, today. Dear god/whatever your name is, please let me pass. I’m a good person and I just want to be able to graduate and get my license asap so I can take care of patients and take care of my family and loved ones.

I am keeping my fingers crossed for you! Good luck hun I know you will do great! *hugs*

you WILL pass.  In the name of all that’s Cary and Ingrid, this, too, shall pass :)

howdarling:

victoriastation:

darling-eliza22:

notoriousdreamteam:

victoriastation:

likeadoll:

victoriastation:

I’m sorry this is long.

This past May I adopted a beautiful seal point Siamese cat from the Southern CA Siamese Rescue.  When I saw her picture on the adoption website, I knew she was the one for me.  She was about 5 years old, had an imperial air, a beautiful face with the prettiest blue eyes, and to top it off, her name was Coco.  Coco Bean?  It was destiny!

The rescue center didn’t know much about her life prior to being brought to the shelter, just that she had been abandoned and was wandering the mean streets of Los Angeles before a kind lady saw her, started feeding her, and brought her to the rescue center.  The foster person that I picked her up from, Sam, said that Coco had needed two teeth extracted because of decay, and she was really shy because she had been through so much in such a short period.  She was hiding behind Sam’s toilet, hunched up in a little ball, but she let me pet her without hissing at me—a miracle, Sam said.  So I brought her home with me.

The first night I had her home, she hid under the bed until the middle of the night when she jumped up and explored my window and the perimeter of my bedroom.  It wasn’t long before she started sleeping on my bed and demanding attention.  She loves to have her back and chin scratched!  She also loves catnip!

About a month later, I noticed she had become very lethargic and would drool a lot.  I assumed it was because she was older, but when she stopped eating I took her to the vet and they discovered a bloody ulcer in her mouth.  The vet diagnosed her with stomatitis which is a bacterial infection that causes severe gingivitis and is very painful.  So she was put on antibiotics and steroids.  Other than that, her blood tests and everything came out normal.  The vet informed me that in worst case scenarios they usually end up removing all of the cat’s teeth and then it would go away for good.

The first round of antibiotics worked like a charm.  Coco was happier and healthier than ever.  She wasn’t hiding, she was playing with her catnip strawberry, and purring up a storm.  6 weeks later, she started making funny noises after trying to eat and I knew her stomatitis was back.  The vet gave me a refill on her medicine and everything seemed to be okay.  She even put on some weight (up to 10 lbs now—fluffy kitty!)!

I’ve been really stressed out for a while because of the expense of Coco’s bills.  My mom hassles me about it and she and my dad pressure me to give her back to the shelter.  “The writing’s on the wall, they say.”  But it’s not that easy for me.  Coco is too sweet and I love her too much to just hand her back over.  I promised to be her forever home and I don’t want to let her down if I can help it.  So I emailed the director of the rescue center to ask for advice, and she informed me that if I give Coco back, there is a chance she will be euthanized.  I can’t let that happen!!  She’s not terminally ill or anything—it’s not like she has kidney failure, or heart disease or cancer.

Anyway, Coco finished her second round of meds last week, and I took her in for a follow-up visit today.  The meds apparently didn’t work.  Coco’s gums are terribly inflamed and the back ones even have pus on them.  When the vet told me Coco really needed a full mouth extraction (except for the front teeth), I burst into tears.  I think she wanted to cry at my distress as well.  She said she wouldn’t let Coco be put to sleep, and that she could set up a payment plan for me.  Still, I didn’t know what to do.

So now I’m faced with a really difficult choice.  I either come up with enough money within the next month or so (the surgery will cost about $1300—that’s with the $300 discount the vet gave me out of what I assume was pity), or I have give Coco back up for adoption with the chance she might be put to sleep.   I love her too much to just give her up.

If I had enough money to get her surgery right now I’d do it without hesitation, but under the current circumstances, I just can’t afford it.

