Keep x-rays

I brought Bear's x-rays home a few days ago. The vets wife called
yesterday and demanded I bring them right back. She said someone would
come by there and check their x-rays and want to know where they were.
Does this make sense? I didn't intend to keep them but now I'm curious.
I just got their bill for $164. She didn't even say anything about my
Bear dying and I don't even feel like leaving the house.

I'm not a lawyer but I would think that the x-rays are your property
since you paid for them.


-MIKE

From my experience the vet owns the x-rays. It is like for most
photographers where they own the negatives.

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Larry
"---MIKE---" wrote in message
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I'm not a lawyer but I would think that the x-rays are your property
since you paid for them.


-MIKE

From my experience the vet owns the x-rays. It is like for most
photographers where they own the negatives.

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Larry

That's really odd. I've taken x-rays of my own out of the doctor's office to
take to specialists and they just give them to me.
Besides, the vet is not going to need them.
Old x-rays are sometimes recycled for silver content, but that would be a
pretty petty reason to want them back. Other than that, it sounds like a power
struggle on the part of the vet's office. I am horrified that no expression of
sympathy was made to the OP by the vet.
Sherry

From my experience the vet owns the x-rays. It is like for most
photographers where they own the negatives.

--
Larry

That's really odd. I've taken x-rays of my own out of the doctor's office to
take to specialists and they just give them to me.
Besides, the vet is not going to need them.
Old x-rays are sometimes recycled for silver content, but that would be a
pretty petty reason to want them back. Other than that, it sounds like a power
struggle on the part of the vet's office. I am horrified that no expression of
sympathy was made to the OP by the vet.
Sherry

From my experience the vet owns the x-rays. It is like for most
photographers where they own the negatives.

--
Larry
"---MIKE---" wrote in message
...
I'm not a lawyer but I would think that the x-rays are your property
since you paid for them.


-MIKE

I'm not a lawyer but I would think that the x-rays are your property
since you paid for them.


-MIKE

I brought Bear's x-rays home a few days ago. The vets wife called
yesterday and demanded I bring them right back. She said someone would
come by there and check their x-rays and want to know where they were.
Does this make sense? I didn't intend to keep them but now I'm curious.
I just got their bill for $164. She didn't even say anything about my
Bear dying and I don't even feel like leaving the house.

You own the xrays. You don't have to give them back. As Bear is dead, what
would be the point. Is there something on the xray that might make it seem like
it was the vet's fault? I always ask for and keep xrays.

As a matter of fact-the x-rays showed Bear had an enlarged heart and she
also said he had an ashma like condition and should avoid dust, etc. But
this was the day he died. He had been in for several problems starting
in Sept. and I had quit letting him go outside. I had pointed out to the
vet that he was breathing hard more than once but it was not checked
out. I feel awful, still crying, feel guilty, I was so crazy about him.

As a matter of fact-the x-rays showed Bear had an enlarged heart and she
also said he had an ashma like condition and should avoid dust, etc. But
this was the day he died. He had been in for several problems starting
in Sept. and I had quit letting him go outside. I had pointed out to the
vet that he was breathing hard more than once but it was not checked
out. I feel awful, still crying, feel guilty, I was so crazy about him.

Don't blame yourself. You did everything. Labored breathing is a sign of
congestive heart failure. Another sign of CHF is an enlarged heart. With CHF
you can have asthma like symptoms because your lungs can fill with fluid
because the heart can't pump well enough to get rid of it. Sometimes they treat
it with an asthma inhaler. There is treatment for CHF. I personally believe
your vet was trying to cover her behind. Perhaps she should have taken an xray
sooner, seen the heart and treated for CHF. No one will ever know. You gave
your cat a wonderful and loving life. He was very lucky to have you.