I feel ur pain. Just spent $4k on my cat. I love that cat and so do the kids but Geez!
Spent close to $3K on one cat back in 2005. She was a young cat a crazy neighbor tried to kill with his truck. Tremendous suffering and guilt and still had to have her put down. I will not spend money on heroics, though. And it’s not the expense. Eventually you realize the animal’s life is all about pain and you have to do the right thing by them.