Dog surgeries

[csternin]

I just read about a friend who is going to pay for surgery on her dog. Who knows how much that will be? In fact, this year my sister-in-law spent $4,000 for surgeries on her 16 year old dog. Sparky will still have to be put down in the next year

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[lindapendant]

I put out $700 on a critically injured young cat before they told me he was going to need emergency surgery in the middle of the night at a hostpital I would have to transfer him to myself, that opening him up would cost another $700, that depending on the damage it could run up some more, that there was no guarantee he was going to survive, and that it was likely that IF he survived, he was going to have some raging colitis that had been put into remission before the injury but would surely reoccur due to all the stress and trauma.

I told the girl over the phone to euthanize him even though it hurt me and my son like hell and I still carry the guilt that *maybe* I should have at least tried.

If Rufus had an illness that required treatment, I'm not sure how much I could afford or what limit I would set but we all have to face the fact that our pets are going to die, and when he goes, I will be like you, in bed for a week sobbing but if it was Lucy or Sushi, I would just feel sad.

I don't know if I will ever have a connection with another cat like the one I have with him, but I won't harden my heart against it happening again.

Robert calls Rufus my 'boyfriend' and says to him, 'If you was a guy, you and me would rumble.' because he's jealous of our love. :D

Anyway.

Back to you. It's perfectly fine if your friend wants to shell out $4000 on a dog that's going to die in a year but she shouldn't then bitch and moan about lack of money and how she is so depressed that she can't have them there cute shoes.

If that's what's she's doing that's got you so annoyed.

[csternin]

Does Rufus have anything to say when you and Robert are getting it on? :)

[lindapendant]

I think he's all, 'Sure she's doing you now but deep down she likes me best.'

Because he's got great self-esteem.

But.

It's hard for me to committ to saying he's got it all wrong.