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CHANGE OF PLANS - Diablo went in this morning for the surgery! He has lost more weight and we all fear for his health. - Please share and donate if you can. - https://www.gofundme.com/diablos-emergency-dental-work - Hello everyone, I am Diablo. I am a #SA, and #ESA. I am needing to get a emergency full dental extraction ASAP. - Right now we are working with Cascade Park Animal Hospital. We had blood work drawn done, the results last for 30 days. Other then high antibioties my blood looked good. We want to get the money together so that I don't have to go through that again. - If you wish to help via PayPal the email is DODGE1973 @ LIVE . COM - You may call and check with our vet to verify that this is really needed / happening Cascade Park Animal Hospital 360-892-2122 Danielle Mason is mommas name! Diablo Mason is name kitty name! - The low estimate for the full dental extraction is 1,342.90$ and the high estimate is 2,043.10$, neither of these take into account any form of taxes. - We have dropped the gofundme down to 2,500$ to cover the high estimate and any possible taxes that may come up. - At this time we want to at least make it to the 1,342.90$ so that the low estimate is covered! - I have not been able to eat much, and have been loosing weight. Within 2 vet visits, within less then 10 days of each other I lost 2-3 lbs depending on how you read the scale. - It is imperative that I get in soon to have this done. - Again, if anything over what is needed for the dental surgery is raised we will be given it to @tcarescue - they mostly use their Facebook page - they are the wonderful group who got me to my FURever home! - Thank you all for you love, well wish, shares, and donations. - #mainecoon_feature #cats_of_instagram #washington #pdx #oregon #felinestomatitis #felinestomatitiswarrior #stomatitis #DiabloLordOfTerrorDestructionAndCute #PayPal #dental #dentalextraction #emergency #SACatCrew #Siamese #mainecoon #share #donate #godundme

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The day Annie lost her teeth

On Sept 17, 2015, after several years of dealing with nagging oral inflammation, our beloved cat, Annie, was diagnosed with feline stomatitis.  After consulting with several veterinarians and finally a veterinary oral surgeon, it was recommended that Annie undergo surgery to extract ALL of her teeth.

Symptoms of feline stomatitis:  Annie’s fragile body is hypersensitive to infection.  In the mouth, this causes Annie’s immune system to attack the plaque that builds up on her teeth.  This leads to inflammation of the gums followed by secondary bacterial infection of the inflamed tissue leading to further exacerbation of the inflammation to the point where it becomes unbearable to chew.  Over time, tooth resorption often sets in (tooth destruction).  And to top things off, the inflammation often migrates to the back corner of the jaw and throat (caudal mucositis) which then makes it too painful to swallow.  All of this leads to extreme pain, loss of appetite, dramatic weight loss, lethargy, starvation and eventual death if left untreated. 

Ever since Annie was a kitten her immune system began attacking the plaque on her teeth.  The first time she ever went to the Vet, they already noticed that her gums were slightly inflamed.  By the time she was just 1 and a half years old, she already exhibited heavy plaque build-up and inflammation and required her first dental cleaning to remove the plaque build-up.  But less than a year later, the plaque had already built up again with worsening inflammation.  And less than another year later, Annie required her first tooth extraction.

This disease is confusing, frustrating and frightening.  I was a veterinary assistant for several years during and just after college, but had never heard of this disease before.  My first personal frustration with Annie’s situation is that we visited at least 8 different veterinarians, including veterinarians at Washington DC’s most revered veterinary hospitals over the course of 3 years before she was finally diagnosed with feline stomatitis.  Most of the vets “shrugged” her condition off as mere chronic gingivitis.  But after her eventual diagnosis, my internet research suggested that feline stomatitis is not such a rare disease in cats.  So why did it take so long to diagnose and why were so many veterinarians so clueless about it?  Further, despite the apparent large number of cases, there is still no known cure and it continues to be a mysterious and poorly understood condition.

Adding to my frustration is that there are many opinions and courses of treatments available and offered by veterinarians, each with varying levels of success and failure, but none of which have a 100% success rate.  Annie has tried nearly all of the available treatments, but continues to be affected.

