When my cat fell and broke his leg, they said 2 thousand and a vet specialist could fix him. I had 2 kids, one income, asked how much to put him down. Lady vet whispered to me "take him home. keep him quiet". I quit my job (which I wanted to anyway),. watched over him and he got better. But within a year he got hit by a car and died. Sometimes someone has to be the grownup.