Pets....

Our sweet little Chloe is one sick dog...poor baby. You know when you have the flu so badly that all you can do is stay in bed, not moving, not watching TV...just lying there thinking you are so, so sick, you don't want to move? That's our Chloe. She is so ill, she just lies there...

She has pancreatitis - treatable. She got an injection of antibiotics, fluids in her 'skin' that absorb into her body (like an IV she can have at home), a restricted diet (for the next week or so, at least)....

She has been 'off' for a few days - and when I got home last night, while I was working in the kitchen, it was pretty clear something was majorly wrong.

We called our regular vet first thing this morning - and the soonest they would have a vet in the office was 10:15. We took that appointment. About 5 minutes later, they called back to ask if we could take her in later - the vet would be doing a surgery as soon as he arrived. So we called a different vet in town who had a doctor there within 1/2 hour - so we took her there. Either change vets immediately or drive her to the emergency vet clinic 30+ miles away in commute traffic. We called our regular vet back and cancelled. And I'm thinking of sending them a letter - I think they are downsizing because business is off - and I feel bad about that for them - but it's a vicious circle. They lost $550+ today - because they didn't have a vet that could see our pet at 8 in the morning. We would have actually spent more than that - 'cuz they are the most expensive vet in town and that's what we paid the 'new' less expensive vet. How long can you operate a business where people go to the other vet in town 'cuz you don't have staff that can see sick animals right away?

We feel she is in good hands - and the vet is confident she will be OK. I hope so 'cuz losing another pet is just not something I can cope with at the moment.

And, small thing....yet not when you've had $200 in vet bills already this month - they gave us a 10% 'senior' discount! We will probably stay with them now and start taking all the pets there....

Tonight was board meeting night so it's been a really long day - I'm heading up to feed the loudly meowing cat that is begging for his dinner. Hoping for a decent night's sleep 'cuz I'm not getting that lately and it's wearing on me.

Only two more days before the break....a break I desperately need. It is getting so jammed up with work commitments, etc. - but darn it all to heck, I'm going to wedge in some 'me' time somehow....