The good news for Annie is that a year after her big surgery, she is alive and well, happy, and for the most part comfortable.  In fact, I am happy to report that at the time of this posting, Annie is the happiest and most comfortable she has been since she was a kitten.  But Annie’s journey is not over yet and we continue to manage this strange disease and I can only pray that her current wellness is long lasting.  Many cats spend their entire lives in a constant battle against this condition.  

I decided to start this blog because Annie has been through too much for this not to be documented in some way.  She has responded well to her treatment and I wanted to share both her successes and pains. Annie is awesome.  Expect many more postings on her daily antics, annoyances, and just how awesome she is.  I also wanted to offer support to others that may be dealing with this.  When the dental surgeon told me that removing all of Annie’s teeth was the best hope for her long-term survival, I felt the world on my shoulders and I felt utterly alone with such a drastic decision to make. You are not alone.

Welcome to “All About Annie.”

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Having a really bad day today. Momma had to force feed me again today. I didn't want to walk either. So, even if we don't get the funds by then, we will just have to do it and hope for the best. - - https://www.gofundme.com/diablos-emergency-dental-work - Hello everyone, I am Diablo. I am a #SA, and #ESA. I am needing to get a emergency full dental extraction ASAP. - Right now we are working with Cascade Park Animal Hospital. We had blood work drawn done, the results last for 30 days. Other then high antibioties my blood looked good. We want to get the money together so that I don't have to go through that again. - If you wish to help via PayPal the email is DODGE1973 @ LIVE . COM - You may call and check with our vet to verify that this is really needed / happening Cascade Park Animal Hospital 360-892-2122 Danielle Mason is mommas name! Diablo Mason is name kitty name! - The low estimate for the full dental extraction is 1,342.90$ and the high estimate is 2,043.10$, neither of these take into account any form of taxes. - We have dropped the gofundme down to 2,500$ to cover the high estimate and any possible taxes that may come up. - At this time we want to at least make it to the 1,342.90$ so that the low estimate is covered! - I have not been able to eat much, and have been loosing weight. Within 2 vet visits, within less then 10 days of each other I lost 2-3 lbs depending on how you read the scale. - It is imperative that I get in soon to have this done. - Again, if anything over what is needed for the dental surgery is raised we will be given it to @tcarescue - they mostly use their Facebook page - they are the wonderful group who got me to my FURever home! - Thank you all for you love, well wish, shares, and donations. - #mainecoon_feature #cats_of_instagram #washington #pdx #oregon #felinestomatitis #felinestomatitiswarrior #stomatitis #DiabloLordOfTerrorDestructionAndCute #PayPal #dental #dentalextraction #emergency #SACatCrew #Siamese #mainecoon #share #donate #godundme

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Let's just go to bed mom, we have both had a hard and upsetting day. 😿💔 - - https://www.gofundme.com/diablos-emergency-dental-work - Hello everyone, I am Diablo. I am a #SA, and #ESA. I am needing to get a emergency full dental extraction ASAP. - Right now we are working with Cascade Park Animal Hospital. We had blood work drawn done, the results last for 30 days. Other then high antibioties my blood looked good. We want to get the money together so that I don't have to go through that again. - If you wish to help via PayPal the email is DODGE1973 @ LIVE . COM - You may call and check with our vet to verify that this is really needed / happening Cascade Park Animal Hospital 360-892-2122 Danielle Mason is mommas name! Diablo Mason is name kitty name! - The low estimate for the full dental extraction is 1,342.90$ and the high estimate is 2,043.10$, neither of these take into account any form of taxes. - We have dropped the gofundme down to 2,500$ to cover the high estimate and any possible taxes that may come up. - At this time we want to at least make it to the 1,342.90$ so that the low estimate is covered! - I have not been able to eat much, and have been loosing weight. Within 2 vet visits, within less then 10 days of each other I lost 2-3 lbs depending on how you read the scale. - It is imperative that I get in soon to have this done. - Again, if anything over what is needed for the dental surgery is raised we will be given it to @tcarescue - they mostly use their Facebook page - they are the wonderful group who got me to my FURever home! - Thank you all for you love, well wish, shares, and donations. - #mainecoon_feature #cats_of_instagram #washington #pdx #oregon #felinestomatitis #felinestomatitiswarrior #stomatitis #DiabloLordOfTerrorDestructionAndCute #PayPal #dental #dentalextraction #emergency #SACatCrew #Siamese #mainecoon #share #donate #godundme

