Bonnie Blue Eyes
Bonnie’s Emergency Survival Story
Our Dalmatian, Bonnie, loves to explore. One day, after some rainy weather, she decided to relieve her cabin fever by wandering off for three hours. When she got back, we noticed she was shaking and her teeth were clacking. I looked in her eyes and they were blue. On the way to the vet she got worse, burning up and going into seizures.
The vet said if traffic hadn’t been good, Bonnie probably would have died. The vet gave her charcoal to try and purge whatever she had eaten. It worked, but Bonnie wasn’t quite herself for a couple days. The vet was never sure what Bonnie ate, possibly snail or squirrel bait. We live on a lot of open property and there’s no telling what our neighbors might have out in their yards. Thanks, VPI, for helping us take care of Bonnie!
—The Franck Family
VPI reimbursed the Franck family $407 for Bonnie’s procedures
Bonnie’s Veterinary Expenses
| Procedures and Products |
Fees* |
VPI Superior Plan Benefit Allowance** |
Eligible Amount |
| Exam and treatment fees (surgery and medications) |
$490.50 |
$356.00 |
$356.00 |
| Testing |
$256.00 |
$147.00 |
$147.00 |
| Subtotal: |
$746.50 |
|
$503.00 |
| Less deductible |
|
|
-$50.00 |
| Eligible expenses |
|
|
$453.00 |
Total reimbursement: $407.70($453.00 x 90%)†
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*Veterinary fees vary state to state, per your veterinarian’s discretion.
**The benefit allowance amount replenishes with each new incident or with each new annual policy renewal, depending on the policy type selected. An incident is a new condition that causes you to consult a veterinarian. Chronic or ongoing conditions, such as allergic dermatitis, are considered to be one incident no matter how many times a veterinarian is consulted.
†VPI pays 90% of covered veterinary expenses up to the benefit schedule allowance, or 90% of your covered invoice amount, whichever is less, minus your $50 per-incident deductible.