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Originally Posted by Princes mom  I wish there were more people like you. God bless you!!!!!!!! |
Don't applaud me just yet. But, thank you, you are very kind. It doesn't appear that I will be adopting him.
I wish I could have helped him, but for one thing, Marie did not get back to me, at all in regards to getting the appointment scheduled. And I had left her a voice-mail and an e-mail yesterday morning, that I needed to schedule the appointment at the latest, yesterday, because as she new my Vet required to see him after he had taken the Rimadyl he prescribed, for one week.
My Vet was providing this exam at no cost, as a favor to me.
We had talked on Thursday and Friday and my Vet had also spoken to her daughter, who is a Vet Tech and he had prescribed the Rimadyl and told her that he wanted to see him after he had been on the Rimadyl one week.
It was very important that he be seen at that one week mark.
I spent a lot of time, talking to my Vet, my chiropractor, Maire, and I've lost several nights of sleep worrying about getting things done.
My Vet has zero tolerance for people that do not follow his directions. He didn't get to be a top Vet by doing things, in a sloppy manner.
Another thing, I have been advised by Rescue that his medical bills may be up-wards of $5,000. And that I wouldn't know for 6 months, if he had improved, or would require surgery. An MRI would cost $2,000 and surgery can start at $3,000.
My husband and I do not feel we can spend that money, when we have two Senior Yorkies of our own already, and will most likely need more medical care as they age.
When our first Yorkie became ill when she was 9, her medical bills were extremely high the remaining 4 years of her life. Her remaining 4 years were good years (until she became very sick in her last few months of life), and that was because she had excellent Vet care. We want no less for our other senior girls.
I have a few friends, that breed on a very limited basis, and show, and they do Rescue, and they Vet each dog they take in as a Rescue, before they are adopted.
Their retirees remain in their family.
They disagree, wholeheartedly, with a breeder doing rescue and not vetting the dogs.
As disheartened as I am to say it, I think this little guy is going to need to go into a good Rescue that can raise the money for what I believe, are going to be major Vet bills.