Controversy, health care and bankruptcy

I am bankrupt. The courts haven't recognized it yet, the credit people are only somewhat disgruntled with me, but it's a fact. I have more than twice as much debt as my current income, or anything I could hope to make in the next year. I have accepted this, and have been working on saving money for an attorney to file bankruptcy for me.

However, between Christmas and the cat being sick, that savings is pretty much gone. Nil. Less than nil. When the cat went to the vet the first time, for a week, I arranged to pay half now, half next month. I just took same cat to emergency vet because he was not getting better. The vet said he was next door to renal failure. Cost for care between now and 8 a.m. tomorrow? $30 more than the bill for the week in hospital at the original vet. So, I'm now $660 in hock for this cat, after already having put down $220. When we start talking about four digits, we start talking about rent payments and car payments and car maintenance, and other top priority things (like food) having to be put aside.

And I remember people having a fit over people putting their dog down over a couple of thousands of dollars worth of animal bills, and I look at my world and it seems bleak.