One family is facing financial shock after their kitten's surgery came with a price tag of over $30,000, highlighting the soaring costs of veterinary care.

Pet owner Ginger, who asked us not to use her last name, loves her Persian longhaired cat as if it were a child. When a pet hospital found a kidney stone blocking the kitten's normal function, she was willing to pay whatever was necessary to save him.

After the cats first surgery was unsuccessful, doctors delivered a grim prognosis.

He was end of life renal failure, Ginger explained, and he would have a day, maybe two days left to live.

Faced with the option of euthanasia, Ginger wasn't ready to say goodbye.

I said Im not willing to accept that, so please do whatever you need to do, she recalled.

A second surgery was successful bu

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