I have a dog. Just after Thanksgiving, he injured a nail. I wrapped it up and disinfected it, but a day later it was still bleeding so I took him to the vet. $300 later, he was better.
A week later, he seemed to be having some new problems, and it turned out it was a bad reaction to some medicine. Back to the vet and another $300. Over the next two weeks he seemed to get better...until he started getting sick again.
I took him to the vet again yesterday, and another $500. So in the span of less than a month, right in the middle of the Christmas shopping season, I've unexpectedly spent over $1000 on my dog's health. And that was a discounted price because I have a health plan for my dog at that vet.
If recent reports are to be believed, the majority if Americans couldn't handle an unexpected $400 bill, and my dog has suddenly cost me more than that. If you have a pet or are planning on getting one, be sure to account for costs that may be unexpected.
Submitted December 21, 2018 at 02:02PM by Unexpected_Chippie http://bit.ly/2EJSXrU
