He's the best cat in the world...

Eleven · 09-28-2010, 10:39 PM

Very sorry to hear this.

We went through something similar with my dog a couple years ago. The money issue did come up and after a vet trip to stabilize him and a week in the animal hospital he pulled through. We now have daily medicine and monthly injections to keep him healthy.

At the point where he was sickest and there was really some doubt whether he would live, we just started writing checks. By the time we got him to the hospital and was informed how they work (we had no pet insurance) we just knew we had to try and help him.

I am glad we did, and now that we are no longer in 'that moment' where we had to make tough, quick, very serious financial choices, I can look back and say that I know I would do it again because he meant so much to us.

Our cost for the initial vet and hospital stay were around what you have invested so far, and we spend about $300 every 3 months for his injections. We were first shocked financially by the bills to keep him alive, but have come to accept the recurring cost of keeping him healthy. I couldn't begin to justify telling anyone else what is right to spend, but in our case I don't know if we could have hit a monetary number to actually say no to helping our dog.

I feel for your situation, and I hope things work out for you, your family and Po.

09-28-2010, 10:39 PM	#19
Eleven Solid As The Sun Join Date: Aug 2009 First Name: Scott Location: SW Ohio Posts: 1,859 Trading: (23)	Re: He's the best cat in the world... Very sorry to hear this. We went through something similar with my dog a couple years ago. The money issue did come up and after a vet trip to stabilize him and a week in the animal hospital he pulled through. We now have daily medicine and monthly injections to keep him healthy. At the point where he was sickest and there was really some doubt whether he would live, we just started writing checks. By the time we got him to the hospital and was informed how they work (we had no pet insurance) we just knew we had to try and help him. I am glad we did, and now that we are no longer in 'that moment' where we had to make tough, quick, very serious financial choices, I can look back and say that I know I would do it again because he meant so much to us. Our cost for the initial vet and hospital stay were around what you have invested so far, and we spend about $300 every 3 months for his injections. We were first shocked financially by the bills to keep him alive, but have come to accept the recurring cost of keeping him healthy. I couldn't begin to justify telling anyone else what is right to spend, but in our case I don't know if we could have hit a monetary number to actually say no to helping our dog. I feel for your situation, and I hope things work out for you, your family and Po. __________________ CA: putting the 'man' in bromance since 2008! --markem.