Vet (Dolla) Bill Bottom Lines?

[4theSNAKElady]

Hmm....thats a very difficult question to answer. I guess it depends on how attached the person is to the animal, and how much money they can afford, and the probability that the treatment would get that animal back to health. An old roomate of mine had a dog that had a bad heart murmur. She prob spent over $6K over the two short years of his life, taking him to heart specialists and ER vet visits to save him. He was just a puppy when she got him, and he didnt live very long. Personally, i wouldnt have sunk the much money after the first heart visit. I would have just put him down. Currently, we have a male butter thats been fighting a skin infection for over a year. Hes been to two different vets, and almost $500 later, hes gets better, then gets worse.....very slowly. I cant afford to put any more money out, to take a chance on him never getting better. Id be different if it was all better now, and he was back to great health. But i feel like the money was spent "in vain". I have spent money on other pets in the past that were saved, and lived out the rest of their happy healthy lives. I think everyones situation is different....based on whats more important, and what they can afford. Its hard when the responsibility for an animals life or death is put into your hands. But, for me personally, whatever the choice was, im not to condemn that person for the choice they made...as long as they cared, and tried to do the best they could with what they had.
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