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We feel so blessed and loved to know so many who will help others. Thank you all SO much for the shares, well wishes, and donations. ❤💛💜💙💚 - https://www.gofundme.com/diablos-emergency-dental-work - Hello everyone, I am Diablo. I am a #SA, and #ESA. I am needing to get a emergency full dental extraction ASAP. - Right now we are working with Cascade Park Animal Hospital. We had blood work drawn done, the results last for 30 days. Other then high antibioties my blood looked good. We want to get the money together so that I don't have to go through that again. - If you wish to help via PayPal the email is DODGE1973 @ LIVE . COM - You may call and check with our vet to verify that this is really needed / happening Cascade Park Animal Hospital 360-892-2122 Danielle Mason is mommas name! Diablo Mason is name kitty name! - The low estimate for the full dental extraction is 1,342.90$ and the high estimate is 2,043.10$, neither of these take into account any form of taxes. - We have dropped the gofundme down to 2,500$ to cover the high estimate and any possible taxes that may come up. - At this time we want to at least make it to the 1,342.90$ so that the low estimate is covered! - I have not been able to eat much, and have been loosing weight. Within 2 vet visits, within less then 10 days of each other I lost 2-3 lbs depending on how you read the scale. - It is imperative that I get in soon to have this done. - Again, if anything over what is needed for the dental surgery is raised we will be given it to @tcarescue - they mostly use their Facebook page - they are the wonderful group who got me to my FURever home! - Thank you all for you love, well wish, shares, and donations. - #mainecoon_feature #cats_of_instagram #washington #pdx #oregon #felinestomatitis #felinestomatitiswarrior #stomatitis #DiabloLordOfTerrorDestructionAndCute #PayPal #dental #dentalextraction #emergency #SACatCrew #Siamese #mainecoon #share #donate #godundme

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Urgent need of belly rubs here! -- https://www.gofundme.com/diablos-emergency-dental-work - Hello everyone, I am Diablo. I am a #SA, and #ESA. I am needing to get a emergency full dental extraction ASAP. - Right now we are working with Cascade Park Animal Hospital. We had blood work drawn done, the results last for 30 days. Other then high antibioties my blood looked good. We want to get the money together so that I don't have to go through that again. - If you wish to help via PayPal the email is DODGE1973 @ LIVE . COM - You may call and check with our vet to verify that this is really needed / happening Cascade Park Animal Hospital 360-892-2122 Danielle Mason is mommas name! Diablo Mason is name kitty name! - The low estimate for the full dental extraction is 1,342.90$ and the high estimate is 2,043.10$, neither of these take into account any form of taxes. - We have dropped the gofundme down to 2,500$ to cover the high estimate and any possible taxes that may come up. - At this time we want to at least make it to the 1,342.90$ so that the low estimate is covered! - I have not been able to eat much, and have been loosing weight. Within 2 vet visits, within less then 10 days of each other I lost 2-3 lbs depending on how you read the scale. - It is imperative that I get in soon to have this done. - Again, if anything over what is needed for the dental surgery is raised we will be given it to @tcarescue - they mostly use their Facebook page - they are the wonderful group who got me to my FURever home! - Thank you all for you love, well wish, shares, and donations. - #mainecoon_feature #cats_of_instagram #washington #pdx #oregon #felinestomatitis #felinestomatitiswarrior #stomatitis #DiabloLordOfTerrorDestructionAndCute #PayPal #dental #dentalextraction #emergency #SACatCrew #Siamese #mainecoon #share #donate #godundme

