My own irresponsibility saved my dog's life today.

Thursday morning, I was supposed to drive an elderly friend of our family to a doctor's appointment, but I forgot and woke up late. Neither me nor my mother remembered this until this morning. My mother took my dog, Guido, to the vet this morning, he hasn't been doing well, but he seems happy most of the time. She asked the vet to call her before starting the surgery, so she could know how much it would cost, which would ultimately decide if she would have him put down or not. Later the same day, she called the woman I was supposed to drive to apologize for my irresponsibility. As soon as she got off of the phone, she had a voice mail from the vet. The message told her the price of the procedure, which was out of mom's price range for keeping Guido alive. So she called the vet up after the message finished, and told them to put him down. The vet then told her that he had already finished the procedure, and that Guido would be fine. After informing the vet that he shouldn't have started without her permission, he offered to not charge for the procedure. He saved my dog's life for free, and if I had remembered that appointment, my dog would be dead right now. I learned today that everything actually does happen for a reason. I hate people who say that without having any proof of its truth, but here's the story proving it. My own irresponsibility inadvertently saved my dog's life today.