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Originally Posted by KRISDEE  I was talking to this lady in Petsmart that said VCA is not a very good place to take my dog and too expensive...has anyone else ever heard this or experienced anything with them? |
YES THAT WAS THE FIRST PLACE I TOOK MY CHARLIE TO SEE AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON. THEY TOLD ME HIS SURGERY FOR LEGG PARTHESE DISEASE WAS GOING TO BE $5000 IF I WANTED TO DO ONE LEG AT A TIME AND $3000 TO DO THEM AT THE SAME TIME, I TOLD THEM MY CONCERNS ABOUT PUTTING HIM UNDER ANESTHESIA FOR SO LONG BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE WORKING ON BOTH LEGS AND THEY LOOKED ME RIGHT IN THE FACE AND SAID THERE IS NO GUARANTEE HE WILL BE OKAY UNDER ANESTHESIA THAT WAS JUST A RISK I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE THEN I SAID WELL WHAT IF HE DOES DIE, WILL YOU COMPENSATE ME FOR MY LOSS IN SOME WAY??? THEY SAID UNFORTUNATELY WHEN THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN THERE IS NO COMPENSATION SURGERIES ARE A RISK WE JUST HAVE TO TAKE AND THERE WAS NO WAY I WAS PAYING THEM $5000 TO KILL MY BABY. ON TOP OF ALL OF THAT I TOLD THE DOCTOR WOULD CHARLIE BE ON ANTIBIOTICS AFTER HIS SURGERY AND SHE TOLD ME NO THAT THEY GIVE HIM AN ANTIBIOTIC SHOT BEFORE AND AFTER SURGERY THAT TOO WAS A BIG RED FLAG FOR ME ESPECIALLY AFTER WHAT HAPPENED TO JOEY ANOTHER YT MEMBERS BABY WHO HAD THE SAME SURGERY BUT DIED OF A MASSIVE INFECTION. I DID HOWEVER FIND A DOCTOR WHO MADE ME FEEL BETTER ABOUT CHARLIE HAVING THIS SURGERY AND WHO JUST TOLD ME ALL THE RIGHT THINGS HE IS GOING TO BE ON ANTIBIOTICS FOR 10 DAYS AFTER THE SURGERY I WILL POST PICS HIS SURGERY IS NOW SCHEDULED FOR JULY 8, 2008 WHICH FALLS ON A WEEKEND SO I CAN WATCH MY BABY THE FIRST THREE DAYS AFTER HIS SURGERY, THEN MY COUSINS HUSBAND WHO IS A VET TECH WILL TAKE OVER WATCHING AND CARING FOR MY BABY WHILE i WORK. IT IS ALL COMING TOGETHER AND I AM SO HAPPY I'M NOT FORCED TO USE VCA ANIMAL HOSPITAL, ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE VCA IS A TEACHING HOSPITAL ALOT OF THE DOCTORS THERE ARE INTERNS.