I have been sick about this all day long. I stopped in at Banfield which is inside PetsMart and they pretty much told me that I am on the right track. They would hosptialize him to try to bring the fever down but it could cost between $200 and $400 to reach that point. They are not staffed 24 hours a day so the poor thing would be left alone.
That sealed it for me, I went back to my vet and got a health care plan. I applied and was approved for a line of credit. The best part is IF I can pay it off in 6 months they won't charge me interest. The bad part is that if I fail to pay it off in 6 months they will charge me interest from day 1 forwaard. OUCH. So he has gotten x-rays and they showed a very small spot on the right lung that looks like it might be Bronchitis but she said it's so small that its actually probably nothing. That was the only thing that stood out. He is on IV Fluids and a Catheter to help bring down the fluid. I said my goodbye to him in case this doesn't work out. I told him that I am trying my damndest to fix this and get him back to normal but my best might not be good enough.
With a fever of unknown origin you are looking for a needle in the hay stack. So we may run all of these test and not find a damn thing. This could simply be a viral thing that has to run it's course. They did figure out that he has some bad teeth, but they don't think that would cause this. They were looking over his body for absesses and I was thinking what about an absess tooth? I mean it's stretching things, but just a thought.
I have commited to 24 hours of hosptialization. I have almost $1,000 into him and that is way beyond my financial limit. The difference is that some of it is on my credit card and some of it will be on the line of credit. Ugh. I could do all of this and still wind up with a dead cat. FML
So they expect his temp to drop by midnight and they will be checking his temp every 6 hours. I just hope that he doesn't bite anyone regardless of how he feels. He doesn't have his shots and well that would put me in quite the financial pickle. Plus it would be a case of live or die - there is no cheap option plus I suspect I would be subject to a lawsuit which also isn't something that I have planned for, but I dunno if homeowners insurance would help cover that or not. I would rather not find out.
As you can see I can easily find little things to worry over. Right now I am going to watch TV and try to enjoy what is left of this day. I wanted to get out of the area but that will just have to wait, it's not like I can afford it anyway. I did treat myself to Olive Garden today - never ending pasta bowl. Got a bowl of soup to go for free. It was really good, but I couldn't enjoy it to it's fullest because I was and am worried about blu.
Come on fever busting drugs, work your magic and turn blu ecstatic. Fever may you be gone and never return. Hocus Pocus now Focus! Abracadabra. :) Maybe that will do him some good. As if I were a warlock.
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Sending good vibes from here, and hoping this works like a charm!
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