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Thank you all for the donations, shares, kind words, and love. We have gotten 255$ via gofundme and about 20$ via PayPal. - https://www.gofundme.com/diablos-emergency-dental-work - We are overwhelmed with the love, shares, donations, etc. We love you all! - If you wish to help via PayPal the email is DODGE1973 @ LIVE . COM - You may call and check with our vet to verify that this is really needed / happening Cascade Park Animal Hospital 360-892-2122 Danielle Mason is mommas name! Diablo Mason is name kitty name! - Hello everyone, I am Diablo. I am a #SA, and #ESA. I am needing to get a #emergency full #dental #extraction ASAP. Right now we are working with Cascade Park Animal Hospital. We have had blood work drawn, and are waiting to hear back about when we can proceed. My blood work came back great, high antibodies which is normal for a stomatitis kitty. We have about 30 days on this blood draw to come up with funds and do the surgery, otherwise I have to have a new blood draw. I have severe #stomatitis, and recently I have been unable to eat for almost two weeks. I have been on antibiotics, pain medications, and drinking water from tuna cans. We have tried cows milk, goats milk, multiple kinds of cat food, and I just can't take it in. Momma found me some wet food pouches that I seem to be able to eat. But, it's still not enough nutrition to keep me from loosing. Weight Please help me. We have been told it will be about 2,500 - 3,000 dollars. I will be having to stay the day before, of and after the extraction. If for any reasons my costs are lower, we will be donating any funds left over to the rescue group I was adopted from, which is the wonderful @tcarescue As we get more information, and any bills we will post them. Thank you. Love you all. - #PayPal #felinestomatitiswarrior #felinestomatitis #share #donate #gofundme #DiabloLordOfTerrorDestructionAndCute #dentalextraction #oregon #pdx #washington #cats_of_instagram #mainecoon_feature #postyourpet #ServiceCat #SACatCrew

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Hiding from mom and the meds! - https://www.gofundme.com/diablos-emergency-dental-work - We are overwhelmed with the love, shares, donations, etc. We love you all! - If you wish to help via PayPal the email is DODGE1973 @ LIVE . COM - You may call and check with our vet to verify that this is really needed / happening Cascade Park Animal Hospital 360-892-2122 Danielle Mason is mommas name! Diablo Mason is name kitty name! - Hello everyone, I am Diablo. I am a #SA, and #ESA. I am needing to get a #emergency full #dental #extraction ASAP. Right now we are working with Cascade Park Animal Hospital. We have had blood work drawn, and are waiting to hear back about when we can proceed. My blood work came back great, high antibodies which is normal for a stomatitis kitty. We have about 30 days on this blood draw to come up with funds and do the surgery, otherwise I have to have a new blood draw. I have severe #stomatitis, and recently I have been unable to eat for almost two weeks. I have been on antibiotics, pain medications, and drinking water from tuna cans. We have tried cows milk, goats milk, multiple kinds of cat food, and I just can't take it in. Momma found me some wet food pouches that I seem to be able to eat. But, it's still not enough nutrition to keep me from loosing. Weight Please help me. We have been told it will be about 2,500 - 3,000 dollars. I will be having to stay the day before, of and after the extraction. If for any reasons my costs are lower, we will be donating any funds left over to the rescue group I was adopted from, which is the wonderful @tcarescue As we get more information, and any bills we will post them. Thank you. Love you all. - #PayPal #felinestomatitiswarrior #felinestomatitis #share #donate #gofundme #DiabloLordOfTerrorDestructionAndCute #dentalextraction #oregon #pdx #washington #cats_of_instagram #mainecoon_feature #postyourpet #ServiceCat #SACatCrew

