At the beginning of December, Cosmo the cat got a small blade of grass stuck in his nasal cavity. The vets did all sorts of exploratory poking and prodding before they worked this out, and consequently we didn't get much change out of £500, all told. Thankfully, the insurance paid up and we were recompensed for everything but the excess and the additional dental work that was required.
On Thursday, the stupid moggy did it again. I didn't rush him to the vets immediately as he'd already managed to bring some of the stuck grass up and out, and wanted to see if the rest would come out too. But on Friday night he was coughing and retching and unable to keep any food down longer than a few minutes, so on Saturday morning Doug took him to the vet.
This time we knew what was wrong, so despite the vet saying "it might just be a tummy bug", Doug insisted that they put him under and wash his nasal cavity out; a few hours later, I got a call from the vet to say that they'd removed an enormous piece of grass from his nose and throat. Once again, they gave us the grass as a memento - last time it was a tiny piece about 1 cm long and so thin it was almost invisible, but this time it was about 5 inches long with barbs at the top; as the vet said, "I wouldn't want that stuck in my nose either".
This cost us £85. We should get £35 back from the insurance, but I'm starting to wonder at what point they write to us to tell us that grass removal will no longer be included in the cover.
Stupid cat.
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