Pet Insurance - A story..!

[philip walker]

Hello there,

Thought I would share an experience with you lovely ED people.

A couple of weeks ago, I noticed my dog limping after his walk, and first thing in the morning, he is an 8 year old boxer, and I thought it was just old man hip or something, but I took him to the vet anyway. They said his knee is injured and needs to see a specialist, so we went to see him (Kydd & Kydd in Wimbledon, can't praise them enough) it turns out my pooch has a badly injured knee, a ruptured ligament, and needs an operation.

Well me and my dog are quite close! I mean, he has been a step behind me every day since he was 10 weeks old. I was gutted that he was going to have to go through this. I was a mess, the dog didn't seem that bothered when I told him about it!

So he came home yesterday after the operation, there were some complications but it all worked out ok, he has a new Bionic knee (time will tell if he can jump over houses and run at 60 miles an hour!), and is generally feeling very sorry for himself, a bit sore, although I think he is enjoying the bacon, grilled chicken, pigs ears and sympathy. For him it must have been so confusing, for us, well I've hardly slept and have been more anxious than I would probably admit in public!

The point I want to make is, that in total, including post op vet visits and physio, this will have cost close to ?5000. Since he was a pup I have paid my ?16 a month for pet insurance, and now, it is all dealt with, my pet insurance have agreed to pay the vet direct, it is all done, he is fixed (ish) and I don't have to worry about the money. What would I have done if he wasn't insured? It is such a relief to know he is getting good treatment, and I don't have to worry about the financial side of it, I just have to think about getting him better.

for those of you thinking "Christ it's just a dog!" You're absolutely right, but he's my dog..

The moral of the story. Vet bills bad. Pet insurance good..!

[Moos]

This the same bast@rd dog that chewed up your shoes a few weeks ago? ;-)

Only teasing - happy news, glad he's all better.

[philip walker]

Ha! yeah thats him, funny how you forgive and forget hey?

Anyways, he has to wear a huge purple sock for a month, he will be mightily pished off, so we're even.