My white female kitty Lychee, of only less than a 1 year old, had to be put down. I keep going back in forth in my head to see if something could be done, but I just don't know. I took her to the vet a few days ago, and she has rectal prolapse. It was already at 1 am in the morning that it happened, and the only place open at the time was an animal hospital about 30 mins away, and it was the one that seemed cheapest compared to 2 other places I called.
When we got there and they examined her, I had just enough money to be able to get it fixed, minus a few things because that's what I could afford, and I could probably get her the minor things they took off the bill in the next couple days. After examining her, she had more wrong with her than just the rectal prolapse, she had her intestines being pushed out as well. After the $233 bill they quoted, it turned into $1500 just to operate on her. I had no way of getting that amount of money, we tried carecredit, but I wasn't approved, and I had no one I could call or contact that would possibly co-sign. They said even if they could do what they said before, if she didn't have the surgery she would die.
I didn't know what to do, I didn't want to watch her suffer. And I was afraid if I just waited she would die anyways. So I asked them to put her down. I was so upset that I had to make that trip and still pay $200 just to have her examined and then put down. It's killing me because I wanted so bad to save her...I loved her so much. I keep blaming myself.
She didn't deserve it. She deserved to live.
When we got there and they examined her, I had just enough money to be able to get it fixed, minus a few things because that's what I could afford, and I could probably get her the minor things they took off the bill in the next couple days. After examining her, she had more wrong with her than just the rectal prolapse, she had her intestines being pushed out as well. After the $233 bill they quoted, it turned into $1500 just to operate on her. I had no way of getting that amount of money, we tried carecredit, but I wasn't approved, and I had no one I could call or contact that would possibly co-sign. They said even if they could do what they said before, if she didn't have the surgery she would die.
I didn't know what to do, I didn't want to watch her suffer. And I was afraid if I just waited she would die anyways. So I asked them to put her down. I was so upset that I had to make that trip and still pay $200 just to have her examined and then put down. It's killing me because I wanted so bad to save her...I loved her so much. I keep blaming myself.
She didn't deserve it. She deserved to live.