7.14.2005

Can't Sleep

O.K. I tried...but I can't fall asleep. This cloud nine is way too high and it's a long fall down. I think one thing I'm thinking about is my experience with a veterinarian today. My cat Jada dislocated her leg two days ago and because of her pain I had to do something for her. I went to a place called Delhi Veterinarian Clinic. My first impression of the place is this tiny little house with a sign up front. Once I walk in I realized that there is only one vet and he is someone who (by the plaques on his wall of his fraternity group) seems to be only in practice for two years. After I talk to him and told him what was wrong with Jada he tells me that he needs to get an x-ray for sure. So I agree to it thinking it wouldn't be too expensive. The vet came back to tell me that I was correct and she did have a dislocated leg. He could help her pop it back in but there is a 30 percent chance that it would stay. So I agreed to this and after about five minutes he came back and told me that it wouldn't hold. At first I thought I heard him wrong but he told me that as soon as he put the leg back into the socket it came back out. I think my belief in any vet vanished at that moment. After all the effort that I put in, it didn't take and my only option would have to get her surgery...only a measly $700 to $900 dollars. Once I went to pay the bill, a cool $95, I was fuming. The fact that I spent time, effort, and money for nothing. I was back at square one with a kitten who is STILL in pain. Therefore, I am now weary of veterinarians.

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