Current mood:

happy

Frankenweenie
In 1984, while working at Walt Disney Animation, Tim Burton made a 27 minute long live action film named Frankenweenie that was almost never released. Disney deemed it unsuitable for children, finally changing their mind at some point, because I've got a copy of it now. It's a spoof of the classic Frankenstein plot, except Victor Frankenstien in it is the average American kid who brings his dog back to life after it's been hit by a car. If you've seen the movie, you'll see the resemblance here...

I wish it was just special effects for Halloween, but instead it's a $747 dollar vet bill after small five pound dog was in territorial dispute with large 220 pound dog over the food bowl. Zoe, aka. Frankenweenie, spent three days in the hospital and had major surgery. When you think about it, the price was terribly reasonable. If that were me getting the exact same level of care using the exact same medical supplies in a people hospital the bill would have been about $10,000. Medical care really stands out as overpriced when you think about the prices animal hosptials charge to provide equivalent care, and those are profitable prices for them.



Zoe is well and good, in good spirits, and most remarkably considering it was more gore than I've seen in a B movie, no pain. She's home and hopping up and down on the couch like nothing happened, not wanting to hold still at all for the trouble of changing bandages.