Our Not So Good Lousy Week

Annabelle and I had a time of it last week and well,

to be honest this week probably won't be a whole lot

better.

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Last weekend I noticed she was 'off' and not wanting to

eat. So I called on Saturday to talk with her Vet office.

They didn't have an opening until the following Friday,

so I said I knew they had "emergency" visits that had an

additional "FEE" and what was the availability of that?

I was told it was a first come first serve from 9-12 and 2-4.

(To be honest with you I think this is a way for them

to make an additional $20 off of you)

Anyway I took her in on Monday.

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It was a strange visit but then it was an emergency visit.

They took her to the back but let me sit in a room by myself.

The Vet came in briefly to see me and told me Annabelle 

had a bad tooth and to schedule a dental as it needed to be

removed. Gave me antibiotics and metacam for pain.

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Dental couldn't be scheduled until April 21st.

Yeah nearly two weeks at that point.

All I could do was schedule it and hope the pain 

in Annabelle's mouth subsided. 

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It did.

BUT.....she got very sick with diarrhea.

I mean it was awful.

For her and for me.

I had to put her in the bathroom overnight

and when I got up the next morning.

Let's just say it was a disaster zone.

Her bottom was caked so I had no

choice but to give her a bath to her bottom.

Welp there was blood shed.

Mine.

It was a low point.

She was soaking wet and I was wounded.

But she got her butt washed.

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I tried to call the Vet office, left a message.

She continued to have issues.

I stopped both antibiotics and pain meds.

She needed to get her system back in line.

I had to put her back into the bathroom that next

night.

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I set up cameras both nights to keep an eye on her.

She managed to knock off one of the 

cameras into her water bowl so I'm one 

camera down now.

*sigh*

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But she nearly back to her normal self on Friday.

It felt like such a (short term) relief.

I called the Vet office BACK because I had

 called from the day before & not heard back.

The techs were real nice, and it turned out

that the Tech called me back not the Vet as I

requested. I mean c'mon. I know it's not the

Tech's fault, and I didn't even suggest it was

to her or even now, but I needed to talk to

the Vet. I had questions about the Dental.

I wanted to make sure they knew no more 

metacam. Annabelle can't tolerate it.

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So even though the Vet said to keep up the antibiotics

I didn't. I will start her up on them again

next week prior to Thursday when she goes in

for the Dental. I don't know how good I feel 

about this, but she's got to get this done.

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I may be shopping for a new Vet.

BTW this Hospital, has 5-6 Vets. You never know

who you'll see. I mean if you have plenty of 

time you can request a certain Vet but you'll wait for

a few weeks to get an appointment.

I understand if it's just a routine appointment,

but most of the time a pet becomes sick

and you need to be seen as soon as possible.

So I can see ASAP means an additional $20.

Which is on top of their $75 normal "wellness check".

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I don't know about anyone else but it's hard budget 

wise right now and I'm not saying I won't give my

girls their medical care, but between all of this and the Dental

(which is four figures depending on the # of teeth they pull)

I'm about tapped out.

I mean there goes the cushion.

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Big huge sigh.

Just want my baby to be OK.