Jazz: Back from the Brink

After a second visit to Death's Door in the past eight months thanks to a blocked urethra crisis (ouch), my cat has begun the recovery process. Instead of the $750 it cost me last time (thanks to the costly late-night emergency vet), this crisis only set me back about $270, which is making me think twice about what to do if his urethra decides to act up again.



Here Jazz is in his "happy to be home" recovery period. Jeanie and I were soon to administer a mini-bath ("he smells like piss," says Jeanie). The big question now is what to do next time; what exactly constitutes a chronic problem that is bad enough (and costly enough) that it's OK to just put the cat out of his misery? My bar is super-low in theory, but my Vulcan musings never seem to match the heartwrenching reality when I'm actually on the way to the vet with a suffering cat.

- posted by John @ 1:30 PM