Pets: love you pay for

The small rat Lilian is at the vet's for an operation. I've just had a phonecall saying (surprise!) that things are more complex than at first thought. Hopefully she'll still pull through OK. I'm not doing very well with pets at the moment. Though I think actually the vet was just calling to let me know it's all going to be very expensive, which is a bit like an estate agent warning you that moving house can be a bit stressful.