Saturday night. Come home, dogs eaten some chocolate chip cookies. Maybe 4 or 5.
No biggy right?
Uh, yes.
Dog's acting all excited,(high) and his heart rate is up.(Chocolate toxicity.)
Off to Pet Emergency. (Music up and sirens blaring...cut away of Dad, Daughter and Dog rushing through the slushy streets of Oakville.)
Arrive at PE where my money turns to liquid and starts to flow out of my pocket.
ER fee/ER exam/ER induce Vomiting-$272.42!
Now I want to vomit.
But it gets better. Way better.Or worse.
After an hour of watching the DVD of Air Bud in the waiting room, ( Not kidding. Nice TV too. Of course it is, they're charging nearly 300 bucks to make dogs puke.) the Vet tells me they want to keep the Chocolate addict over night.
No probs I say. Then they give me an estimate of costs. $537.08. They do this with a straight face and I get woozy.
But I'm screwed. If I take him home and he croaks then I will be the Shit of of my family and face a life-time of grief. "Oh yeah, if only Daddy would have coughed up the 537 then Tucker would still be with us....!"
$272, plus $537 is $800 freaking bucks.
Of course I say yes and Tucker gets better the next day and all is well.
All is well except I can't stop thinking about what 800 dollars buys you nowadays. So every time I look at him all I can see is Snowblower, skiing in Whistler, decent Lap Top, (lots of Lap Dances), great bottles of wine, flights ect.
I do know this.
Now I want my Daughters to either become Pet Emergency Doctors or marry one.
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Comments
We paid $1100 to have a cats tooth extracted. My wifes cat. I'll stop there before I get in trouble.
Posted by: james edgar | February 4, 2008 / 09:07
Expensive cookies don't ya think? :)
Hey hh let me save you some more grief, dont let Tuck get near tomatoes, grapes or mushrooms. They are not good for doggies either and depending on the amount can cost 800, 900 or more... experience talking
Posted by: SoccerMom | February 4, 2008 / 10:12
Wow! First a plumber, now a Vet......careful. Things come in 3's.
Posted by: Mike from Lowville | February 4, 2008 / 10:48
Oh Howard, if you had left Tucker alone for awhile, he would have puked it up all by himself (and yes, I know this from personal experience with Roger, who located the easter chocolate last spring and ate it, tinfoil and all).
Posted by: Diane | February 4, 2008 / 12:19
Add onions to the list of things to keep him away from also.
Posted by: Kelly | February 4, 2008 / 16:55