I write this with a heavy heart. Faced with an overnight illness, I opted to bring my pet here. My town has only two veterinarians and the one that I favored was indisposed at the time. I now wish that I had been able to shop around more. After a long out of town drive, I met with the vets at this facility and told them of my pets symptoms. After a brief visual inspection, the emergency was proposed to be a grave one. If my beloved companion didn't get immediate attention, then he'd would suffer a rather painful death. It's too bad that I wasn't properly prepared for the financing to save my little friend. I'm a blue-collar worker with a modest job and didn't have a lot of money at my disposal at the time. I inquired about a payment plan, but the total bill had to be taken care of up front. It seems that I was left alone with my anguishing pet for rather long periods of time while the vets drew up each different estimate. When the head vet addressed my concerns, he spoke rapidly as he peddled one estimate after another. His demeanor appeared to be that of a salesman to me. I was referred to a credit plan for which I quickly applied. But the financial institution could not be reached that night. The first few hours of much-needed treatment was going be more than mere hundreds. There were other less expensive options, but not that I could immediately afford. I finally looked at the big picture; e.g. my wage, trying to preserve my credit in order to try to purchase a house in the near future, how badly my pet was suffering, and the possibility that my angel could expire from the procedure itself. I choose euthanasia, still saddened that life could be such a commodity. I feel that my pet wasn't treated compassionately as a critically sick animal. The lab work that could have accurately pin-pointed the problem wasn't done. I would've gladly paid for it alone, but I guess that wasn't part of the package. I was offered a smoking deal on cremation!
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