<prompt> Human: Hi there, Im hoping this is the right place to post this. I recent adopted an adorable year old cat from a local shelter. When I adopted her all her medical records checked out all documented. The shelter asked me to sign something basically saying they were not liable for any costs associated with the cat, including hospital bills. Thinking the cat was in good health, and the documents to back it up, I signed.I took her to the vet the shelter reccomended within the week for a check up, and they disgnosed her with a feline eye herpes virus. She had had a little swelling when I took her home, but the shelter told me it was just a cold and that her papers showed she was fine. They have me a few eye drops and said she would be ok.Her symptoms did not improve, so I took her to a family friend, who is a vet at a different clinic, where they informed me she had a serious ulcer behind her eye and an immediate and extremely costly procedure would be required to save her eye. I called the shelter asking for helpadvice, and they told me to have the procedure done because their director was on vacation and could not approve any assistance. The shelters representative said to go ahead with the procedure since it was an emergency, and to worry about the costs later.After two weeks and three procedures, my cat is recovering extremely well and fortunately will not suffer any long term problems. I contacted the shelter about covering costs for her emergency procedure, and they told me they would not be covering anything. They said I should have waited for their director to return from vacation to have any procedure done at their partner clinic the one who failed to diagnose her twice, even though it would have meant my cat losing her eye. They also claimed the shelter would not be responsible because of the waiver I signed, even though I suspect they let me adopt a cat they knew had existing medical conditions.So now I am seemingly stuck with about 2500 in hospital bills. I can set up a payment plan with the vet, however it will put me in a tight financial situation for the forseeable future. Giving the cat up is not an option, she has grown on me too much! Could anyone provide any advice? Is there any possible recourse I could take against the shelter to at least help cover some of the costs? Thank you so much!  <response>: Unfortunately, youre stuck with the bill, unless you got something in writing from the shelter about covering costs even then, it sounds like they never said theyd cover anything to begin with, just to do the procedure and worry about money later.Herpesvirus is very common in shelter cats, and once they have it theyll always have it. It is contagious and may flare up from time to time. You may want to look into Viralys supplement to keep on hand for future flare-ups. 