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.
***
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.
***
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.
***
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.
***
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.
***
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.
***
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*
***
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.
***
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.
***
I may be shopping for a new Vet.
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".
***
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.
***
Big huge sigh.
Big huge sigh.
Just want my baby to be OK.
