cats of war

[whitereflection]

Got Missy-cat to the vet this morning. They removed the growth, a short procedure that only took a bit over an hour. They'll send it for biopsy so we should know in a few days if it's something that we need to worry about. For now, she's doing really well, not acting too out of the ordinary at all. They gave her an antibiotic and steroid shot, and it left only a small incision, so hopefully it'll heal quick. Then there'll just be taking her back in a couple weeks to get the sutures out.

Another 550$+ today, though. : / This has been an expensive, expensive year for the cats. We never intended to have that many, but I kind of have liked having four. But I'm starting to agree with the husband's statement that as they age and eventually die, that he doesn't ever want to have more than two at a time again. I don't know how we ended up with ones that all have so many medical issues. There's always been so many other animals I've wanted to have, too, but I couldn't imagine doing so now, even beyond him saying no--the cost, even for just normal stuff, is so high. And when they have health issues, it's just astronomical. : /

Ugh, and now I've been short with Mom about something in regards to this all, and I seriously hate when I do that. But she gets so overly concerned, almost obsessive, about the littlest things, almost hypochondriac, and I'm already stressed and worrying about it all and about costs, and I just...crap. I mean, we've been home just a bit over an hour, and of course she's going to groom it some--they only said to go back for the cone if she really won't leave it alone--ffs, give it some time, mother.

Read the first two volumes (and some of the third) of Scott Pilgrim at Borders while Missy was having the vetwork done. Really was liking it, wish I could buy them. Definitely want to see the movie when it hits DVD.

I swear I'll get to comments tomorrow. :x Right now I want comfort!pizza-rolls. :x

Comments

[keerawa.livejournal.com]

Have you considered pet insurance? I find it's WELL worth it.

I'll hope for good news on the growth.

[whitereflection.livejournal.com]

I've previously disregarded it, because I always figured it'd be more money in than it'd be worth. But now I really wish I had. : / Because when the costs hit bad, they really are freaking *bad*. Trouble is now, pretty much 3 of the four are uninsurable because of the previous conditions. At the most, I could see maybe Tink being accepted, so I might look into it for her. But at this point, no one's going to take on a 22 year old cat and a cat with cancer--and even Bebop with his chronic kidney failure would be doutbful (or at least extremely high cost premiums if someone would insure him).

Ugh. Definitely one of those hindsight things. -__-