I will send this to a friend who is a veterinarian in Charlotte. Maybe he will help.
Many veterinarians are willing to work out some kind of payment plan with people - they want to give the animals the care they need. They will work with people. They’ve worked with my mom and it wasn’t just for trivial problems. They also sometimes don’t charge for everything, or charge cost for some things.
I pray that your veterinarian friend is more charitable, compassionate and appreciative of the service of our disabled veterans than this veterinarian is reported to be. It made me angry to read this in the article...
"I got upset," Smith said. " ... I showed the ophthalmologist Sadie's 'service dog' tag. I told her my son spent three tours in Iraq and without this dog, he has no chance of having whatever normal life he can hope to have....They said they'd give us a 10-percent discount."