DM has a dog, we got her the dog 7 years ago as a puppy and she is the best little dog ever, extremely affectionate and just the best girl.
DM thought she had insurance for dog but unfortunately the payment didn't go through in November, they emailed but DM about payment but she had changed email and forgot to let them know and also didn't notice the payments not coming out. Only found this out now that dog needs medical attention and obviously everyone is devastated.
Her back legs gave in yesterday, took her to vet and they said she has a slipped disc. They haven't actually carried out any imagery, or tests though, but they're fairly.confident it's that. She can't go to the toilet herself at the moment due to the pressure on her spine or something like that, so had to have her bowels emptied by the vet every 12 hours. They told us that there is a surgery she can have, with 80% success rate which they don't do, but they can refer us to another vet and it costs between £5000-£8000. The referral vet won't even look at her unless £3000 is paid upfront. We've tried to raise some money between us but can't hit anywhere near that. It seems so unfair that her life is decided on money, but the way she is now, we can't keep her going like that until we raise funds. Surgery needs to be done asap. PDSA says they recommend she be put to sleep, they wanted to do it today but my DM was out of the country and we've managed to get them to keep her an extra night so my DM can say goodbye, she gets early hours in the morning. Tried to get an earlier flight but all fully booked.
I don't even know why I'm posting, I guess I just needed to vent/get it off my chest. I feel awful that we can't save her, we went to see her today and she looked confused and was shaking, I wish there was something we could do to save her.