Lilolil I've had many similar experiences with normal vets and emergency ones in the past - last one being poor Gus, back in June. He was a young cat (only 3yrs old) and had a growth in his intestines. We took him to the vets, who took lots of tests including numerous x-rays. We colleted him the same day, they called us back the following day and advised he needed an operation to remove the growth which also meant he would have to stay at the vets the whole weekend. He came back in a really sorry state - the nurses hadnt really looked after him properly. Things were beginning to look positive and he was even beginning to run around like his usual loonytoon self but a few days later the vet called to say it was cancer and had spread so we had to have him put down.