u/SDianeA

My cat, Loli, is currently confined at Southvalley Veterinary Clinic and is in critical condition.

The vet told me to prepare for a possible blood transfusion. Her next CBC this coming Saturday will determine whether she needs one.

I asked if the clinic has a partner blood bank, but they told me they ask owners to contact blood banks directly and pay them directly to avoid additional VAT charges.

This is where I'm completely lost.

The clinic explained that if Loli needs a transfusion, they will perform the crossmatch, send the blood sample to the blood bank, and then the blood bank will send the compatible blood back to the clinic.

My problem is that I don't know how to make that happen. The clinic didn't give me the name of a blood bank they've worked with before, so I don't know:

* Which blood bank to contact.

* What information I need to provide.

* How to coordinate everything between the blood bank and the veterinary clinic.

* Whether I should arrange this now or wait until Saturday's CBC results.

Has anyone in the Philippines gone through this before? If you've had to arrange a feline blood transfusion, how did you coordinate it? Any advice or recommendations for blood banks would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

I have 10 cats: Shadow (8M), Homer (7M), Loli (7F), Snow (6M), Lume (6F), Cotton (3F), Loki (3M), Lucci (3M), Cleo (1M) and Luna (1F).

I'm single with work but still living with my parents. It's common to stay with the parents here. My auntie who is living with us often complains about the cats because when I leave for work, she has to feed them. In addition to that, she helps clean with their urine and poop while I'm working, even when I work from home on most days. I do the cleaning whenever I'm home as much as I can, even on work days. I'm the one who feeds them except when I need to work at the office which is about 1-2 times a week. My auntie told me to re-home them because it's abnormal to have this many cats. I told her she's being cruel and said I'm the one being cruel because the cats are depressed at home. I don't believe her. The cats at home have different personalities and different hygiene manners. There are dirty and clean ones, sweet and snub ones, as well as picky eaters. I haven't seen any signs of depression.

But maybe I'm just being selfish wanting to keep them all by my side. Should I re-home them? I don't think I'll be going anywhere and so I can take care of them. If they're rehomed, I'm not sure they'll be fine. I will definitely not be fine though. They are my only connection to this house. If they're gone, I think, I'll be able to leave everything and just cease to exist.