<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Hello everybody,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div>I apologize in advance for being obnoxious and impertinent, but I can't come up with another option.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">An unknown rat bastard in Houston shot one of Jackie Lees’ cats last week. Poor Blondie has been through the wringer. After a few visits to the regular vet with no improvement, Jackie took her to the emergency animal hospital where they finally discovered the source of the problem. Blondie underwent surgery to remove the pellet (see photo below) and had several inches of her small intestine removed. She required a feeding tube through her nose for a few days (see photo below), as well as a blood transfusion. The good news is that she finally was allowed to go home yesterday (see photo below).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The bad news is the vet bills are now at <b class="">$11,871.29</b>. It’s hard to imagine being faced with that kind of unexpected debt because of the unconscionable actions of a so-called “neighbor." But it’s a worse thing to have to make the decision to stop the medical care that is saving your pet’s life. Before you know what’s happened, you’re past the point of no return...</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The GoFundMe page and PayPal donations have raised about $4000 thus far. Jackie and Blondie are so very grateful for all of the donations. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If any of you would like to make a contribution, the GoFundMe page is here: <span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><a class="esr5mh6w nhd2j8a9 kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 p7hjln8o r7d6kgcz rq0escxv f1sip0of e9989ue4 oygrvhab qu0x051f i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr py34i1dx gpro0wi8 a8nywdso lzcic4wl nc684nl6 jb3vyjys hcukyx3x oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1" href="https://gofund.me/8cbdebb7?fbclid=IwAR2HoHMIg-5cOW3ULQy2SWJuZ1y6phuPa4Os2gHIZhBOECdPmtgOzq2GJlc" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" tabindex="0" target="_blank" style="color: var(--blue-link); cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; outline: none; list-style: none; border: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: inherit; display: inline; box-sizing: border-box;">https://gofund.me/8cbdebb7</a></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">.</span></div><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font color="#050505" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Thanks for your consideration,</span></font></span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font color="#050505" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font color="#050505" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Stacia Spaulding and Sophie and Jasper (my furry felines)</span></font></span></div><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="FC220EF3-6D19-43B8-8A9F-4BB6A2C34F67" src="cid:588415D3-2BF7-4202-AFB0-B4AC7CC4C8A8@tds" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="93FB4F19-1214-42A6-9BB0-771C649218D6" src="cid:9403F2E7-B9D2-4D4E-BC7C-755CE8CF30A6@tds" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><img apple-inline="yes" id="63FC9140-E2DF-4941-A338-F94A4AFCE092" src="cid:2BC41BDF-39D8-4C32-AC19-A657034221F8@tds" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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