Oy.

Molly needs her eye removed. When she was at the vet on Tuesday, they were able to get the pressure in her eye down from 88 (it’s supposed to be from 12-24) down to 13. She came home with a new med regiment and now, three days later, her eye is swelling again. No improvement whatsoever. She’s gotten worse, if anything.

I called the vet this morning and left her a message telling her I thought we’d need to take a different route. She obviously knew what I was talking about, because when I called again a few hours later, they had an estimate written up for me for her surgery.

$500.

I’ve already spent $530 on her in the last 8 days,

I asked if there was any way we could work out a payment arrangement, and she said they’d have to call me back. I got a call back shortly after, and their arrangement was a down payment and the remainder within 2 weeks. I told her I’d be able to put down $200 at the most, and there’s no way I’d be able to pay the other $300 in 2 weeks. She said the longest they could go was 3 weeks. Whatthehell. That’s not a payment arrangement in my mind. Seriously. I was thinking something like a down payment and then $100 every 2 weeks for 6 weeks until it was paid in full.

And I have to take her in on Monday for this, or her eye is going to eventually rupture. I’m going to hope that I can give them $200 up front and then they’ll work with me more when we’re face to face.

Obviously I’ve spent $530 up front and willing to throw in another $200. I’m going to pay the rest.. just friggen work with me a little! It’s not like it’s a rough time of the year as it is. On top of Josh being laid off and me being the only financial contributor at the moment. Arg.