Thanks guys....but the shitty night got even worse. After we mentally prepare ourselves for this, we get Nermal in the cat carrier (a place he DOES NOT like to be, he has never traveled well, which our vet is aware of) and we head to the vet. My wife had called them at 2:45 and they knew we we were coming and would be there by 6. We're a little early, but not that much, and as soon as we walk in, without asking who we were or why we were there, a snotty vet tech snapped from behind the desk "there's a 2 hour wait for walk-ins!"
So we tell the girl at the counter who we were and why we were there. After a few minutes she apologized and said we're sorry, because of all the emergencies right now, we don't have a room available for you, it will be 60 to 90 minutes.
Mind you, we've been using this vet for almost 7 years now and we bring all out animals here. It's not like we're strangers, we've spent a LOT of money there. Regardless, no room available and they never bothered to call us and say hey, maybe you might not want to come down right now, call ahead and check and see how things are in an hour. NO, instead we traumatize Nermal and ourselves and end up going back home. We wait until 7 and call back and my wife is put on semi-eternal hold. FINALLY someone gets back on the line and they are still busy and....my wife cuts them off and says we were calling back about having to put Nermal down but obviously you guys don't have time for us, and she hung up.
We're all upset and now pissed at this point and now we have to do this all over again while Nermal has to suffer through another day.
So that's how my Monday went.