I haven't figured out how yet. I don't think that Uncle Sam allows that yet. I'm sure once Todd is president we will be able to do so....
e -----Original Message----- From: Rick Eidson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 11:46 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Happy Monday Peoples! Can't you deduct the medical expince? Rick -----Original Message----- From: Greenwood, Erin E. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 10:54 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Happy Monday Peoples! I haven't found, yet, any amount of money I wouldn't spend to keep my babies happy and healthy. The trip to get their teeth done last year was just over $500, which included a tooth pull and a basic checkup. I really wish I could claim them as dependents. : ) e -----Original Message----- From: Michael Corrigan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 11:40 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Happy Monday Peoples! Had a similar experience with my dog (cocker spaniel). He has epilepsy but always real mild. He would primarily get dazed and just sort of zone out for a few minutes but then be fine. The vet said that those sorts of seizures don't have any side effects, it's just scary while the dog is going through it, but once they come out of they're fine. The medication puts stress on the liver and kidneys so it's better for the dog to just have the seizures rather then take a risk of A.) shortening his life and/or B.) making the tail end of that life full of physical problems and most likely having him in pain for the last legs of his life. So we opted out of medication. As time went on though, his seizures got worse and worse and more frequent. Finally, it came to a head one day when I was playing ball with him and as he was running back when he went into a violent seizure. It was the scariest and most horrifying experience in my life. We didn't have kids yet, so he was like our kid and it was like watching your kid go through this. My wife and I waited a few minutes to see if it would stop and it didn't. We got in the car and drove 20 minutes to the nearest emergency vet clinic and his seizure stopped about a minute away from the vet. Did a whole bunch of blood tests and other tests and all came back negative. The bill was $500. Got him started on Phenobarbital and didn't have any more seizures. Had to do blood tests every 6 months for the next two years at $125 a pop to get to the absolute minimal level of Phenobarbital that we could so that we could reduce as much as possible any side effects. Finally got him to a really mild dose and by all medical standards shouldn't even work, but we give 150 mg a day he does just fine. We still do an annual workup and that runs about $175, but so far no negative effects on either his liver or kidneys so he's doing pretty well. Of course only time will tell. I'm glad to hear that your cat is doing well. I totally know how scary that is. We would tell people about it and they couldn't believe that we would spend, all told over $1000 and growing, on a dog, but they just don't get it. He's a great dog and we love him like he was our own kid. I wouldn't have it any other way. Michael Corrigan Programmer Endora Digital Solutions 1900 Highland Avenue, Suite 200 Lombard, IL 60148 630-627-5055 ext.-136 630/627-5255 Fax ----- Original Message ----- From: Larry Lyons To: CF-Community Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 10:21 AM Subject: RE: Happy Monday Peoples! I'm still trying to recover from a very rough weekend. first of all Wendy and I went to see Ice Age on Friday - a very good film. Quite funny. then when we got home around midnight we found our cat Solomon in very bad shape lying on the floor. First we tried to get her to eat something, in case it was some sort of insulin reaction - she's diabetic. However she did ate very little and was not reacting much at this point. We rushed her to what we thought was a nearby 24 hour emergency vet clinic. Guess what while it advertised that it was a 24 hour clinic no such luck the place was closed. So we went to the next one about 15 miles away in Vienna, Virginia. Along the way the cat began to go into convulsions. At that point I figure I was breaking tons of traffic laws the way I was driving down I-66 trying to get to the clinic. Fortunately there were not state police on the way. I never knew this Saturn could go so fast. Anyhow we manage to make it there in time. They took her in right away. Apparently her glucose levels at this point was less than 20. Normal levels are between 70 and 120. So they started her on a glucose solution IV. Around 4 am they said that they wanted to keep her overnight to watch her etc. So we finally made it home around 5am. We called later (Saturday evening) and were told we could pick her up. The bill came to over $400. Ouch. So needless my weekend sucked. larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Erika L. Walker-Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 10:52 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Happy Monday Peoples! > > > What happened over there in the states???!!! Are you people > awake or what! > It's almost 11:00 am on the East coast and hardly a peep from > the regulars! > > <grin> > > And where's Howard been all weekend ... I was looking forward to some > excellent reading today! > > Huggles all!!!! > > > Erika > (with a *K* in the UK) > > Todd for President!!!! > ----------------------------------------------------- > Erika L. 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