Cubist
Still wavin'
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- Ovver 'thill
Remember we got Bramble back in January? Originally described as an 18 month old Collie X Labrador? Yeah right.
She had what the rescue people described as a fatty lump on her chest, and so we took her along to the vet to have it taken off. I bargained with them that if we paid for the lump to be removed they would waive the £80 rehoming fee (!).. The vet said it would be a good idea to have a blood test done pre-op to make sure she was fit enough for the anaesthetic. An hour later he rang to say the blood tests showed she had some form of liver damage. He suggested a scan and that showed that she had a "mass" growing on her gall-bladder. He sought our permission to open her up and see what this was about, with the caveat that he would ring us if it proved to be anything "sinister." I spent the whole day expecting a "it was better not to bring her round from the anaesthetic " call, wondering how I was going to tell the kids.
He rang us at teatime to say the mass was on the bile duct not gall-bladder, so was operable. He also removed the fatty tumour and both have gone off to the lab for a two for the price of one histology test.
Mrs Cube went to fetch a very sorry-looking Bramble later that evening, (and found the vet leafing through a boat-buyers' catalogue...) Even he said we should expect a hefty bill. Now call me sentimental, but we have just paid the bill for Buster's last set of treatment (including an itemised £60 euthanasia fee) which came to the best part of £600. Now we're facing another £600-800 fee for this one. F*cking things. (vets I mean, not dogs.....!)
The dog rescue people have told us they will pay the bill, but my conscience is kinda telling me I should pay a reasonable proportion of it, let them pay the rest and then do some fund-raising shoot for them. What do you reckon?
She had what the rescue people described as a fatty lump on her chest, and so we took her along to the vet to have it taken off. I bargained with them that if we paid for the lump to be removed they would waive the £80 rehoming fee (!).. The vet said it would be a good idea to have a blood test done pre-op to make sure she was fit enough for the anaesthetic. An hour later he rang to say the blood tests showed she had some form of liver damage. He suggested a scan and that showed that she had a "mass" growing on her gall-bladder. He sought our permission to open her up and see what this was about, with the caveat that he would ring us if it proved to be anything "sinister." I spent the whole day expecting a "it was better not to bring her round from the anaesthetic " call, wondering how I was going to tell the kids.
He rang us at teatime to say the mass was on the bile duct not gall-bladder, so was operable. He also removed the fatty tumour and both have gone off to the lab for a two for the price of one histology test.
Mrs Cube went to fetch a very sorry-looking Bramble later that evening, (and found the vet leafing through a boat-buyers' catalogue...) Even he said we should expect a hefty bill. Now call me sentimental, but we have just paid the bill for Buster's last set of treatment (including an itemised £60 euthanasia fee) which came to the best part of £600. Now we're facing another £600-800 fee for this one. F*cking things. (vets I mean, not dogs.....!)
The dog rescue people have told us they will pay the bill, but my conscience is kinda telling me I should pay a reasonable proportion of it, let them pay the rest and then do some fund-raising shoot for them. What do you reckon?
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Well it makes us laugh. 
