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Also I should mention in many ways Asher feels so much more loved these days even without pain meds making him a bit dopey.

he is such a lover and a cuddler. I know people may ask how do you know he is grateful?

Well the same way a person who is appreciative and hurting and thinking they wouldn’t make it and wakes up alive and in less pain with people who support him. I have known this cats behavior before and he was incredible before ;)

I think he truely feels like he matters and all of you helped out with all the shares, thoughts, donations and kindness.

He’s sooo affectionate and goofy funny, he lets us know if he needs something pretty easily.

Hes found his way to signal to us he wants something now just like a dog or a human or whatever life forms can do this.

Thanks again for all your kindness and shares and solidarity with our Floofy friend Asher. We are truly humbled by the support and will do everything to make sure Asher gets the best treatment possible. We love you all and thank you again.

Derek Jolene and Barbara.

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Picking him up now.

from vet wow care is so good here and prices are pretty reasonable. Asher is almost home 🏠. Back in two weeks to remove stitches he’s on a fentanyl patch for two weeks we come back next week and they put on another meds gabapentin and amitryptaline(sp)
Everything else seems good he’s super stoned I think because generally he’s not so chill hanging or riding in the car. We shall see when we get him home. Thank you everyone so so so much.

@everyday_human @EVDHmn
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Asher made it out of surgery ok! ✅. All clear. Now 3/4 weeks of healing.
Going to go see if I can see him later. I miss our floof! 😁

@everyday_human @EVDHmn

update:

So yesterday. We took Asher to the vet,

vet said:
They are fully blocked the bladder is twice the size of a walnut and firm to the feel.

We said:
we know that’s why we are here to confirm.
What’s the best course of action given the circumstances.

Vet said: Well the only thing I can do is cath and unblock him but he most likely will need a pu surgery.

Here a link: It explains the procedure fairly well.

https://petsoverload.com/what-is-a-perineal-urethrostomy-pu-surgery-and-what-do-i-need-to-know/

So then we asked:
We have already called around to see what can be done with him?
Vet: I only recommended three sources.
Fairmont, Cheat lake and Pvsc(Now known as Blue Pearl)
Us:
Cheat lake wasn’t taking any new patients when we called.

Fairmont is vet he recommended was a week out

Blue Pearl seems like the only option.

“We asked the vet to send records and we decided we would have to brave the hour and 30minutes car drive and be seen at pvsec”

Asher was spasming keep in mind about every 5-10 minutes and pretty miserable with pain and they didn’t give him anything for it.
I tried to take all the main roads to get there to make his drive less curvy.

To top it all off we were scared as hell.
Here we are going to an emergency vet and having him go to a procedure not knowing if he’s going to go into some kind of internal stress shock while we travel l.
Something like interstitial cystitis.
Only on a total body systemic scale.

So yeah we were catastrophically playing out scenarios but since this seemed like the only option at a shot at normal life for Asher and hopefully not have the condition reoccur.

On the way we encountered a huge storm going through a pass and the wind picked up and somehow blew away part of my undercarriage. This was a P.A. State road with no pullover spots so much

Picture is below. I grabbed some speaker wire out of the back of the car and wired it cross tied securely as I could and continued the following miles.

We were 20 miles out then and definitely worried every bump.

We were worried my other stuff would fall down and hit the ground and we were an hour a half away from home so it was a concern it was getting late.

I posted when I was at pvsec(blue pearl)
They wanted 6k upfront to do the surgery. All the staff was professional and great
We just couldn’t afford it. I thought 😥. For a few moments I gave up.

As soon as I did.

We went outside to talk.

We thought to recall the other 24 hour emergency place to see if they could work with us and they did.
Cheat lake Animal Hospital🥹.

They wanted 10x less deposit with half the price from a qualified surgeon who does this frequently successfully.
They happen to be two hours away so we did that.

Another long drive Asher’s picture there is in the preceding post.

I talked to them this morning and getting ready to call and talk to them now Asher has been great. It seems he has a following of sorts now.

From just these three experiences I have learned the people that work in these organizations have good intentions.

However like us all they have to conform to the standards that are set for them professionally.

I’ve met so many caring people many people that were super cool and some happen to be obviously neurodivergent as well.

We are so grateful and thank you everyone who has donated shared or boosted #ProjectAsher

We couldn’t have afforded this and we would have probably not been able to help him as much and we appreciate the world of you who did or said a prayer or kind thought about Asher.

We are starting a second round of trying to hit a little closer to our goal and thank all of you who have donated and shared and boosted as said before.

I’ll still update #Fedi, I know people care, I know some of you worry about him but know we are doing the best we can.

It sucks not to be able to help a loved member of the family to doctor because you are too poor to deserve help in a merit based way.

That’s what it felt like too us and really made us realize how fragile things can change and turn in a positive or negative way.

Sometimes I guess it’s how you respond or show up to life, 🤷‍♀️.

It’s much harder to go through these things period, let alone blogging about them to the world.
It’s a comfort to know how many care and share and we are sincerely grateful .
I mentioned earlier if it makes anyone feel more comfortable they can donate to Asher’s surgery directly.

Cheat Lake Animal Hotpital.

1,304-594-1124
Close to Morgantown WV.

Asher Beucher

In closing this update I still have to add images from the vets.
Which I will do for here and go fund me.

I learned even more try to cherish every moment with love ones. Try to be in that moment and live it, appreciate it, you never know when it will change🥰.

Have a great rest of the day!

Derek, Jolene and Barbara, Asher,Kola, Pan, Mochi.