So I’m asking for your help.  If you’d like to give a donation to help pay for Coco’s oral surgery, I’ve set up a paypal account in her honor.  I know times are tough for everyone so I’m not expecting anything.  But if you would like to help in any way, I would appreciate it from the bottom of my heart.  If enough funds can’t be raised, I will refund anyone and everyone who donated.

The link to the paypal account is HERE, & my email for paypal is kendrabean@gmail.com

I am also listing a bunch of movie memorabilia on ebay in effort to raise money.

Thanks for reading, everyone.  If any of you would like to pass this on, that would be amazing ♥

Love, me and Her Excellency, Duchess Coco Bean

I’m definitely interested in the stuff you’re going to sell on ebay! What’s your account name? And I really want to donate but it’s my dad’s Paypal so I gotta let him know first!

my ebay name is porcelina01.  I haven’t listed anything yet, but here’s some of what I have off hand:

Canon Powershot SD600 digital camera

Clark Gable collector’s plate

1960s GWTW lobby card

EW magazine with twilight on the cover (any Twilight fans out there?)

GWTW and A Streetcar Named Desire LPs

Magnum Cinema—book (new condition)

Life in Hollywood by Peter Stackpole—book (new condition)

Vivien Leigh autograph

The Forties in Vogue—book

High Exposure: Images from the Archives of the LA Times—book

i’ll be donating via paypal, i just need to make sure i have a balance in my account. the amount will unfortunately be like a drop in the bucket, but i hope there will be many drops from many friends to fill the bucket for coco. she’s adorable. i can tell you love her so. good luck ♥

Thanks so much, guys!!

Will probably be purchasing something. GSYK. Good luck, I can’t imagine loosing my cat. She’s my best friend.

Thanks!  I’ll post when I have stuff listed!

hideloveaway:

victoriastation:

I’m sorry this is long.

This past May I adopted a beautiful seal point Siamese cat from the Southern CA Siamese Rescue.  When I saw her picture on the adoption website, I knew she was the one for me.  She was about 5 years old, had an imperial air, a beautiful face with the prettiest blue eyes, and to top it off, her name was Coco.  Coco Bean?  It was destiny!

The rescue center didn’t know much about her life prior to being brought to the shelter, just that she had been abandoned and was wandering the mean streets of Los Angeles before a kind lady saw her, started feeding her, and brought her to the rescue center.  The foster person that I picked her up from, Sam, said that Coco had needed two teeth extracted because of decay, and she was really shy because she had been through so much in such a short period.  She was hiding behind Sam’s toilet, hunched up in a little ball, but she let me pet her without hissing at me—a miracle, Sam said.  So I brought her home with me.

The first night I had her home, she hid under the bed until the middle of the night when she jumped up and explored my window and the perimeter of my bedroom.  It wasn’t long before she started sleeping on my bed and demanding attention.  She loves to have her back and chin scratched!  She also loves catnip!

About a month later, I noticed she had become very lethargic and would drool a lot.  I assumed it was because she was older, but when she stopped eating I took her to the vet and they discovered a bloody ulcer in her mouth.  The vet diagnosed her with stomatitis which is a bacterial infection that causes severe gingivitis and is very painful.  So she was put on antibiotics and steroids.  Other than that, her blood tests and everything came out normal.  The vet informed me that in worst case scenarios they usually end up removing all of the cat’s teeth and then it would go away for good.

The first round of antibiotics worked like a charm.  Coco was happier and healthier than ever.  She wasn’t hiding, she was playing with her catnip strawberry, and purring up a storm.  6 weeks later, she started making funny noises after trying to eat and I knew her stomatitis was back.  The vet gave me a refill on her medicine and everything seemed to be okay.  She even put on some weight (up to 10 lbs now—fluffy kitty!)!

