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LuvMySissy · 12-01-2009, 07:08 PM

This may not be what you want to hear, but I'd rather have the vet proactively do bloodwork than not do it and just treat, treat, and continue treating for weeks if not months while an underlying, life threatening illness may be doing irreperable damage.

My girls both had the doggie flu last year and our bill was over $400 for them (and that with the multi-pet discount), with only one set of blood work as we had run blood work on the other one a month earlier. At our vet, a bull blood panel is around $120.

And, if dry eyes can be serious and can be caused by something else, I would want the blood panel to rule out other causes.

12-01-2009, 07:08 PM	#10
LuvMySissy Luv my Angel, too! Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: USA Posts: 9,333	This may not be what you want to hear, but I'd rather have the vet proactively do bloodwork than not do it and just treat, treat, and continue treating for weeks if not months while an underlying, life threatening illness may be doing irreperable damage. My girls both had the doggie flu last year and our bill was over $400 for them (and that with the multi-pet discount), with only one set of blood work as we had run blood work on the other one a month earlier. At our vet, a bull blood panel is around $120. And, if dry eyes can be serious and can be caused by something else, I would want the blood panel to rule out other causes. __________________ Sissy & Angel