Dude's surgery **UPDATE 1/17**

[Catty1]

Awww, dear Dudey!

I think he will be all ready for your gentle TLC and - well, you might spoil him just a BIT, right?

Do write the shelter...they ought to know. Hopefully that vet is no longer there. It's no excuse - but I imagine vets volunteer their free time there, and during a busy week at their regular practice they should NOT be doing any free surgery. But I guess they do, cause it has to be done...


HUGS and blessings to you! Did your vet arrange payment plan for you?

[kimlovescats]

Excellent news! I discussed both of my Dexter and Boots and their stomatitis again with my vet this week. She said when she did Dexter's dental recently, that his teeth were so well rooted in his mouth that it would be VERY difficult to remove them. They can easily break off, and she said something about their front canine teeth and how a big gaping hole can be left that will allow food to get in their nasal passages??? So, we are just buying time with his soft diet and cleanings regularly for Dexter. Boots is the hard to handle feral one. Right now the soft diet is keeping him comfortable. *sigh* These dental problems are a nightmare! So glad that Dude is going to finally be PAIN FREE!!!

[Lizzie]

Awww, dear Dudey!

I think he will be all ready for your gentle TLC and - well, you might spoil him just a BIT, right?

Do write the shelter...they ought to know. Hopefully that vet is no longer there. It's no excuse - but I imagine vets volunteer their free time there, and during a busy week at their regular practice they should NOT be doing any free surgery. But I guess they do, cause it has to be done...


HUGS and blessings to you! Did your vet arrange payment plan for you?

We will spend the night in each other's arms! I never thought when I was 20 that I'd look forward to spending the night only in the arms of a cat. I must have grown up at last.

The vet is not a volunteer. The shelter pays two vets to come in one day each week.

Unfortunately, the specialist doesn't do payment plans and not even CareCredit, which I have already. It's going to have to be part debit and part credit card - about $1,400 in all. How much do you get in advance if you sell your body to a medical school?!

[Catty1]

Mmmm....don't know. But how much did that guy want for his kidney on eBay?

[K & L]

How'd I miss this? I sure glad he found you! Costs are horrible aren't they? I would hate to add up everything we've spent! Thanks so much for taking care of him!

[Lizzie]

I know you have all experienced the vet who is wonderful in some ways but just plain dense in others. I've explained over and over to the clinic that I can't get near Dude's mouth. It tooks months of building trust before I could put my hand anywhere near his jaw - and who could blame him after years of pain. I told them even my vet could only get one quick peek in his mouth and that's with techs holding Dude. And they want to give me two lots of medicine for him, to be given twice a day - orally. Sure I could wrap him, and I could put him in a vice-like grip, and maybe I could poke a dropper under his lip for a micro-second, but two full medicines by mouth. It's like a bad joke. I've pilled adult ferals that would be easier.

[Medusa]

I'm so glad to hear that Dude is going to be pain free, the handsome guy. It's dreadful how you found him but wonderful that you did find him. I love hearing stories like this; it renews my faith in humanity. Spirit brought you two together and, even though it's draining your bank account, you're making huge deposits in your grace account. We here at PT know all too well how expensive it can be to care for furkids. But one look into their trusting eyes and we know we could never make any other choice.

Blessings,
Mary