Ditto here, too.
Two weeks ago, my mom's dog ran up diagnostic bills of an
astronomical $1,500 (which all indicated she should be in perfect
health). But the little Chi started to feel even worse. So we then
opted to have a complete organ ultra sound and some other tests done
by a Specialist to the tune of another $2000. The ultra sound
finally (hopefully) found the problem; so we can now treat the little
Chi to get her better. Since my mom is on a fixed income, we're
paying the vet bills. Nevertheless, it will take months for us to
get these extremely high bills fully paid off. The Chihuahua BTW is
15 years old. However, she is worth every single penny we are
investing in her health care. Hopefully, she'll now live to be at
least 20 years old like many of her relatives.
My mom doesn't live with us. However, when we were first married (&
were on a very limited budget ourselves), my parents never failed to
help us if we had any unexpected doggy medical emergency. In our
family, the dogs have always been part of the family.
Even when you have basically healthy dogs, things can happen. Just
like with people. The life span of people used to be much shorter
than today because the same kind of medical care wasn't available in
the old days as it now is. The same is true for our pets. We, who
care, make sure our pets get the care they need. It's just part of life.
The true expense of having a pet is not what you pay to obtain the
pet. Instead, it costs far more over a lifetime if make sure the pet
always gets the best of care. Those who aren't willing to get proper
medical care for their pets probably shouldn't have pets. For those
of us who do make sure our pets get proper medical care, it's just a
part of life.
Liz
Ann,
I could have written the same exact message! I bet many of us
in this group could too.
~R
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ann banks <abanks4132@...> wrote:
>
> *If I have pets, I am going to be prepared to take care of them. My
Chi's
> just had surgery and bill was near $500. cause Chico had
> complications--thats life. And we are retired--living on SS and
savings.*
>
> *Ann*
