Finally, Something to Blog about!

Not in a "Oooh I got a new car" way or a "oh my, my kids are so funny" way but definitely in a "I almost ruined my cat's ears" way.

Oh yes, I'm known to play vet and take my pet to the low cost vaccination clinics because I am always amazed at how EXPENSIVE it is to take your pet to the vet. Pumpkin Batman (who will be referred to as PB in the rest of the story) was exhibiting the textbook signs of ear mites. Black crusty stuff in his ears, scratching etc...so I cleaned them regularly hoping it would just go away. It got worse so, being the money saving girl that I am I just went to Tractor Supply and got some ear mite drops. I began treating him with the drops according to the instructions. I treated and they weren't getting better, in fact I saw MORE crap than there was before. I thought "oh it's just the medicine flushing out the gross stuff" treat, treat, treat. Until after school today when I looked in one of his ears and it was totally sealed up with pussy yellow stuff. Aaack, I thought (still in vet mode) it's an infection from him scratching his ears. So I called the vet suggested on is adoption papers. They got me in immediately and were so nice when I got to the office with two small children and a cat in a pillowcase in tow. (In case you ever need to transport your cat to the vet and you don't have your carrier because you loaned it to your sister a pillowcase is a great way to do it). Then explain to all the staff why the cat's name is PB. Everyone looks at your daughter and smiles and then wonders to themselves why a person would let a child name a cat. So the vet comes in a looks in PB's ears with this cool camera thing and all the gross stuff is projected on a 12 inch TV that makes it look 1 million times grosser. Vet is very nice when he explains to me that earmites aren't treated by liquid drops anymore, he hasn't seen this problem in a while because of the NEW way to treat. Uhhhh...

Everyone in the entire office assumes I am a first-time cat owner and I don't tell them I'm not. Yikes so PB's ears are my fault, and the fact that I paid $113 for said ear treatment which includes ANESTHESIA and PACKING OF STUFF IN THE EARS and MEDICINE. Not to mention that the vet's staff got the humane society to pay for part of the bill because they said he had to have had earmites when we got him. So really it should have been WAY more than it was, plus they gave me a free office visit and didn't make me buy the Revolution from them (grudgingly of course) and order it off the Internet instead. And he had to have two vaccinations to be able to stay overnight at the clinic.

Why aren't Vet's millionaires?

While I was waiting two people paid vet bill in the $300 dollar range, I had to pick my jaw up off the floor twice when I heard the bill amount. The office and vet were very nice it seems their policy is to give an estimate of the cost before you leave so you can go sell your soul to pay when you pick up your pet.

I did feel very blessed to only have ear issues when I heard some of the staff whispering that a man had decided to have his pet put to sleep. After that I mentally shut my trap about my vet bill. That is one decision that I hope I don't have to make, or at least if I do it's a clear cut answer.