She wasn't spayed when we got her (she came from a breeder-- we adopted her b/c she couldn't be bred). We had JUST gotten her so we thought she was really scared of us because she wouldn't move around very much. After a couple days she started whimpering when we tried to pick her up so we took her to the vet. Turned out she had a horrible infection in her uterus and it needed to be removed asap or she would die. She was already so sick she was in liver failure and the vet wasn't sure she'd pull through, but we weren't willing to let her go down without a fight. So we paid for the surgery and she spent a week in the animal hospital hooked up to an IV. After that, she recovered perfectly and she's been great ever since. Worth every penny of the surgery.