I’ve been really stressed out for a while because of the expense of Coco’s bills.  My mom hassles me about it and she and my dad pressure me to give her back to the shelter.  “The writing’s on the wall, they say.”  But it’s not that easy for me.  Coco is too sweet and I love her too much to just hand her back over.  I promised to be her forever home and I don’t want to let her down if I can help it.  So I emailed the director of the rescue center to ask for advice, and she informed me that if I give Coco back, there is a chance she will be euthanized.  I can’t let that happen!!  She’s not terminally ill or anything—it’s not like she has kidney failure, or heart disease or cancer.

Anyway, Coco finished her second round of meds last week, and I took her in for a follow-up visit today.  The meds apparently didn’t work.  Coco’s gums are terribly inflamed and the back ones even have pus on them.  When the vet told me Coco really needed a full mouth extraction (except for the front teeth), I burst into tears.  I think she wanted to cry at my distress as well.  She said she wouldn’t let Coco be put to sleep, and that she could set up a payment plan for me.  Still, I didn’t know what to do.

So now I’m faced with a really difficult choice.  I either come up with enough money within the next month or so (the surgery will cost about $1300—that’s with the $300 discount the vet gave me out of what I assume was pity), or I have give Coco back up for adoption with the chance she might be put to sleep.   I love her too much to just give her up.

If I had enough money to get her surgery right now I’d do it without hesitation, but under the current circumstances, I just can’t afford it.

So I’m asking for your help.  If you’d like to give a donation to help pay for Coco’s oral surgery, I’ve set up a paypal account in her honor.  I know times are tough for everyone so I’m not expecting anything.  But if you would like to help in any way, I would appreciate it from the bottom of my heart.  If enough funds can’t be raised, I will refund anyone and everyone who donated.

The link to the paypal account is HERE, & my email for paypal is kendrabean@gmail.com

I am also listing a bunch of movie memorabilia on ebay in effort to raise money.

Thanks for reading, everyone.  If any of you would like to pass this on, that would be amazing ♥

Love, me and Her Excellency, Duchess Coco Bean

Hey Kendra! I’ve given something, it’s not much but I want Coco to stay with you cause you love her so much.:)

Thanks soooo much!!! <3

likeadoll:

victoriastation:

I’m sorry this is long.

This past May I adopted a beautiful seal point Siamese cat from the Southern CA Siamese Rescue.  When I saw her picture on the adoption website, I knew she was the one for me.  She was about 5 years old, had an imperial air, a beautiful face with the prettiest blue eyes, and to top it off, her name was Coco.  Coco Bean?  It was destiny!

The rescue center didn’t know much about her life prior to being brought to the shelter, just that she had been abandoned and was wandering the mean streets of Los Angeles before a kind lady saw her, started feeding her, and brought her to the rescue center.  The foster person that I picked her up from, Sam, said that Coco had needed two teeth extracted because of decay, and she was really shy because she had been through so much in such a short period.  She was hiding behind Sam’s toilet, hunched up in a little ball, but she let me pet her without hissing at me—a miracle, Sam said.  So I brought her home with me.

The first night I had her home, she hid under the bed until the middle of the night when she jumped up and explored my window and the perimeter of my bedroom.  It wasn’t long before she started sleeping on my bed and demanding attention.  She loves to have her back and chin scratched!  She also loves catnip!

About a month later, I noticed she had become very lethargic and would drool a lot.  I assumed it was because she was older, but when she stopped eating I took her to the vet and they discovered a bloody ulcer in her mouth.  The vet diagnosed her with stomatitis which is a bacterial infection that causes severe gingivitis and is very painful.  So she was put on antibiotics and steroids.  Other than that, her blood tests and everything came out normal.  The vet informed me that in worst case scenarios they usually end up removing all of the cat’s teeth and then it would go away for good.

The first round of antibiotics worked like a charm.  Coco was happier and healthier than ever.  She wasn’t hiding, she was playing with her catnip strawberry, and purring up a storm.  6 weeks later, she started making funny noises after trying to eat and I knew her stomatitis was back.  The vet gave me a refill on her medicine and everything seemed to be okay.  She even put on some weight (up to 10 lbs now—fluffy kitty!)!

