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Originally Posted by Ringo1  Ellie May,
They did fwp x rays and fwp testing to ensure that she was free of infection - no UTI.
I don't want to alienate my Vet; I really like him but I feel I need a referral to a specialist - I guess an Internal Medicine Specialist from your post.
The type of stones that she had were not the stones that are normally associated with the liver - that's what the Vet said.
Any suggestions as to how to tactfully ask? I don't want it to seem like I'm pointing fingers or saying the surgery went bad. (I've battled the great white wall in my own health) and I know that Vets will want to avoid me like the plague if they think that's what I'm doing. And I'm not; I just want to be sure all is well. |
Here, I can self-refer. I call and make the appt and have the records sent. Or, if I don't want to send the records, I ask for a copy and bring them myself. I know you like the vet, but you also said that you feel the vet isn't taking your concerns seriously. I would have a big problem with a vet that did not take my concerns seriously and would therefore not be concerning myself w/ pissing him off. It's just part of the job, and they need to be able to deal.
As an aside - when Daisy was a much younger dog, she had a similar problem. The vet at the time said the dog had spay incontinence and put her on Proin. The proin tightened up the sphincter in the bladder and the issue resolved. To make a long story short, after some time on the drug, we did not need it anymore. To this day, I'm not sure I buy the whole spay incontinence issue - why else would she stop leaking? It's been about 8 or 9 years now since stopping the drug without a problem. I always wonder if she had an infection that spontaneously resolved or whatever. Who knows.
It's good you want to pursue this a little further, I think I'd do the same.