Not all vets give you a year to pay over $300, most of ours do not as it costs them extra. We had a $700 bill on one cat and got 3 months to pay and of course weren't able to.
2009/3/25 Debbie Harrison <dlh1...@hotmail.com> > > Just be sure to pay them before that year...otherwise the interest rate is > astronomical! > > Debbie (COL) > "The time is always right to do what is right" - Martin Luther King > > > > > Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:40:25 -0500 > > From: dlg...@windstream.net > > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > CC: fs...@roadrunner.com > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] hello- new to the list. > > > > reL finances and caring for kitties, has anyone else heard of Care > Credit? i fuond out about it from my dentist and it can be used for glasses, > dental work, vets and even plastic surgery. the vet collects the charges > until they reach at least $300.00 and then sends charges to Care Credit. you > have a year to pay it off with no interest. you only pay interest if you > take more than i year to complete payment. it has helped me out with my > babies because i like to get a complete blood profile and urinealysis (?) on > each one so we have a base line to start from. also helps when i have to get > shots for all 5 at same time. dorlis > > ---- Sue & Frank Koren <fs...@roadrunner.com> wrote: > > > Hi Amy, I am so sorry you are going through this. It is hard to want to > care for a beloved kitty when they want no part of it. My sweet gentle > Tucker used to go absolutely ballistic whenever I tried to give him a pill. > Sometimes I think it is kinder to choose the least threatening or invasive > ways to help a sick kitty. Some would much rather be gently let go in their > own time with dignity then to have procedures forced upon them that might > lengthen their lives but would make them extremely unhappy. Your best choice > may be feeding him the highest quality food you can find. (I like Wellness > Core canned food.) And making sure there is little or no stress in his life. > Best wishes for as much quality time as possible with Grrr. > > You picked such a great name for a feisty cat! > > Sue > > > > ---- Amy Ackerman <swa...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Thanks for the welcome & kind words, Gary & Laurie. My vet believes > Grrr has lymphosarcoma, but for the time being the diagnostic tools > recommended to locate the suspected spinal tumor are simply out of reach > financially. Times are lean for everyone, I know; this was a very difficult > day, deciding courses of treatment for this very cool, loved cat based on > our credit lines. He's having a rough time getting around. Grrr is also, as > you may be able to gather from his name, not a terribly good patient. That > may be the understatement of the month. He is slightly anemic as well, but > his... attitude doesn't make him a terribly good candidate for, say, daily > pills, etc. He's getting a cortisol shot to see if it improves his > mobility/comfort & an injectable, long term antibiotic (I need to get the > drug name) to counter the immune suppressive effects of the cortisol. He > eats like a horse, so we're going to try some of the suggested dietary > modifications as well. Any one with suggestions for minimally invasive > treatments (minimally invasive by this cat's standards is, say, tossing a > tasty tidbit gently from across the room, careful not to let it land too > close), please share as I continue to dredge through the archives. My other > two are keenly looking around for Grrr tonight- should be a fun car ride > home tomorrow with all three, plus the mastiff going along to get her rabies > vax. I'll check back in tomorrow- good night, all, and thanks again for the > support! > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Hotmail® is up to 70% faster. 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