{"id":168547,"date":"2014-01-17T04:00:35","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T11:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/getrichslowly.org\/blog\/?p=168547"},"modified":"2020-05-27T16:17:14","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T23:17:14","slug":"ask-the-readers-how-much-are-you-willing-to-spend-to-save-a-sick-pet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/ask-the-readers-how-much-are-you-willing-to-spend-to-save-a-sick-pet\/","title":{"rendered":"How much are you willing to spend to save a sick pet?"},"content":{"rendered":"
This article is by managing editor Ellen Cannon.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Four years ago, my beloved kitty Zito developed kidney problems. She was only five years old, and her littermate, Mikey, was fine and healthy. But Zito had stopped eating and wasn’t drinking much water. I took her to the vet.<\/p>\n An x-ray by the veterinarian showed that one of her kidneys was tiny and the other was not the normal size it should have been. The vet said most likely the little kidney wasn’t functioning at all and the other was working overtime.<\/p>\n I took Zito to a veterinary specialty hospital to get her checked out, and they said they might be able to repair her kidney with surgery. I could afford it \u2014 even though it was a LOT of money, about $3k) \u2014 and I didn’t want to lose my kitty. I chose to have the surgery. And no, I didn’t have pet insurance<\/a>.<\/p>\n The surgery went well and I visited her at the hospital for the next week as she was recuperating. Then she was ready to come home. She had a feeding tube in, and I learned how to feed her through that with the special liquid food she needed.<\/p>\n