I’m an assistant overnight in the ER, towards the end of my shift we had just switched intake doctors and I brought in a cat who was a stray the “Owner” was going to take to get neutered, but a neighbor had been poisoning the neighborhood cats and she could tell she had gotten to him after 2 of her own cats died from this lady. he was in bad shape and she was clear with me that she didn’t have money for his care so he was assigned as a county case. as soon as i told the doctor about all this she starts saying over and over again things like “well we don’t have any money left in the doctors fund and the county doesn’t have any money for him so we can’t do anything for him,” and “I couldn’t even give this cats fluids if i wanted to”. all this felt like she was blaming me somehow for bringing it in when it’s my job to intake every patient and we get quite a few strays brought in… then the doctor basically tells me to confirm whether the owner is relinquishing the patient to be euthanized, which is really confusing because like she’s not even going to talk to this woman herself?? but i went out and the woman understood and agreed so i offered for her to visit with the cat before she left and i brought her into a room where she told me about him and the other cats that died while she held him and said goodbye. i’m glad i was able to offer this woman the compassion the doctor didn’t but it’s frustrating that i had to get as emotionally involved as I did. anyways this is just to vent as i’m not sure if there’s anything i can do about the situation. Rest in peace 🙏💕.