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In response to "so sorry to hear this." by groiny

I told the vet yesterday how horribly guilty I feel that we can't spend $$$$$$ to find out what the problem is.

Posted by kelly Jan 16 '14, 13:20

Her response was "you've spent the money on everything that was done within reason. At this point it would just be 'fishing', and even if you spent a lot of money on every other test out there, there's no guarantee."

I was really surprised to hear her say that. It made me feel a bit better, actually.

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While not near the same thing, we had to have the same conversation when Ozzie went blind. - Jim Jan 16, 13:28 3
- in a scene straight out of Tom and Jerry, my dog walked into a shovel in the backyard this morning. - groiny Jan 16, 13:32 2
  - BIL trap? -- nm - Spawn Jan 16, 13:33 1
    - I assume my 12 year old shoveled and just left the thing laying in the yard. - groiny Jan 16, 13:34
Vets like that are precious -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 16, 13:27
right, and there is no way to know that even if you did, that it would change the end result. - groiny Jan 16, 13:23
We probably spent $10-$15k on Billy. The first prognosis was still the correct one. -- nm - David Jan 16, 13:22

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I told the vet yesterday how horribly guilty I feel that we can't spend $$$$$$ to find out what the problem is.

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