Giada, Dogwood, and Daughter Hawthorne
are visiting for a couple of days.
Giada came into my bedroom, as usual, at 6:43 AM,
to get my sorry ass out of bed
and take her for a run through the neighborhood.
I obliged.
It was quite painful though.
Even with heavy gloves on,
my Raynaud's kicked in immediately.
Got back home in about 45 minutes
and checked the mailbox
since I forgot to on Saturday.
I found a plain hand-written envelope.
It was a bill.
Not just any bill.
A bill from my vet.
From September 15, 2011.
Four months after the fact.
Date Description Amount
09/15/2011 Exam - Routine Exam 49.00
09/15/2011 Misc* 25.00
09/15/2011 Euthanasia - Large Dog 70.00
Invoice Total 144.00
*Misc - abdominal tap and tube
Gut punch.
As in I can't breathe.
Oh please, this was no routine exam.
Tell me, what the hell was routine!??!
The Miscellaneous part,
for Dixie,
and for me,
was the most visceral.
Sorry, I tend to over-punctuate when mad and hurt.
I'm reading this and reliving everything.
It made it real all over again.
On the bright side,
this week can only get better.
9 comments:
Rosie I am so sorry. That was incredibly insincere on your vet's part. I can't believe they would even put something like that!!! Sending prayers/positive thoughts your way. I know how hard it is to lose a fur baby!
Aww crap. WTF waiting this long to bill you? And just when you were starting to have happy tears.
Sorry.
I know that "sorry" doesn't begin to cut it...thinking of you ((hugs))
Awwwww! Sincerely
Karol Ann, "Anony," Lori, and Woodduck, I thank you all.
(Hugs), Rosie. And Dixie's smiling down from Heaven at you. Bet she even has her shades on.
Thanks, Mar.
I kept looking back for her.
Old habits die hard.
She's there, Rosie, she's there.
That vet is an asswipe.
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