Ava Update - She's home!!!

She looks great. She is now sporting 26 staples and her incision is from stem to stern. But she looks bright, happy, and comfortable. She’s on enough medication that I had to write it all out to time it – she came home with tramadol, Keflex, Prilosec, Carafate, and I’m still doing proviable. I have instructions for ice packs and pretty much total activity restriction for the next 2 weeks. This will end up being 3 ½ weeks in the cone. I might try putting her in a t-shirt while we are sitting on the couch. She doesn’t seem to mind the cone, but it’s so much easier to kiss her without it.

The total came to 3600, which isn’t actually as bad as I feared, so I’m happy with that. I love the surgeon. He was so kind. If I had to have a bad outcome from the spay, I am so pleased with the way this has all turned out. I feel like I can breathe again.

I asked him if he was able to speak with my vet. And he had. He sort of hemmed and hawed, and I get it. I know he wanted to say more, but he didn’t feel like he really could. He can’t just throw them under the bus. There are things I would like to say about some doctors that I can’t say publicly either. He said that the vet very matter of factly said, “ok thanks for letting me know.” He said that he had hoped they would call me. But, they didn’t. Part of me wants to call up there and yell at them. But I don’t think at this point there is anything they could say to make me feel better. And I’m not sure that yelling would make me feel better either. Kicking him in the shins might make me feel better, but that’s not socially acceptable. I will obviously be looking for a new vet. In the meantime I think I need a little time and distance from the situation to figure out what to do about the old vet. I’m still so emotional and angry about it that I can’t think clearly. I mean, I really want to do bodily harm to them and that’s not like me.

But now Ava’s home and we’re going to snuggle! Thank you all for your kind words. It really helped. Yesterday was a very long day.

Stacy

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Permalink Reply by Stacy on October 22, 2016 at 9:42am

I want to add this interesting tidbit. I always boarded my kids with them when I went out of town. That's how comfortable I felt with them. But then in August when I went to board Oliva (Katie was going with, but Olivia doesn't really do vacations so well anymore) they said they weren't boarding anymore. I thought that was weird, but they didn't offer any clarification and I didn't ask. Olivia ended up going with us and doing fine. But last night when I was looking at their reviews on facebook to see if there were other people who had problems I saw a hint of something, and when I googled I found this: http://fox4kc.com/2016/05/20/dog-owner-claims-well-regarded-indepen... Yikes! I just feel like something is going on there that wasn't going on before.

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Permalink Reply by Amy and Annabelle on October 22, 2016 at 12:44pm

That is terrible. Sounds like he is great at making excuses. Glad to hear Ava is home. Maybe the emergency vet has some recommendations for a good vet in the area.

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Permalink Reply by Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle on October 22, 2016 at 10:08am

I'm so glad Ava is home and feeling so much better! I have a feeling that a month or so from now, we're going to have a discussion in the Training Group about how to undo some major spoiling, lol.

Have a wonderful, snuggly weekend with her, and on Monday, you can start looking for a new vet. :)

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Permalink Reply by Stacy on October 22, 2016 at 10:13am

Oh my gosh, I had a guilty conscience about her past life and had a hard time setting boundaries. Can you even imagine how permissive and spoiling I'm going to be now?? You're totally right about the training.

I was just texting my mom. My job offers family illness pay. I wonder... do you think my dog qualifies? She really should! She's my family.