MIghtyG
Well-known Member
Not sure what I hope to gain from this other than a vent of some sort....
First of all, its Christmas. 360 days of the year im very very careful with money, some would say "tight fisted" but for a few days before I go mental, spending heaps of money on my family and girlfriend as I generally get more excited now watching others open their presents than I do opening my own.
This year we started the Christmas shopping early, hoping to get most of it out of the way before the mental rush and I managed to get the majority of it done by around December the 10th.
And now comes the woe....
My Girlfriend has been off work ill for the past month and we have only been getting her SSP which has dropped our income a fair bit, not to worry though we have money in savings and we should be fine....
Then Monday (the 12th) My dog isnt doing too well and has some yellow/white disscharge from her privates, not great. I book an appointment at the vets and expect to be buying a course of antibiotics.
I'm then told she needs to go in for an emergency operation and will likely cost £600 minimum, if there is no complications, I book her in and take her to the vets on Tuesday morning. We are hoping to get her home the same day and phone back at 2pm to check her progress. we are told she went through the op well and is doing fine, just a little dozy from the general anesthetic.
We phone back at 4pm and again at 6pm and we are finaly told that she will need to be kept in overnight as she is still too dozy. No problem, at least she will be taken care of
(its going to cost another £100 for an overnight stay though)
I then get another phone at around 1am telling me my dog has signs of internal bleeding which will require an emergency scan and operation, this will cost over £500 though. Thankfully I got another call at 4am telling me everything went well with the operation, they were able to identify where the blood was coming from and stop it. I also got a call around 8am this morning to let me know that she has now been outside and is much more sprightly and was bouncing about with her tail wagging, only thing is she hasnt eaten yet which isnt so good but they think it could be down to the amount of pain killers she has been taking.
I need to phone them again at 2pm and hopefully she will be able to come home at around 4pm.
Ontop of all this I have been dealing with some of the most difficult stuff yet in work.
Why is it that it all piles on at this time of year? its meant to be a time to kick back and relax!
Anyway, heres my doggy, wish her well!
First of all, its Christmas. 360 days of the year im very very careful with money, some would say "tight fisted" but for a few days before I go mental, spending heaps of money on my family and girlfriend as I generally get more excited now watching others open their presents than I do opening my own.
This year we started the Christmas shopping early, hoping to get most of it out of the way before the mental rush and I managed to get the majority of it done by around December the 10th.
And now comes the woe....
My Girlfriend has been off work ill for the past month and we have only been getting her SSP which has dropped our income a fair bit, not to worry though we have money in savings and we should be fine....
Then Monday (the 12th) My dog isnt doing too well and has some yellow/white disscharge from her privates, not great. I book an appointment at the vets and expect to be buying a course of antibiotics.
I'm then told she needs to go in for an emergency operation and will likely cost £600 minimum, if there is no complications, I book her in and take her to the vets on Tuesday morning. We are hoping to get her home the same day and phone back at 2pm to check her progress. we are told she went through the op well and is doing fine, just a little dozy from the general anesthetic.
We phone back at 4pm and again at 6pm and we are finaly told that she will need to be kept in overnight as she is still too dozy. No problem, at least she will be taken care of
I then get another phone at around 1am telling me my dog has signs of internal bleeding which will require an emergency scan and operation, this will cost over £500 though. Thankfully I got another call at 4am telling me everything went well with the operation, they were able to identify where the blood was coming from and stop it. I also got a call around 8am this morning to let me know that she has now been outside and is much more sprightly and was bouncing about with her tail wagging, only thing is she hasnt eaten yet which isnt so good but they think it could be down to the amount of pain killers she has been taking.
I need to phone them again at 2pm and hopefully she will be able to come home at around 4pm.
Ontop of all this I have been dealing with some of the most difficult stuff yet in work.
Why is it that it all piles on at this time of year? its meant to be a time to kick back and relax!
Anyway, heres my doggy, wish her well!