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Tibbe has got about $2800.00 in vet bills so far this year. Last ER visit charge was $95.00, x-rays $138.00, lab $250.00 for one panel plus lesser dollars for other tests. His pneumonia bout itself was probably $1700.00 as he saw two different vets, on the ER vet with overnight hospital stay, IV's, meds, cardiac specialist since the first vet thought his heart was greatly enlarged, 3 different sets of chest x-rays - the 3rd 3 weeks later to check for clear lungs, cardiac Doppler, etc. Then his Wellness Plan is probably $495.00 plus anal sac expression, this & that. His recent apparent fall in the night involved 2 visits ER vet visits, x-rays, those blood tests & approaching $600.00 probably. I do kind of prefer taking him to the ER vet as they have every piece of equipment needed to do just about anything & you don't usually have to go elsewhere. And they are used to dealing with critical dogs all the time so I like to take him there now just in case he should go south or something if he reacts to some medicine given at the vets or his condition is something a routine vet can't handle. Expensive though.