Don't panic too much Dawn.
Too late. Pretty sure I had that well and truly covered.
A few blondes had the misfortune of being the other end of a phone line last night...ty to them for keeping this lunatic semi-sane. xx
The best thing you can do right now is try not to feel too sorry for her when you're with her.
Pretty much sucked big time at that today too, but will give a better go of it.
She has no idea what's gone off but knows that she hurts and that her pack are suddenly all acting very differently to normal. Very stressful times for a dog.
They're both very attentive to my moods at the best of times. Will deffo have to be careful with them. Lily has only just now settled down a bit since it all kicked off last night. She knew something was up and not sure if she was looking for Cassie or what, but she's walked from room to room NON-STOP for nearly the last 24 hours. She's finally thrown down at my feet for her first wee nap as we speak. If that's how the relatively healthy dog has reacted to our mood, we deffo have to be careful to act normal so Cassie doesn't suffer more physically or mentally through this. Thanks for that reminder. xx
Be thankful that it's only €800 as well. When Ronnie was ill a few years ago the total bill came to just under £5k.
Fkin ell! Did they make you sign a contract to hand over yer first born too while they were at it?
Good job he was insured although the same as you I would've found it somehow.
When I spoke to the vet's office on the phone this morning, they said €600 and we'd be allowed to spread it out over a couple of months. Sarah and I had already discussed how I'd sort that amount, saying everyone would have to cop on for a few weeks. No pub for the adults (Brian included) and no shopping sprees for the girls. Not the end of the world and we'd get through it.
Once we got to the vet's and met the specialist, he'd bumped the price to €800...and said he wanted it all now!
'Oh fer feck sake. I was told €600 on the phone and was already working hard to pull that off over the course of the 6 or 8 weeks I was told we could stretch it. Jesus Sarah, what am I going to do?'
'It's ok Mom. I've got enough to cover it in my credit union account. We can just use that.'
My heart melted and sank all at once, god love her. With that, the vet said he doesn't normally allow it, but we could stretch it out over the 6 weeks and no more if that would help any bit. Sarah looked at me with a wee smile. In turn I looked at the vet and said, 'Right, let's do it.' We'd get it sorted one way or another, but we had to keep our promise to Cassie no matter what.
On the way home Sarah was still insisting we use her money and I was working out how we'd avoid that. In the end I said to her, 'Look Sarah, don't worry about it. Honest. We've never left anybody in our house without what they needed and we aren't about to start now. Besides, good deeds usually come back round for people so surely something will come up to see us through.'
As it turns out, I'd been telling Rookie the tale of Sarah's offer while we were at the vet and he's been in touch since. He and his Dad want to help out by shipping half the cost to us. I was in shock to be honest. But they still love Cassie loads too and wanted to help get her better. And we could do with the help, so I've accepted. Life sure is a funny old sort sometimes.
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