I'm sorry, Kristin. Just know that there is no wrong decision here, no matter what you decide. {{{}}}
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"what is a document"
Flashback to my very first Info Science class, which I loathed with a passion. I am totally not a theory fan.
I'll be fine. I'll be your bounty, Jubal Early. And I'll just fade away.
River ,'Objects In Space'
Spike's Bitches 40: Buckle Up, Kids! Daddy's Puttin' the Hammer Down.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Glamcookie - Mar 21, 2008 8:28:12 am PDT #879 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Aims - Mar 21, 2008 8:30:53 am PDT #880 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
{{{{Kristin and Byron}}}}
Pix - Mar 21, 2008 8:32:21 am PDT #881 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Well I've talked to the surgeon. It's this or him dying. It's also going to be between 2 and 3 thousnd dollars. She says that the amputation will maybe give him another 2 years. Jesus.
Glamcookie - Mar 21, 2008 8:32:51 am PDT #882 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Also, Kristin, if you need to cancel tonight, it's totally okay. Just play it by ear and if you'd like company, we'd love to come. If not, totally understandable, too.
ETA: I'm so so sorry. These kinds of decisions are so awful. Thinking of you both.
meara - Mar 21, 2008 8:33:42 am PDT #883 of 10001
Three thousand dollars to cut off a tiny little cat leg? Good god.
-t - Mar 21, 2008 8:34:17 am PDT #884 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, honey. {{{Kristin and Byron}}} I'm so sorry that the decision is such a stark one.
Polter-Cow - Mar 21, 2008 8:38:20 am PDT #885 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
{{{Kristin and Byron}}}
Fred Pete - Mar 21, 2008 8:39:25 am PDT #886 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
((((Kristin and Byron)))) Do what you need to. And if you go with the amputation, make sure you know what that 2-3K covers.
Sparky1 - Mar 21, 2008 8:47:54 am PDT #887 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
{{Kristin}} {{Byron}}
Strength ~ma to you both.
Pix - Mar 21, 2008 8:52:54 am PDT #888 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
It's all broken down. It covers all pre and post op checks, meds, labs, elizabethan collar, all parts of the operation, procedure, etc. Apparently it would be a lot less at the regular vets, but the regular vet says he doesn't have the level of equiptment or resources to deal as safely with an older cat. So I found out last night that between federal, state, and Bush rebate tax refunds, I'm getting 3000 back. I was going to use it to pay off the computer and vet bills to this point, but I have decided that it is going to pay for this instead. If the surgeon hadn't been so overwhelmingly positive about his prognosis, his potential to have a happy, healthy future, if he does have the amputation, then I wouldn't have done it. But she is. And if I don't do this, he is going to have a very painful, very slow death over the next few months. So. I've left him. I've cried a lot. I will pick him up tomorrow.
Today I need to get supplies to get ready for his recovery.
I know some of you probably think I'm crazy, hell, I would have thought that of myself, but this feels like the right thing, not just for me, but for him too. So there it is.
And for the record, March can fuck off and die.