poor riley

[airwolfe]

most of you guys don't have to deal with this, not yet anyway.

my dog has a partial tear of a ligament in his back left leg, and a complete tear in the back right. the only fix for a torn ligament, apparently, is surgery. i actually questioned the necessity of the surgery after talking to the specialist and finding out how much it was going to cost

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[rockit_grl]

Poor little guy. At 2 years old he is young

[airwolfe]

i wouldn't dare give up on him, he's so much more family than he is "pet."

as for payments, we couldn't qualify for a plan because of my outstanding debt...the condo, $50k in student loans, braces...it's never-ending. luckily i have a credit card with my bank at 8% interest. my hope is that we can get it paid off before the next surgery.

i just see how much pain he's in, it makes me feel shitty knowing that he'll be going through this again in 3 months...especially because he doesn't know it yet.

[rockit_grl]

I understand but think of it like this. How much pain he'll be in years later when he leg gives out on him. He may go through some pain now but he's young and resilient and it will prevent a lot more pain from happening.

Good luck and give Riley a scratch behind the ear for me. :P