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Originally Posted by Maximo  Yavenay, I admit that I fear taking my boys to an ER and to new doctors whom I have not established a relationship with. I had to take Max recently and I was so thankful that they allowed me to stay in the room and we ended up with a very nice doctor.
If the doctor you saw simply took Brandi's vitals, checked her eyes, watched her walk and then blithely recommended euthanasia without any explanation or discussion -- I would be disgusted and upset and go to my regular vet as soon as the office opened. You mentioned a misdiagnosis. What was his diagnosis? The ER sends the paperwork to the your regular vet and I would follow up with your regular doctor and discuss it with him or her too. |
It wasn't really a diagnosis. I think he was basing everything on her age. She is 12 yrs old. Brandi has been to her regular vet as well as the specialist. she is relativiley healthy However they are doing additional such as bile acid test to make sure she is okay. I got a call today and even that is good. He doesn't suspect liver shunts and that her liver is probably functioning as it should. We are trying to figure out the cause of her recurring uti's which she gets every few months. It's causing her such discomfort and that is what I've been trying to get to the bottom of for awhile now.
I'm not sure what the emergency's vet line of thinking was. Maybe he thought I didn't have the money to do further testing. I don't know. Now that I am calmed down, I probably won't file a formal complaint. Fortunately everything turned out okay, Brandi is alive and well. However what if this guy does this to someone else and they actually put their pet's to sleep?