Thursday, December 20, 2007 , the wee hours

Cricket’s pancreatitis

We thought we had Cricket’s mild pancreatitis almost cleared up, but today it flared up with a vengeance.  She was absolutely frantic by this evening (the dog version of “hysterical"), and was continuously vomiting/retching, as well as refusing to eat.  We thought there was an all-night emergency clinic just down the street from us, but it turns out they stopped offering the emergency service a few years ago.  Cricket was in such bad shape, we figured we should take her to Vegas’ most-reputable emergency clinic, which is about 15 miles away.

The vet at the clinic felt that Cricket was having a pain flare-up, and that’s what was causing her shaking, the vomiting, etc.  They’re now keeping her overnight on IV fluids, but in the morning at 7:30 (in about six hours), we can pick her up and take her to our regular vet.  She already looked better when we saw here in the treatment cage when we went to give her a goodnight air kiss, but it’s probably for the best she stays there under a watchful eye for a few hours.  I’d love to get her pancreatitis under control!

Sadly, the money issue raises its ugly head again, as this visit cost us a fortune.  Best, cheapest case scenario for Cricket’s 9 hours at the vet tonight is about $623 - that’s how much I had to leave as a deposit.  Worst case scenario, we’re looking at about $1500, just for one evening of treatment.  After today, I’ll have maxed out my Care Credit card again, much to my chagrin.  It’s like the pets choose to get some terrible illness whenever they know I’ve got available credit.

Posted by Leigh-Ann on 12/20 at 12:50 AM
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