I've thought about checking it out, but I've met a few people who have been turned down by Care Credit lately for no obvious reason. I suppose the rotting posts on the front porch won't be fixed this year, and forget about painting the dining room. That's the most I've ever spent in one day on a vet visit. And that's in addition to the $600 spent last week on Tabby's teeth cleaning, Charlotte's initial exam, testing and meds and 2 neuters. Charlotte already is more active and is walking around the turtle room. She still isn't eating as much as I'd like, but she just seems so more normal now. And I really liked the vet we saw yesterday (Dr Michael Ray at the Cat Clinic of Roswell in Roswell, GA, for all you Georgians on the list). I think we've found a new vet.
--- On Sun, 4/19/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Update on Charlotte > To: [email protected] > Cc: "Laura Mostello" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, April 19, 2009, 11:06 AM > Laura, hang in there as long as you can and if they have > Care Credit in your area, try it instead of Visa. you > don't have to pay interest if you pay it off wihtin a > year. you can reach them at www.geoonlineservice.com or > 1-866-893-7864. they have gotten me thru a couple of > $600.00 bills and a big dental bill. i don't know if > they are in your area or your vet uses them, but would be > worth a try. dorlis > ---- Laura Mostello <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I brought Charlotte back to the vet yesterday. She > still wasn't doing well, just nibbling at her food and > appearing very lethargic. Since I wasn't especially > happy with my vet's response to her, I tried another > clinic that I'd heard good things about, just to get a > second opinion. Dr. Ray took more blood and told me that > Charlotte was indeed very anemic - her PCV was 9% versus > about 40% for a healthy young adult cat. So I was a little > ticked off that my regular vet didn't tell me just how > anemic she was, and a week had gone by when something else > could have been done. The vet was concerned about tumors but > X-rays showed nothing. He recommended that a blood > transfusion be done immediately, so he packed up his 22 > pound donor cat and I brought both cats to North Fulton > emergency center since they were just down the road & Dr > Ray's office was closing for the day. > > I picked Charlotte up at 11:30 last night (lots of > coffee was needed since it was an hour and a half drive) and > she was so hungry! She started chowing down right away. She > now has doxycycline and Prednisilone twice a day. Now we > just have to wait for the rest of the test results to come > back. I'll keep you all updated. > > Thank goodness for Visa....it was almost $900 > yesterday. My mom asked me, "Why didn't you just > put her down?" but I couldn't. She doesn't want > to die. She's purring and rolling over to be petted and > even yesterday when she didn't feel good she was going > up to everybody and looking for attention. > > Laura > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