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Uh mom, I'm NOT a baby... stop trying to feed me meat baby food! It's all over my fur now! Now I have to give myself a bath! Ugh! - https://www.gofundme.com/diablos-emergency-dental-work - We are overwhelmed with the love, shares, donations, etc. We love you all! - If you wish to help via PayPal the email is DODGE1973 @ LIVE . COM - You may call and check with our vet to verify that this is really needed / happening Cascade Park Animal Hospital 360-892-2122 Danielle Mason is mommas name! Diablo Mason is name kitty name! - Hello everyone, I am Diablo. I am a #SA, and #ESA. I am needing to get a #emergency full #dental #extraction ASAP. Right now we are working with Cascade Park Animal Hospital. We have had blood work drawn, and are waiting to hear back about when we can proceed. My blood work came back great, high antibodies which is normal for a stomatitis kitty. We have about 30 days on this blood draw to come up with funds and do the surgery, otherwise I have to have a new blood draw. I have severe #stomatitis, and recently I have been unable to eat for almost two weeks. I have been on antibiotics, pain medications, and drinking water from tuna cans. We have tried cows milk, goats milk, multiple kinds of cat food, and I just can't take it in. Momma found me some wet food pouches that I seem to be able to eat. But, it's still not enough nutrition to keep me from loosing. Weight Please help me. We have been told it will be about 2,500 - 3,000 dollars. I will be having to stay the day before, of and after the extraction. If for any reasons my costs are lower, we will be donating any funds left over to the rescue group I was adopted from, which is the wonderful @tcarescue As we get more information, and any bills we will post them. Thank you. Love you all. - #PayPal #felinestomatitiswarrior #felinestomatitis #share #donate #gofundme #DiabloLordOfTerrorDestructionAndCute #dentalextraction #oregon #pdx #washington #cats_of_instagram #mainecoon_feature #postyourpet #ServiceCat #SACatCrew

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- https://www.gofundme.com/diablos-emergency-dental-work - We are overwhelmed with the love, shares, donations, etc. We love you all! - Hello everyone, I am Diablo. I am a #SA, and #ESA. I am needing to get a #emergency full #dental #extraction ASAP. Right now we are working with Cascade Park Animal Hospital. We have had blood work drawn, and are waiting to hear back about when we can proceed. My blood work came back great, high antibodies which is normal for a stomatitis kitty. We have about 30 days on this blood draw to come up with funds and do the surgery, otherwise I have to have a new blood draw. I have severe #stomatitis, and recently I have been unable to eat for almost two weeks. I have been on antibiotics, pain medications, and drinking water from tuna cans. We have tried cows milk, goats milk, multiple kinds of cat food, and I just can't take it in. Momma found me some wet food pouches that I seem to be able to eat. But, it's still not enough nutrition to keep me from loosing. Weight Please help me. We have been told it will be about 2,500 - 3,000 dollars. I will be having to stay the day before, of and after the extraction. If for any reasons my costs are lower, we will be donating any funds left over to the rescue group I was adopted from, which is the wonderful @tcarescue As we get more information, and any bills we will post them. Thank you. Love you all. - #PayPal #felinestomatitiswarrior #felinestomatitis #share #donate #gofundme #DiabloLordOfTerrorDestructionAndCute #dentalextraction #oregon #pdx #washington #cats_of_instagram #mainecoon_feature -

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I'm so cute, that I break cameras!!! 😝😝 🎥📷📽📹 - - https://www.gofundme.com/diablos-emergency-dental-work - Hello everyone, I am Diablo. I am a #SA, and #ESA. I am needing to get a emergency full dental extraction ASAP. - Right now we are working with Cascade Park Animal Hospital. We had blood work drawn done, the results last for 30 days. Other then high antibioties my blood looked good. We want to get the money together so that I don't have to go through that again. - If you wish to help via PayPal the email is DODGE1973 @ LIVE . COM - You may call and check with our vet to verify that this is really needed / happening Cascade Park Animal Hospital 360-892-2122 Danielle Mason is mommas name! Diablo Mason is name kitty name! - The low estimate for the full dental extraction is 1,342.90$ and the high estimate is 2,043.10$, neither of these take into account any form of taxes. - We have dropped the gofundme down to 2,500$ to cover the high estimate and any possible taxes that may come up. - At this time we want to at least make it to the 1,342.90$ so that the low estimate is covered! - I have not been able to eat much, and have been loosing weight. Within 2 vet visits, within less then 10 days of each other I lost 2-3 lbs depending on how you read the scale. - It is imperative that I get in soon to have this done. - Again, if anything over what is needed for the dental surgery is raised we will be given it to @tcarescue - they mostly use their Facebook page - they are the wonderful group who got me to my FURever home! - Thank you all for you love, well wish, shares, and donations. - #mainecoon_feature #cats_of_instagram #washington #pdx #oregon #felinestomatitis #felinestomatitiswarrior #stomatitis #DiabloLordOfTerrorDestructionAndCute #PayPal #dental #dentalextraction #emergency #SACatCrew #Siamese #mainecoon #share #donate #godundme