I’ve been really stressed out for a while because of the expense of Coco’s bills.  My mom hassles me about it and she and my dad pressure me to give her back to the shelter.  “The writing’s on the wall, they say.”  But it’s not that easy for me.  Coco is too sweet and I love her too much to just hand her back over.  I promised to be her forever home and I don’t want to let her down if I can help it.  So I emailed the director of the rescue center to ask for advice, and she informed me that if I give Coco back, there is a chance she will be euthanized.  I can’t let that happen!!  She’s not terminally ill or anything—it’s not like she has kidney failure, or heart disease or cancer.

Anyway, Coco finished her second round of meds last week, and I took her in for a follow-up visit today.  The meds apparently didn’t work.  Coco’s gums are terribly inflamed and the back ones even have pus on them.  When the vet told me Coco really needed a full mouth extraction (except for the front teeth), I burst into tears.  I think she wanted to cry at my distress as well.  She said she wouldn’t let Coco be put to sleep, and that she could set up a payment plan for me.  Still, I didn’t know what to do.

So now I’m faced with a really difficult choice.  I either come up with enough money within the next month or so (the surgery will cost about $1300—that’s with the $300 discount the vet gave me out of what I assume was pity), or I have give Coco back up for adoption with the chance she might be put to sleep.   I love her too much to just give her up.

If I had enough money to get her surgery right now I’d do it without hesitation, but under the current circumstances, I just can’t afford it.

So I’m asking for your help.  If you’d like to give a donation to help pay for Coco’s oral surgery, I’ve set up a paypal account in her honor.  I know times are tough for everyone so I’m not expecting anything.  But if you would like to help in any way, I would appreciate it from the bottom of my heart.  If enough funds can’t be raised, I will refund anyone and everyone who donated.

The link to the paypal account is HERE, & my email for paypal is kendrabean@gmail.com

I am also listing a bunch of movie memorabilia on ebay in effort to raise money.

Thanks for reading, everyone.  If any of you would like to pass this on, that would be amazing ♥

Love, me and Her Excellency, Duchess Coco Bean

I’m definitely interested in the stuff you’re going to sell on ebay! What’s your account name? And I really want to donate but it’s my dad’s Paypal so I gotta let him know first!

Thanks so, so, so much!

darling-eliza22:

notoriousdreamteam:

victoriastation:

likeadoll:

victoriastation:

I’m sorry this is long.

This past May I adopted a beautiful seal point Siamese cat from the Southern CA Siamese Rescue.  When I saw her picture on the adoption website, I knew she was the one for me.  She was about 5 years old, had an imperial air, a beautiful face with the prettiest blue eyes, and to top it off, her name was Coco.  Coco Bean?  It was destiny!

The rescue center didn’t know much about her life prior to being brought to the shelter, just that she had been abandoned and was wandering the mean streets of Los Angeles before a kind lady saw her, started feeding her, and brought her to the rescue center.  The foster person that I picked her up from, Sam, said that Coco had needed two teeth extracted because of decay, and she was really shy because she had been through so much in such a short period.  She was hiding behind Sam’s toilet, hunched up in a little ball, but she let me pet her without hissing at me—a miracle, Sam said.  So I brought her home with me.

The first night I had her home, she hid under the bed until the middle of the night when she jumped up and explored my window and the perimeter of my bedroom.  It wasn’t long before she started sleeping on my bed and demanding attention.  She loves to have her back and chin scratched!  She also loves catnip!

About a month later, I noticed she had become very lethargic and would drool a lot.  I assumed it was because she was older, but when she stopped eating I took her to the vet and they discovered a bloody ulcer in her mouth.  The vet diagnosed her with stomatitis which is a bacterial infection that causes severe gingivitis and is very painful.  So she was put on antibiotics and steroids.  Other than that, her blood tests and everything came out normal.  The vet informed me that in worst case scenarios they usually end up removing all of the cat’s teeth and then it would go away for good.

