Just returned from the vet with our old man barn cat, RED. Luckily she didn't think he needed to be put down, but instead thinks he has Caleesee Virus (I'm sure I butchered the spelling but that's what she said it was...phonetically). So he got $105 worth of antibiotics, eye ointment (has an ulcer in his eye), special soft canned food for ailing animals (he has ulcers in his mouth from the virus and he lost a lot of weight) and a year's worth of Interferon to combat the compromised immune system.
I am so happy he didn't need to be put down, I didn't even wince when I wrote out that second $100 check!