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My check up went well!! The surgeon said I come back in 3 weeks, and they are SUPER proud of my recovery so far. Even wth my slowing down on eating and the mild fever. The vet said I can set whatever I want, well, no Cheetos.. I don't know why in the world my vet would think I would want to eat that human... 😝😝😝😝 Thank you all so much, your love, thoughts, etc. has really helped me through this. We will leave the gofundme up and open till the end of march, then we will close it down. We are extremely grateful for all of the wonderful ones who have donated. ❤💚💛💜💙 - https://www.gofundme.com/diablos-emergency-dental-work - If you wish to help via PayPal the email is DODGE1973 @ LIVE . COM - #mainecoon_feature #cats_of_instagram #washington #pdx #oregon #felinestomatitis #felinestomatitiswarrior #stomatitis #DiabloLordOfTerrorDestructionAndCute #PayPal #dental #dentalextraction #emergency #SACatCrew #Siamese #mainecoon #share #donate #godundme

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From moms FB - Dee Ab Lo Mason | Diablo Lord of Terror, Destruction, and CUTE. Is shying away from food again. He hasn't had much today or yesterday. He gets the blues when the kids go home, so I'm hoping it's just that. We see the vet and surgeon tomorrow for a checkup. I'm really hoping that we get a clean bill of Health and that his gums are healing well. The gofundme is still open, as we still gotta pay off the credit card I was kindly allowed to use to pay for the surgery. Any amount helps. Thanks everyone. - The bill for the surgery was 1,773.03$. There will also be aftercare costs so we changed the gofundme me to 2,000$ - Any amount helps, and shares are always welcome! - https://www.gofundme.com/diablos-emergency-dental-work - If you wish to help via PayPal the email is DODGE1973 @ LIVE . COM - if anything over what is needed for the dental surgery is raised we will be given it to @tcarescue - they mostly use their Facebook page - they are the wonderful group who got me to my FURever home! - Thank you all so much!!! - #mainecoon_feature #cats_of_instagram #washington #pdx #oregon #felinestomatitis #felinestomatitiswarrior #stomatitis #DiabloLordOfTerrorDestructionAndCute #PayPal #dental #dentalextraction #emergency #SACatCrew #Siamese #mainecoon #share #donate #godundme

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#tongueouttuesday #DiabloLordOfTerrorDestructionAndCute #oregon #washington #godundme #PayPal #dentalextraction #SA #stomatitis #felinestomatitis #mainecoon #Siamese #AdoptBeforeYouShop

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Wow! Thank you all so much!! 560.00 raised of the 1773.03 that was for the surgery. We are so greatful and feel so loved by everyone. The gofundme is still up and taking donations to get things paid. I have a check up coming this Wednesday to see how I am doing! I can not wait to show the Vet and such that I am feeling like a million bucks! Below is the information on how to donate, but even if you can not donate please share my post. ❤💜💛🖤💙💚 - https://www.gofundme.com/diablos-emergency-dental-work - If you wish to help via PayPal the email is DODGE1973 @ LIVE . COM - #mainecoon_feature #cats_of_instagram #washington #pdx #oregon #felinestomatitis #felinestomatitiswarrior #stomatitis #DiabloLordOfTerrorDestructionAndCute #PayPal #dental #dentalextraction #emergency #SACatCrew #Siamese #mainecoon #share #donate #godundme