I'm so glad your kitty is starting to feel better. Before our poor Phoebe died we paid thousands of dollars altogether for a series of treatments, operations, medications, none of which did much of any good. I don't regret that we paid that to try to save a member of the family, but every day, for about three weeks, we had to decide "Do we fork out the three-four-six hundred bucks for this or that treatment/procedure/operation which may not even work, or do we let her die right now?" It was rough in every way, not the least of which financially, and if at any point our vet had given us the guilt trip that your vet gave you, I think I would have strangled her.

As for work, anyone who is willing to drive to New Brunswick deserves a permanent position. I mean, N.B. is the "Drive Thru" province! I didn't know that it could be a destination! ;)

xox