Chloe had her spay surgery on Tuesday. I took her to Operation Pets Veterinary Care in Lackawanna, NY ~ Lackawanna is a city right next to Buffalo, on Buffalo’s south border ~ it’s where Bethlehem Steel used to be. There was a steel plant on the shores of Lake Erie from 1857 until 1983 & Lackawanna was a thriving city, as was Buffalo. I remember those days.
I used to spend a lot of time down in Lackawanna ~ in my late teens & mid 20s ~ I had a boyfriend down there & I did a lot of partying down there. LaBella’s pizza & “red red wine”. Dropping acid & going to the Basilica of Our Lady of Victory & walking around gazing at its beauty ~ it’s a gorgeous place without hallucinogens. Going down there was a ride down memory lane.
I took a Lyft down there & back. Since I had to drop Chloe off & leave her, it cost me $84 + tip the first round trip & $72 + tip the second round trip. The vet bill was $70 & that included the surgery, rabies shot & distemper shot.
That’s a total of $235. Compare that to the $1400 that the vet that was 5 minutes away was going to charge me. For JUST the surgery.
Chloe was really groggy when she got home & had trouble walking & she went to sleep under the loveseat in the library & I didn’t see her until the next morning. It took her a few days to recover.
This morning, I managed to get a picture of the incision on her belly. She wasn’t very cooperative, of course.
It’s really tiny! When I was rubbing her belly, it felt so much bigger.
Anyway, she’s pretty much back to her old self. Back to ripping pictures off the wall & harassing the houseplants & generally being a terrorist.
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