that sucks ): my family's actually had decent luck with animals. our old cat lived to be 19 years old. our old dog got unlucky though; he got kidney disease when he was younger and it cut his life expectancy, but he still surpassed what the doctors expected and lived to 8 years. my current dog is getting older too, but she's perfectly healthy.
fun fact: my cat DESPISES the vet. he even has a file on there that says "warning: cat bites".
