From:
Andrea
Date: 2008-03-06 16:39:46 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Re: Pre surgery bloodwork question - Please help
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Hi Tressie and everyone,
I'll try to explain this a little why I need this type of information. My boy River had insulinoma surgery on 1/22/08. I called the vets 2 wks before his surgery date to find out when I could bring him in to get the chem panel & cbc done. They told me they could do it the morning of his surgery date. The following day after his surgery, 1/23, he started not eating for me, so I brought him down to his emergency vets (different vet). He ended up passing away on 1/23 at the emergency vet. Come to find out, the surgeon vet did *NOT* do the pre-op bw like I requested. She gave me 2 responses, that she never got my message, and then she also said that she thought the bloodwork that he had gotten done previously on 11/1/07 (almost 3 months before his surgery) was sufficient. (See, the thing is, I've been going to this vet for years, and she's always recommended the bw be done w/in a week of surgery. She knows. And she knows that I know that this is suppossed to be
done.)
I feel this vet is not taking this seriously. Recently another vet that used to work there got another job, so I know they have been very busy with just this one vet there. I believe that they forgot to do this bloodwork or something like that. And the vet is not taking it seriously, or she's trying to blow me off about it. So, the only thing I know of to do to get her attention, I put in a dispute on my credit card that I paid for River's surgery with. So, I'm looking for information in writing where I can show the credit card company that having this type of bloodwork done before a surgery for a ferret is standard vet knowledge, and that for concerned pet owners like myself, its also common for me to know about. Just anything that I can print out that says this type of bw is recommended.
I cant say for sure that if the vet had done this bw, that it wouldve caught something, I know there is no guarantee. But it *might have*. It is so painful to know this, and now having to dispute the vet about this, but I dont want another pet or owner to have to go thru this.
I appreciate any help.
Andrea
Tressie <tressiedu@hotmail.com> wrote:
Hello Andrea,
It is prudent to have this done for the same reasons it is done with
humans facing surgery - to establish a baseline, to rule out infection,
to ensure there isn't something going on that might make surgery risky,
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