Frustrations of the Veterinary ER

D. Hinton

D. Hinton

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Had my rear end kicked two nights in a row. I completely understand prices are high and money is tight for most people …
Heck it hurts even with my professional discounts when I have to take my dog(s) to see a veterinary specialist (one has a bad heart ) and I am not insensitive to some of these costs

But I also didn’t encourage your kids and family to enter your dog in an all you can eat buffet of steak cut offs , garlic (toxic in itself) , pork skins, and Burger McKing cheeseburgers and give your pet Raging pancreatitis to the point it’s causing your dog to cause its liver and pancreas to start leaking fluid (really really bad for those of you that don’t know)
I am sorry but yes your dog really needs to be hospitalized because it’s pancreatic values and 1/3 liver values are borderline too high to read…if you want this dog and not “A” dog then she NEEDs the appropriate treatment .. if you want to roll the dice then roll the dice

Can’t she just get meds and go home ….. yes she can …. But it’s probably not going to work out very well for her. She’s teetering on the throws of developing DIC ( a really really really bad complication) .. but your dog hopefully didn’t read the text book and it’s a good thing most don’t


Also don’t blame me I can’t 100% guarantee your dog is going to be 100% normal after YOU left it in the hot car for 2 hours while you went to the Golden Corral and had a grand time while torturing your dog.

That is all for now
 
There is a reason that veterinarians have a high rate of depression and mental health issues:
They have to deal with people. And when it comes to pets, people can be incredibly horrible in one way or another, and you are on the receiving end.
Feel free to vent here anytime.
And don't be afraid to talk to someone, get help, see a counselor, etc...
 
Thanks @ Carl I’m ok as far as needing counselor. I do have a buddy that realistically needs to see one . Him and family have had a rough year plus dealing with all the BS that comes with working an ER (heck he owns one )

My biggest issue is finding a work life balance.
Plus the full moon really does bring out the crazies
 
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HenryHawthorne said:
There are a lot of pet owners ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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Yes, I purposely cut your sentence short.
In a nutshell,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, we don't, or at least I, don't have a pet. I adopted a new member of my family, when my puppy entered the scene. Not a pet, a member of the family.

In the above scenieo, would I leave my kid in the locked up car for two hours? Absolutely not, yet unfortunately this occurs all the time. Parents going into the casino and leaving kids/babies in the car to fend for themselves. Sad indeed.
 
@HenryHawthorne you are correct . We had a dog come in the other night… case was so bad I wound up calling animal control on those owners.
In 14 years of practice have only felt that need 5 or 6 times and this was one of the worst cases I’d seen. That one is still under investigation so no further comments on it except that clinic is in an affluent area.

But then on the flip side you have experiences that leaves your faith in humanity where it should be.
Had a guy that had 3 dachshunds all in at one time they had been harassing a timber rattler and paid the price.. one was essentially comatose , the second had a head the size of a watermelon and was essentially leaking what can only be described as strawberry jelly out his rectum and the third was a little less worse for wear but still needed antivenin.. needless to say that was a big treatment estimate before the days of insane bills.

Owner agreed to treat all 3 and as he was checking out .. there was clearly a homeless woman at the counter phoning people to try and get her dog fixed … he told the receptionist just to put it on his tab a few k more wouldn’t hurt .. I talked with the clinic owners and they agreed to treat the dachshunds at cost since he paid the homeless woman’s bill.. and all 3 dachshunds pulled through
 
D. Hinton said:
But I also didn’t encourage your kids and family to enter your dog in an all you can eat buffet of steak cut offs , garlic (toxic in itself) , pork skins, and Burger McKing cheeseburgers
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Reminds me of Maury Povich episode from thirty years ago about young children that weighed as much as adults. One of the mothers, said, "My baby eat what I eat; I eat a hoagie, my baby eat a hoagie."
Sad but still funny thirty years later.
RM
 
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