Unfortunately not. I don't even want to total up the amount I've spent on the animals over the last year. You do what needs be done.
larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Eidson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 11:46 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Happy Monday Peoples! > > > Can't you deduct the medical expince? > > Rick > > -----Original Message----- > From: Greenwood, Erin E. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 10:54 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Happy Monday Peoples! > > > I haven't found, yet, any amount of money I wouldn't spend to > keep my babies > happy and healthy. The trip to get their teeth done last year > was just over > $500, which included a tooth pull and a basic checkup. I > really wish I could > claim them as dependents. : ) > > e > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Corrigan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 11:40 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Happy Monday Peoples! > > > Had a similar experience with my dog (cocker spaniel). He > has epilepsy but > always real mild. He would primarily get dazed and just sort > of zone out > for a few minutes but then be fine. The vet said that those sorts of > seizures don't have any side effects, it's just scary while > the dog is going > through it, but once they come out of they're fine. The > medication puts > stress on the liver and kidneys so it's better for the dog to > just have the > seizures rather then take a risk of A.) shortening his life and/or B.) > making the tail end of that life full of physical problems > and most likely > having him in pain for the last legs of his life. So we opted out of > medication. As time went on though, his seizures got worse > and worse and > more frequent. Finally, it came to a head one day when I was > playing ball with him and as he was running back when he went > into a violent > seizure. It was the scariest and most horrifying experience > in my life. We > didn't have kids yet, so he was like our kid and it was like > watching your > kid go through this. My wife and I waited a few minutes to > see if it would > stop and it didn't. We got in the car and drove 20 minutes > to the nearest > emergency vet clinic and his seizure stopped about a minute > away from the > vet. Did a whole bunch of blood tests and other tests and > all came back > negative. The bill was $500. Got him started on > Phenobarbital and didn't > have any more seizures. Had to do blood tests every 6 months > for the next > two years at $125 a pop to get to the absolute minimal level of > Phenobarbital that we could so that we could reduce as > much as possible any side effects. Finally got him to a > really mild dose > and by all medical standards shouldn't even work, but we give > 150 mg a day > he does just fine. We still do an annual workup and that > runs about $175, > but so far no negative effects on either his liver or kidneys > so he's doing > pretty well. Of course only time will tell. > > I'm glad to hear that your cat is doing well. I totally know > how scary that > is. We would tell people about it and they couldn't believe > that we would > spend, all told over $1000 and growing, on a dog, but they > just don't get > it. He's a great dog and we love him like he was our own > kid. I wouldn't > have it any other way. > > Michael Corrigan > Programmer > Endora Digital Solutions > 1900 Highland Avenue, Suite 200 > Lombard, IL 60148 > 630-627-5055 ext.-136 > 630/627-5255 Fax > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Larry Lyons > To: CF-Community > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 10:21 AM > Subject: RE: Happy Monday Peoples! > > > I'm still trying to recover from a very rough weekend. > > first of all Wendy and I went to see Ice Age on Friday - a > very good film. > Quite funny. > > then when we got home around midnight we found our cat > Solomon in very bad > shape lying on the floor. First we tried to get her to eat > something, in > case it was some sort of insulin reaction - she's diabetic. > > However she did ate very little and was not reacting much > at this point. > We > rushed her to what we thought was a nearby 24 hour > emergency vet clinic. > Guess what while it advertised that it was a 24 hour clinic > no such luck > the > place was closed. > > So we went to the next one about 15 miles away in Vienna, > Virginia. Along > the way the cat began to go into convulsions. At that point > I figure I was > breaking tons of traffic laws the way I was driving down > I-66 trying to > get > to the clinic. Fortunately there were not state police on > the way. I never > knew this Saturn could go so fast. Anyhow we manage to make > it there in > time. They took her in right away. Apparently her glucose > levels at this > point was less than 20. Normal levels are between 70 and > 120. So they > started her on a glucose solution IV. Around 4 am they said > that they > wanted > to keep her overnight to watch her etc. So we finally made > it home around > 5am. We called later (Saturday evening) and were told we > could pick her > up. > The bill came to over $400. Ouch. > > So needless my weekend sucked. > > larry > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > ColdFusion/Web Developer > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > EBStor.com > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > tel: (703) 393-7930 > fax: (703) 393-2659 > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > http://www.pacel.com > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > -- > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Erika L. Walker-Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 10:52 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Happy Monday Peoples! > > > > > > What happened over there in the states???!!! Are you people > > awake or what! > > It's almost 11:00 am on the East coast and hardly a peep from > > the regulars! > > > > <grin> > > > > And where's Howard been all weekend ... I was looking > forward to some > > excellent reading today! > > > > Huggles all!!!! > > > > > > Erika > > (with a *K* in the UK) > > > > Todd for President!!!! > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > Erika L. Walker-Arnold, VP, RUWebby, LLC > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > Macromedia ColdFusion Alliance Partner > > Macromedia ColdFusion 5.0 Certified Developer > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
