Hi everyone!!! Did you all have a good Christmas??? We had a wonderful one. Lots of pressies, lots of laughter, lots of love. Had a wonderful dinner with Captain Daddy. Did some great after Christmas sales on Monday. Got wrapping, labels and cards all for next year. Tuesday, we took Buster to the vet, got Captain Daddies hair cut, went to post office, went to store to get some stuff for dinner, and went to the bank. I then came home and made stuffing, and boiled eggs, and made pecan pie and pumpkin pies. Gigantors parents were coming for dinner today, and he wanted to do a huge turkey dinner. So...Basically we had Thanksgiving all over again. I'm getting really cooked out. hehehehe
On Wednesday before Christmas I had to rush my cat into the vet. He had a toe nail that had grown curved under and had grown into the bottom of his foot, and it was all infected. So the vet had to cut it off, and give him antibiotics. 60 bucks I wasn't expecting. Tuesday we took Buster in (pointer/greyhound mix) He had been limping real bad, and I suspected it was the ligament that held the top bone to the bottom bone. It's called the Cruciate ligament. And yup, it was completely torn off. So he has this big 8 inch incision on his knee on his back leg. They have to remove the knee cap, and clean everything up, then build a synthetic ligament. Then they had to keep him in ICU for a good 24 hours. They were worried he couldn't walk very good and a little worried about his age. We went and got him about 2 this afternoon. OMG my poor baby. Gigantor has to carry him up and down the stairs. And he's on 6 antibiotic pills a day, two pain pills, and 4 joint pills a day. The pain and antibiotics for two weeks, then he gets his stitches out, then the joint stuff for 4 weeks, then we lower him to two a day for the rest of his life. Now brace yourselves. For my baby to get his surgery, and meds. Drum roll please. Seven hundred and seventy eight bucks. There goes almost all of Gigantor's Christmas bonus check. *sigh* what do ya do?? He's our baby too. So...like I said, the vet owns my ass. hehehe
I'll try to write more about the holidays later. I'll be on and off, still got Captain Daddy here, and we are having tons of fun. hehehehe
Off to the shooting range tomorrow and maybe to go see King Kong.
Happy Wednesday everyone!!!
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
The Vet Owns My Ass
Posted by Burfica at 7:21 PM
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shooting range? i miss all the fun.. i guess we have to make sure he is there when i come vist next year !
lol
and you know .. i would do the same for my animals.. they ARE family
Aww poor lil kitty. I hate that, its a shame we cant cover presciptions for animals under the family plan.
It would be cool if there were like shady vets who do stuff on the side and prescribe drugs to prescription addicted cats and then your cat would have to go to the Mayo clinic but the official word from your cat's camp would be that he's suffering from "exhaustion" and then a week later embarrassing photos surface of him with carson daly and the Meow Mix cat.
Burf, come see me.....
www.somedaynevercomes.blogspot.com
Ahh, yes, that sounds like what Opie is going through with his knee right now. But when they were prepping him for surgery they found a huge infection in his mouth/throat and now we have to treat that before they can even operate on the knee. The big total before the surgery: $788 .. sigh .. I don't even want to think how much the surgery will cost ..
Poor kitty, poor puppy, poor bank account......... I hope they all recover soon & happy new year!
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