cattyann

Perhaps you can relate.   Recently the our family pet, Katie Ann had almost died.  The night before Thanksgiving,  she collapsed.  She is a very important part of our family, canine or not, she always will be.  Which is why, I believe, we were taken advantage of by people who “saw us coming”.   

We had been getting ready to take this member of our family for a car ride, she being most excited, was eagerly waiting by the door.  When suddenly  she laid down, closed her eyes and began to die.  By all counts, she was gone, labored breathing, soiling herself, drooling, all with her eyes closed, unresponsive.  We called the local animal hospital and proceeded to take her in.  Once there, my husband got a gurney and he and an attendant carried her in.  This is a very important fact in this story, as later, we were charged for having  someone help carry her in.  The staff upon seeing our plight whisked her in a room and asked us to please stay in the lobby, while they “assessed the stuation.   Distraught and crying, we waited.  OUr poor dog, as I said was unresponsive.  They came back out and advised for $545.00 they would check her blood and take an x-ray, they believed she may have been poisoned, but didn’t know.  All this after I advised I only had 30.00 and couldn’t afford a large bill.  This is the part for which I am truly upset.   The blood tests would not tell us whether or not she had been poisoned, that would be extra.  They had not done anything but give our dog oxygen, no fluids, nothing.  The vet came out and said he could set up an account, if approved, then would proceed, or could put my dog to sleep for the $30.00 I had left.

I am sorry for those who are in this field, but please do not take advantage of an already horrid situation.  Upon agreeing to this, my bill was $545.00, the vet could not tell me anything more than before the treatment, which was one x-ray, a and a blood test.  He then told us the max on the credit would be $700.00.  As I said before, we were at $545.00, with a $40.00 charge for someone to help my husband carry her in, (it stated, “for restraining  her) she was not moving.  The vet also advised he would give her a gas pill, an antibotic and pepcids, even though, he could not tell me what was wrong.  In my despair, they bucked my bill for the pills right on up to 700.00 exactly..  I am still in shock and am unsure as to what we will do.  All I know is….they seem to take advantage of an already horrible situation.  They knew they had us up against the wall.  I know no more now, than I did then what was wrong with my dog.  It has to change and I for one, am going to see that it does.

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