CH Kitty Solomon/ Hope For Solomon

THECHANUKAH TSHIRT IS A FUNDRAISOR TO HELP SOLOMON. ALL FUNDS WILL BE SENT DIRCECTLY TO VETS OFFICE FOR HIS MEDICAL SURGICAL PROCEDURE VIA CREDIT CARD. Thank you, Debbie Martin FROM CRTSTAL FOLEY: Below comes from Crystal Foley who is Solomon's mom Cerebellar Hypoplasia boy, Solomon, was recently diagnosed with ear polyps and tooth resorption and needs two separate surgeries performed, at the very earliest possible date, to correct these issues.
The polyps are running deep in and through his ear canal and have created chronic, life-long sinus problems which have resulted in bloody infections several times each year. These sinus infections are eating away the bone in his face and will eventually result in his death if not halted. It looked like we were going to lose him to this just last year. The tooth resorption is a genetic disease that just kicked in over this past year. This disease causes his body to attack and disintegrate his teeth, believing them to be foreign invaders. This is an exceptionally painful disease. Because Solomon is intolerant to almost all medications, including pain medications, and so cannot take the long-term meds that might help control the disease, all of his teeth must be removed.

This is Solomon's story: Solomon is a handsome CH boy who I rescued from a Minnesota farm in 2006 when he was 1 ½ yrs old. He'd been raised as an indoor cat for the first year of his life only to be discarded back outside that spring to fend for himself when this litter box-loving boy suddenly began urinating outside of the box. He did not do well. He was unable to control his body temperature, physically unable to curl up to retain warmth, unable to access the areas that the barn cats did in order to find adequate shelter, had extreme difficulty in accessing the food and water left out for the barn cats, was unable to catch or eat rodents (it appeared, in the end, that he'd not had food or water at all for several days), and, on top of all of this, he had been front-declawed so had no ability to defend himself.

When I arrived at the farm on that very cold, icy, snowy November day and saw him … I have no words to describe the magnitude of what I felt. He was so ill and so weak that he was reduced to slowly crawling and dragging himself along on his stomach, desperately and repeatedly trying to crawl back into the warmth and safety of the house in which he had lived his first year of life, only to have the farmer push him back outside into the bitter cold with his boot. He was deathly quiet, unaware of anyone around him and was visibly shaking from the cold.

Our first stop on the way home was to the nearest vet where Solomon was found to have a severe bladder infection and blood in his urine from bladder crystals (the cause of his having accidents in the house), fleas, worms, a viral infection, severe dehydration and malnutrition, and ear mites which had caused his eardrum to rupture – ruptures which may have resulted in the ear polyps that have plagued him ever since. The vet said, at the time, that he would have died within the week had no one intervened. It's still extremely difficult for me to think of such a precious and gentle little being and sweet little soul, one who is so unbelievably responsive and affectionate to every other living being and who is adored by everyone, being left alone to slowly suffer and die in that manner. It is utterly unimaginable and utterly heart breaking.

It has taken over 7 ½ years to diagnose the ear polyps. Seven and a half years of tests, of trial and error, of adding and eliminating foods, medications and supplements from his diet, of thinking we'd finally gotten his sinus infections resolved on innumerable occasions only to have them resurface once again, of thousands of dollars spent trying to help my boy. Now, instead of finding just another trigger for the infections, we have finally found the cause and, so, the solution. A solution which will finally free my little man from the constant irritation and pain that he has had to live with throughout the majority of his life. - At a time in which I am unable, for the first time in his life, to help him. The cost of both surgeries, plus travel expenses and care for my other Babes at home (all cats rescued from the streets, all “unadoptable” due to their own health issues), is likely to exceed $7,800.

I have no means of obtaining these funds. Due to my own chronic health issues I am no longer able to work and so have no overtime available to attain the funds and no 401k to pull from as I did in the past. Everything I had left, could sell and could scrape together went to pay for the $1,800 cost of his recent diagnosis - every penny well spent.

Any amount that anyone can spare will be helpful and truly and forever appreciated. If you are unable to donate at this time, please consider helping me spread the word by sharing this page on any social media platform. - Thank you!

This one little boy holds my heart and my soul. He has laid by my side for days when I was ill, and I've laid by his for days, under the kitchen table (by his choice), when he almost died from a miss-diagnosed illness shortly after I brought him home from the farm. I would do anything for him. With these surgeries, Solomon now has the chance to, once again, be his happy, sweet, fun, intelligent, affectionate, interactive, joyous little self. Pain-free. No more sitting with his face over heat registers or tucked down into my arm or the couch. No more struggling to eat. He gives so much joy and love, companionship and fun (as everyone whose had the great blessing to have a CH cat family member will ardently attest to) I want so much for him to be finally be free from pain. Free to take full joy in the long and happy, life that is finally now available to him. Finally. Anything that anyone can do to help Solomon will be truly, gratefully, and forever appreciated. Pet Crossing, the hospital that must do the surgeries due to the complications involved, is an AAHA accredited facility, the vet doing the surgery has served on the AAHA Board of Directors. There is a specialist readily available at the facility. I'm sure that their knowledge and skill are the reason they are so expensive. Dr. Kate Knutson 10861 Bloomington Ferry Road Bloomington, MN 55438
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I almost lost Solomon after a routine teeth cleaning at a very reputable facility two years ago. It took him over 6 weeks to come back and longer to recover and it did not look as if he was going to. There is nowhere less expensive to go that will not put him at risk. Only Pet Crossing and Blue Pearl have the capacity to accommodate Solomon's medical needs and the charges for the surgeries at both hospitals are in the same range.

Pet Crossing was able to devote the three needed staff, the necessary equipment and an entire day to Solomon's diagnosis and dental care back in August of this year, and due to their knowledge and expert care he actually came out of the process without incident. This has never happened before, it was a miracle. Unfortunately, he went into another downhill spiral a week or so after that appt due to complications caused by the medications that were needed and used to treat his pain from the tooth removals he'd had at the visit. This is why, for both surgeries, he will need to be hospitalized for 5 to 7 days where he will be closely monitored and receive pain meds and nutrients via IV.

Solomon is not recovering from that spiral and is having more complications as we try to control the resulting sinus infections and the pain from the new teeth that are now being resorbed. This is a never-ending cycle that will not be broken until both surgeries have taken place. And I'm afraid. All it will take is one sinus infection that we can't get under control and he would be gone. Not because there is no attainable cure but for lack of money.