On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 03:08:45 GMT, Don White wrote:

JohnH wrote:

Dogs?

You lost me.

But, speaking of dogs, I just paid the vet $818 to have a different type of tumor removed from each
of my dogs. The Lab is getting to be a damn expensive dog.

We're hoping the tumor on the bearded collie isn't malignant, but won't know until the biopsy
results come back tomorrow or the next day.
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John H

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My sister has a black lab with torn ligaments in a leg. Last week she
was waiting to get a surgery estimate...which I'll bet hits $1k.
I haven't had a dog since my American Cocker Spaniel got run over & died.
Tough to eat those sky high vet bills when people are covered by our
medical system.

My lab tore her anterior cruciate ligament in her left back leg. (I *think* that's the one.) It
holds the knee joint together. The doc repaired it with wire through the upper and lower bones. Then
I had to give the dog physical therapy for two months.

$1500 for the operation. This was after radiation therapy at North Carolina State Vet Hospital for a
month, at a cost of $3500. This is getting to be a damn expensive dog. On the farm, she wouldn't
have lasted this long!
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John H

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