When our cat was in for dental surgery recently, his glucose was a little high, and the vet wanted to retest as the cat was super stressed when he finally arrived that morning. As stress can elevate blood glucose to as much as double, we went about finding how to sneak up on him as he sleeps in front of the fire and test him at home, thus avoiding another stressful trip and perhaps inaccurate reading to follow.
We had gotten a kit earlier, then found no strips were included. So last night my husband stopped at the p
harmacy to get a few glucose test strips for our cat. The cost? $70 a box.
My husband's jaw dropped. "It's for our cat!" and he explained the situation. The pharmacist asked for what brand of tester we had gotten and a few other questions. He then figured out a store brand tester was cheaper, and he had a box of testers that were half of the larger box, more than enough to do our testing. He made up the package of tester and strips.
Gratefully, my husband thanked him for figuring it out for us, and then he pulled out his debit card to pay.
"No charge," the pharmacist said, "Thank you for waiting!"
"Thank YOU!" my husband responded, flabbergasted at such a gift.
There is goodness in many places, but this pharmacist in small town Ohio sure gets a shout out from us...and our cat!
We had gotten a kit earlier, then found no strips were included. So last night my husband stopped at the p
harmacy to get a few glucose test strips for our cat. The cost? $70 a box.My husband's jaw dropped. "It's for our cat!" and he explained the situation. The pharmacist asked for what brand of tester we had gotten and a few other questions. He then figured out a store brand tester was cheaper, and he had a box of testers that were half of the larger box, more than enough to do our testing. He made up the package of tester and strips.
Gratefully, my husband thanked him for figuring it out for us, and then he pulled out his debit card to pay.
"No charge," the pharmacist said, "Thank you for waiting!"
"Thank YOU!" my husband responded, flabbergasted at such a gift.
There is goodness in many places, but this pharmacist in small town Ohio sure gets a shout out from us...and our cat!
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- Posted by heirloommaters
- Feb 14, 2018
- Comments (8)
Readers Comments
lindariebel wrote: Everyone wins here. Hoping your cat becomes healthy.
lindariebel wrote: What a sweet reminder that we are all family. Hoping your cat is well.
Mish wrote: A true kindness angel there!!! Awesome. And glad you could spare kitty stress too. 😻
mindyjourney wrote: Looks at that sweet kitty! :))). I have a feeling that pharmacist is already reaping some good karma :)).
lt33 wrote: Wow that's wonderful he found a cheaper brand that is expensive $70 whoosh glad it worked out now you'll know to get store bought + so nice to receive it as a gift this time around 😻😼
horse-friend wrote: Sweet story! Blessings to the pharmacist, you and your cat. :-)
leoladyc728 wrote: thanks to that pharmacy
DANCE wrote: wow, so happy for you all, such kindness!
