OH, OLIVER.
Apr. 21st, 2011 04:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
meitantei_cjTook him to the vet, because I noticed a lump under his tail. I'd seen it before, but back then it was small and flesh-colored. Now it's big and angry-looking, bluish-purplish-red. The vet wasn't sure what it is. They did a radiograph and bloodwork, and gave me medications (thank GOD they're all pills and no liquids!) for his heart and his collapsed trachea, and we have to go back in three weeks. Definitely going back, because I'm worried that lump is going to burst. They won't know what it is unless they biopsy it.
$338 this week, and an estimated $500 when we come back. That's actually going to be more, because they have to give him anesthesia to remove the lump, and I figure while he's under, they might as well clean his teeth, too. This is the time to get it done. I'm also switching him over to a dry-only diet and buying him a harness to replace his collar.
It's a GOOD thing I took out that deferred comp money. -_- Between this, the $1000 that just went to MICA, and my health insurance, I'm gonna be broke again in no time. But whatever, it needs to be done. I don't like that lump. It doesn't appear to bother him, but it doesn't look right at all, and it's growing, so it's gotta go.
$338 this week, and an estimated $500 when we come back. That's actually going to be more, because they have to give him anesthesia to remove the lump, and I figure while he's under, they might as well clean his teeth, too. This is the time to get it done. I'm also switching him over to a dry-only diet and buying him a harness to replace his collar.
It's a GOOD thing I took out that deferred comp money. -_- Between this, the $1000 that just went to MICA, and my health insurance, I'm gonna be broke again in no time. But whatever, it needs to be done. I don't like that lump. It doesn't appear to bother him, but it doesn't look right at all, and it's growing, so it's gotta go.
