Beyond frustrated with veterinarians

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Sara and Buttercup

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I am so angry I can't even write about this. I am having such a hard time with my vets that it is unbelievable. they are making so many mistakes. i guess i am too tired to go into details. i have posted about this before many times. i have gone from one vet to another here and each one seems to be worst than the last. i usually have to go to the vet twice minimum just to get one thing done such as a simple blood draw. in the last couple of months i have had to have blood work repeated and had to pay for it becuase the vets have screwed it up. mainly i am worried about my one chronic diarrhea cat now. i was supposed to drive to seattle to go to a specialist today but i am too tired and sick to make the trip. i am going to have to try to reschedule yet again. the local incompetent vets have all of my money. the vet i went to yesterday wouldn't prescribe budesonide. he didn't even know what it was until i recommended it. he is a total idiot but the others at that clinic are actually worse. and the other clinics are very bad, too. believe me, i have gone to everybody here. i have even called the 800kiittydr at cornell. he was good for advice but he can't really do much because he isn't seeing them personally. i could go on and on. i think i am going to start and day to day blog or something somewhere because this is almost a daily problem with me. the other day i went into get subq fluid for my cat and when i looked at it later i noticed they had sold me a bag of hydrogen cholride soluition or something. thank god i saw it before giving it to her. i don't know if it would have hurt her but they shouldn't have done that. if i try to return it they will prob give me a hard time. i went in yesterday and the lady at the front desk said my appointment was for next wed their mistake. the vet said that a cat's kidneys should be the size of a large fig. that seemed worng to me. i am going to loook it up now. he aslo won't redo the tapapxole dose even though i paid to have it checked just a couple of weeks ago because the girl did the wrong lab on it and i am gong to have to pay for it twice. i am so mad right now... i am mainly just worried about my cats. these clinics here should be investigated and shut down for negligence.
 
Someone needs to turn them in. Save all your paperwork, printout all your posts here about them. Have you PM'd Stephanie and Toonses? She might be able to send you in the right direction. Good luck I hope you have success.
jeanne
 
thanks. I am starting a blog to organize everything. It is a literally a daily struggle with them. i have talked to other local people and they have some of the same problems but i just go more so it's magnified. I do save all my paperwork, invoices, bloodwork, etc. I am going to contact some people to see if anything can be done. It is really criminal the stuff these guys are getting away with. thanks for writing. it's tragic because i love my cats and they basically don't have a vet here and i have to drive 6 hours round trip to go to a specialist which is really really hard for me because of money, bad car, exhaustion, worry about driving cats that far, work schedule etc. i lay awake at night with a knot in my stomach over all of this stuff. i feel so guilty about not giving my cats good vet care but it's not like i haven't tried. what a racket these guys are in and it seems like no one can touch them. thx again.
 
thx. i think that is part of the problem. i personally have gotten so worn down but everything that is going on that i am getting too tired to take optimal care of my cats. i have had three cats die this year, all horrible trauma's and then the ongoing struggle with the vets, many of whom i think really despise me for pressing them to do a better job and it's mutual and then the huge money drain and abuse i suffer at these clinics. i am just totally depleted and it's not good for my cats. like today i should have gone to seattle it would have been the best thing for my cat but i was just too tired, literally, my limbs feel weak and i feel so sleepy. if i would have been feeling stronger i would have gone. i just hope she'll be ok unitl i can get there or figure something out. actualy her bloodwork is normal (two weeks ago) and she maintaining her weight. it's just the chronic diarrhea and there is a question about her kidney's and a lymph node. i could try to get an ultrasound repeated here but these guys literally do not know how to read them accurately. i am just tired of fighting them all the time. i have to call the pharmacist now to see if they will renew my cat's tapazole dose without the vet being involved... long story. he screwed that up too. thx for writing. i am really depressed. it is actulaly amazing what me and my cats have had to go through this year.
 
So sorry to hear this but not surprised a bit. I apologize if I've missed something here...
Have you researched other vets? Have you tried to find a vet that runs a small private practice or a mobile vet? if you don't mind me asking which area of the country do you live? Ok to send me a Private message.. I just MAY be able to help you out.

the bottom line is your cat is going through #$%@#$^ and so are you. There are aweful people in this world and fantastic- angel loving people.. lets get you a huge hearted vet to listen to you needs..
 
Vets are difficult sometimes, indeed. I'm so sorry you're in the middle of a muddle.

Can I ask something?
the other day i went into get subq fluid for my cat and when i looked at it later i noticed they had sold me a bag of hydrogen cholride soluition or something
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Can you tell me exactly what's on the bag? I ask, because when I first started nursing school, I never could find the normal saline bags to hang. Always had to check my cheatsheet notes...

Normal saline bags tend to read "0.9% sodium chloride"...I have a sterile syringe next to me right now of NS (normal saline) which has that as the label. I don't know why they do that; they should just call it NS. But...it's how it comes. So if it reads "0.9% sodium chloride", then it is normal saline.

Just one of those weird medical things that they do (which drive us all batty).

None of this is to say that you're not having a hard time with your vet. I am sure you are. But if this is the right stuff, then it's all right to give to kitty subq, all right? So you can get on with treating kitty that way.

Best-
Michele
 
hmm.. I guess that would make it kind of hard to find a good vet. Because I was going to suggest seeing a specialist at the VCA Specialty Center in Lynnwood.
 
Sara - contact PAWS in Seattle. They would be able to help you find a vet - a good one. I too drive quite a distance to get to a vet and so do others around here but, it's worth it.
 
just some encouragement to take some time out, get alot of sleep and help and rest yourself!

the first time with insulin with my kitty, I was up so many hours checking her, reading on the web, etc, got so tired and I realize now I couldnt think straight. and my cat felt all the stress!
we have to be in good condition to take care of others.
Can you scale back for even a few days? unless you kitty's are so seriously ill they can't go a few days with just regular routine? then you can attack the problems with a fresh mind and eased heart.

that way, solutions often come that we didnt see before...
take care and sending love,
 
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