Vet bill impending...
Aug. 11th, 2009 04:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redneckgaijinSo, earlier today I took Bobby to the vet.
Bobby was born one of the ferals around our house. His father was a tom passing through the area with a natural bobbed tail. Bobby's tail is slightly longer than his father's was, with a 45 degree angle permanent kink midway- about four inches long total.
When Bobby was about six months old, he showed up one day with a large wound in his shoulder. Apparently he'd caught a bullet there. My grandmother wanted to save Bobby, so we took him to the vet, and he had the forelimb attached to that shoulder removed. We'd just lost another three-legged cat the previous February- only three months before, so it was -almost- back to normal for us.
That was two years ago.
Today Bobby was meowing in obvious pain, going back and forth to the litter box and straining- and failing- to do his business. A quick trip to the vet later, I found out that his urethra was blocked- and his bladder was swollen to four times its normal size. The vet took Bobby straight into surgery, saying he'd have to stay at least overnight.
I didn't ask, but I expect a bill of not less than $200 and possibly as high as $600, depending. (Bobby's amputation ran over $500, two years ago- including neutering, shots, and three days of board.) I've technically got the cash, but it was earmarked for other things...
Bobby was born one of the ferals around our house. His father was a tom passing through the area with a natural bobbed tail. Bobby's tail is slightly longer than his father's was, with a 45 degree angle permanent kink midway- about four inches long total.
When Bobby was about six months old, he showed up one day with a large wound in his shoulder. Apparently he'd caught a bullet there. My grandmother wanted to save Bobby, so we took him to the vet, and he had the forelimb attached to that shoulder removed. We'd just lost another three-legged cat the previous February- only three months before, so it was -almost- back to normal for us.
That was two years ago.
Today Bobby was meowing in obvious pain, going back and forth to the litter box and straining- and failing- to do his business. A quick trip to the vet later, I found out that his urethra was blocked- and his bladder was swollen to four times its normal size. The vet took Bobby straight into surgery, saying he'd have to stay at least overnight.
I didn't ask, but I expect a bill of not less than $200 and possibly as high as $600, depending. (Bobby's amputation ran over $500, two years ago- including neutering, shots, and three days of board.) I've technically got the cash, but it was earmarked for other things...