The first round of antibiotics worked like a charm.  Coco was happier and healthier than ever.  She wasn’t hiding, she was playing with her catnip strawberry, and purring up a storm.  6 weeks later, she started making funny noises after trying to eat and I knew her stomatitis was back.  The vet gave me a refill on her medicine and everything seemed to be okay.  She even put on some weight (up to 10 lbs now—fluffy kitty!)!

I’ve been really stressed out for a while because of the expense of Coco’s bills.  My mom hassles me about it and she and my dad pressure me to give her back to the shelter.  “The writing’s on the wall, they say.”  But it’s not that easy for me.  Coco is too sweet and I love her too much to just hand her back over.  I promised to be her forever home and I don’t want to let her down if I can help it.  So I emailed the director of the rescue center to ask for advice, and she informed me that if I give Coco back, there is a chance she will be euthanized.  I can’t let that happen!!  She’s not terminally ill or anything—it’s not like she has kidney failure, or heart disease or cancer.

Anyway, Coco finished her second round of meds last week, and I took her in for a follow-up visit today.  The meds apparently didn’t work.  Coco’s gums are terribly inflamed and the back ones even have pus on them.  When the vet told me Coco really needed a full mouth extraction (except for the front teeth), I burst into tears.  I think she wanted to cry at my distress as well.  She said she wouldn’t let Coco be put to sleep, and that she could set up a payment plan for me.  Still, I didn’t know what to do.

So now I’m faced with a really difficult choice.  I either come up with enough money within the next month or so (the surgery will cost about $1300—that’s with the $300 discount the vet gave me out of what I assume was pity), or I have give Coco back up for adoption with the chance she might be put to sleep.   I love her too much to just give her up.

If I had enough money to get her surgery right now I’d do it without hesitation, but under the current circumstances, I just can’t afford it.

So I’m asking for your help.  If you’d like to give a donation to help pay for Coco’s oral surgery, I’ve set up a paypal account in her honor.  I know times are tough for everyone so I’m not expecting anything.  But if you would like to help in any way, I would appreciate it from the bottom of my heart.  If enough funds can’t be raised, I will refund anyone and everyone who donated.

The link to the paypal account is HERE, & my email for paypal is kendrabean@gmail.com

I am also listing a bunch of movie memorabilia on ebay in effort to raise money.

Thanks for reading, everyone.  If any of you would like to pass this on, that would be amazing ♥

Love, me and Her Excellency, Duchess Coco Bean

I’m definitely interested in the stuff you’re going to sell on ebay! What’s your account name? And I really want to donate but it’s my dad’s Paypal so I gotta let him know first!

my ebay name is porcelina01.  I haven’t listed anything yet, but here’s some of what I have off hand:

Canon Powershot SD600 digital camera

Clark Gable collector’s plate

1960s GWTW lobby card

EW magazine with twilight on the cover (any Twilight fans out there?)

GWTW and A Streetcar Named Desire LPs

Magnum Cinema—book (new condition)

Life in Hollywood by Peter Stackpole—book (new condition)

Vivien Leigh autograph

The Forties in Vogue—book

High Exposure: Images from the Archives of the LA Times—book

i’ll be donating via paypal, i just need to make sure i have a balance in my account. the amount will unfortunately be like a drop in the bucket, but i hope there will be many drops from many friends to fill the bucket for coco. she’s adorable. i can tell you love her so. good luck ♥

Thanks so much, guys!!

milesadrift:

starsofyesterday:

Help out a fellow classic film fan by donating as much as you can to help save her sweet little kitty Coco!

Donate!

(even if it’s $10 or something, it will add up!)

Read her story here!

You may know her already. She runs the marvelous vivandlarry.com website.

@victoriastation I just posted this at starsofyesterday since I have 500 followers there maybe some will donate!

aww thanks so much!!  I’m also going to post something at vivandlarry.com, and I’ll let you know when I list that stuff on ebay <3