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inanna

(3,547 posts)
Sat Apr 25, 2020, 01:01 PM Apr 2020

Guardian UK: The worst part of being poor: watching your dog die when you can't afford to help

Warning: you will cry your eyes out about midway through this article

From 2018

A few years ago, my sister Marylin’s peekapoo – a playful and affectionate dog named Oreo – went to the vet for minor bleeding in her mouth. Any issue involving blood is always of concern, but Oreo was only eight and in otherwise good health so it wasn’t alarming. Maybe she had eaten something that had irritated her digestive system, we had assumed.

The vet prescribed Rimadyl, an anti-inflammatory medication often prescribed for arthritis and other conditions.


Within a few hours, Oreo’s condition only worsened. She couldn’t eat, and was obviously in distress. From there, things got alarming. She became disoriented, unable to stand or walk without falling. Then hemorrhaging started. Yet the cause of her sudden decline proved a mystery.

We called local vets, hunting for one that could see her right away. That’s when we discovered a cruel fact of life for pet owners of modest means. If you can’t hand over a bunch of cash immediately, you often have no way to get your pet the medical care they need. Even in the worst emergencies.


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https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/nov/09/dogs-poor-poverty-vets-pets



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Guardian UK: The worst part of being poor: watching your dog die when you can't afford to help (Original Post) inanna Apr 2020 OP
Sorry not reading this. Just the title makes me sad. efhmc Apr 2020 #1
I haven't looked into pet health insurance, but that might make a nice annual present when she gets Karadeniz Apr 2020 #2
Greed is so ugly I_UndergroundPanther May 2020 #3

efhmc

(15,005 posts)
1. Sorry not reading this. Just the title makes me sad.
Sat Apr 25, 2020, 01:07 PM
Apr 2020

Did skim it enough to be so sorry for Marylin.

Karadeniz

(23,414 posts)
2. I haven't looked into pet health insurance, but that might make a nice annual present when she gets
Sat Apr 25, 2020, 06:41 PM
Apr 2020

Anothet pet.

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