What is this world coming too, day 155

Lucky had remained the same since Sunday with no meds. Gave him some more lasix today and he lost 1 lb. Otherwise he seems the same. Fingers still crossed.

Now for the OMG story. Yesterday I took Koko (Lucky's mother)to a vet surgeon. She has suffered from ear infections most of her life. It's been real bad for the last year. I had to take her in for a consult before scheduling the surgery.

I was handed one of those sheets were you promise them your first born if you can't afford to pay and you still don't get ypur dog back. They gave me some papers that explained they were more like a regular hospital than a vet. That I could get more than one bill depending on what specialty was needed to treat my pet. All the alarms went off. They were going to charge me some huge amount and I would never know what they did. I was wondering where my doogy HMO was when I needed them and would they have referred me to this hospital if they had to pay?

I'm not the type to think too much about money when it comes to my loved ones. Lucky has cost me so much he should have a medal. Forget "Best in Show" he is "Best in the World"

Anyway I thought she was getting a modified version of the ear surgery but he said, it was not very successful so they did not do it anymore. I was very disappointed and it showed on my face. I do not want her to be deaf forever. He explained the possible complications and I felt ever worse. Then he told me the surgery was around 4k. I didn't even blink or flinch. We spoke for about 10 min. He recommended I speak to the animal dermotologist before making up my mind since I was resistant to this type of surgery. I thank him and leave. At the desk the charge is $110.00. Considering all he did was talk for 10 min I find this outrageous. :-0

We go upstairs to setup an appointment with the dermotologist. I am informed the consultation fee is $110.00 and that does not include a diagnosis, meds, test, nothing, just a talk. I wondered if I would get 10 min or less. I guess they had many shocked clients otherwise why the big warning.

Their are currently pet insurance companies but just like their human countertparts they have a lot of exclusions.

I'm still wondering when there will be animal HMO's and all the follow-on lawsuits.