Woman Spends Big Bucks to Get Meower Working Again
Over in Olney, Buckinghamshire, a black cat named Cadbury is sitting in his favorite spot in the conservatory and meowing with delight. But that’s no ordinary meow. His is a $17,000 meow.
His guardian, Jean Kelly, paid £10,000 (about $17,500) for corrective surgery to fix Cadbury’s meower. After he suddenly lost his voice, he was diagnosed with a paralyzed larynx, which was blocking his throat. Two operations were required to fix the condition. Ms Kelly’s insurance, Petplan, paid £6,000 (about $10,500) of the costs, but she had to fork over the remaining £4,000 ($7,000) out-of-pocket. She put a planned holiday to Namibia on hold to pay for the treatment, which involved a stint in intensive care, six days in an oxygen tent and four months of nursing care.
She’s had Cadbury since he was five months old and he followed her sister home. When asked why she would spend such a princely sum to fix a condition that was not life-threatening, she responded, “It was never about me – it was about Cadbury and his quality of life. I know he’s not a young cat but I wanted to give him a fighting chance.”
Source: Telegraph.co.uk
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wow.. now thats one serious cat owner
That is so wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now that boy can talk up a storm!
That’s a really nice lady to spend all that money on her kitty.
Wow, I’d give eleventy billion Temptations to make Gandalf stop talking. -Grayson
hmmm … it’zza good thing mi brudder mickey got hiz voice back.
mi mom wooda had to sell da howse an home fer dat kinda operashun … (or she cooda called daisy fer a redooced rate!)
What a sweet mommy to do such a nice thing. I’m tickled pink they can do those procedures on kitties today! I’d love to know how he sounds now! *giggles*
deer cadbury……MEOW!!!!!
Isn’t that cool!
That’s wonderful! She clearly sees her cat as a member of her family. She is a kind and caring person to sacrifice her vacation in order to improve the quality of life of her cat.