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One of my cats, Edison, got hit by a car a year and a half ago. (Don't worry, the boy doesn't get to leave the house any more.) I took him to the vet and found out his pelvis was broken. The vet wanted to keep him overnight for observation. Bill at that time, $750. The vet said the charges for overnight would be minimal. When I went to visit him, the vet said that he would definitely have to have surgery or he would die. He wanted to keep him another night. Charge for the first night was $175 (this is minimal?).
I went to pick him up (with an additional $175 charge), the vet said he recommended Eddie be put to sleep, because he was unable to urinate and had to be catheterized. I took him home with the promise to bring him by every day for the catheterization. When I put my boy on the cat box, he peed every time, so I figured that he just wasn't peeing for the vet. With over $1,000 already out of my pocket, I could not afford the additional $4,000 for surgery. Luckily, a friend told me that he knew some people whose cat had a broken pelvis, didn't have surgery, and was fine to this day.
So, instead of having him put down, I decided to wait and see. I had a friend come see Eddie to see his condition, and promise to come back in a week to see if he had improved in his objective opinion. After the week, she said that he had most definitely improved (thanks to my son who cured him with love).
It's been a year and a half, and you wouldn't notice the limp if you weren't looking for it. He can jump on to my highest shelves, no problem. And can that boy run when he hears the can opener!
So, dodged the bullet, and didn't have to feel guilty for putting my boy down because I didn't have the bucks.:bounce:
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