Well, let's not get too off subject right now. Hopefully the whole thing gets straightened out. Main thing is that the baby gets taken care of first, then you can worry about how to rectify the charges. Let the vet bill you, or else go to another vet and have the incision put back together and charge it. Unfortunately, if you go to another vet and they charge you, they will be justified in charging since this is a new case for them, so you won't be able to dispute the charges. I do not know why the vet doesn't just use the surgical glue that our vet used which put the incision together again quite nicely. It cost us nothing. But every vet uses their own methods I guess. Our vet did not use anesthesia the second time when they glued it as that wasn't necessary for glueing it shut, so that is probably why there was no charge.
Anyway, I hope that your little girl gets help and can recover without some sort of infection setting in. That is the important thing, and over the long run, the sooner you close the cut, and don't leave it open to infection, the less the whole thing will wind up costing.
Btw, just as an aside, I'd think about getting pet insurance after this as they will cover such unexpected complications and other illnesses and you can get some reimbursement for extra costs. After having paid for vet costs for our kitty, we signed both the kitty and our furbaby up for insurance and have already received reimbursement for several things that were unexpected such as treatment for reactions to vaccinations. |