A child's rocking chair now sits empty. A beautiful big red 11 year old gentle cat, our son, our Rocky, sat in that chair every day. No one else would, none of our five other indoor rescues.The marrie... Read More
A child's rocking chair now sits empty. A beautiful big red 11 year old gentle cat, our son, our Rocky, sat in that chair every day. No one else would, none of our five other indoor rescues.The married couple in the next picture are Montana, his green eyed beautiful sister, and Sylvester, an gentle bear of an 8 year old black cat. Over the years, they've been married, divorced and remarried. You'd just have to be there to understand. They are dying.
Rocky is gone, thanks to the ineptitude of every last person at this hospital. There isn't anyone blameless at all. We paid approximately $3000 over three days. He had blood work and an ultrasound. IV liquids and feeding. At the end of it, they still couldn't give us a firm diagnosis. Maybe a bladder infection, kidney infection. He was given antibiotics but not for any specific purpose because after three days and $3000, not a single person in that clinic could made a diagnosis. He started to rebound and was on the mend for 8 days before becoming even more sick.
We went to our local vet who diagnosed kidney issues within 15 minutes of being there. His kidneys were abnormally small for his size indicating severe kidney disease. Didn't cost $3000 for a real diagnosis. Two days later Rocky died in our arms. The day before, his sister and another female cat of ours started displaying symptoms of a cold. Severe sneezing, running eyes. Our other female, Foxy, started recovering almost immediately, but Montana continued to worsen.
We took her to our competent vet who diagnosed her with a URI. Upper Respiratory Infection. Due to the timeline, if was felt that she contracted it from Rocky's visit to this hospital. Rocky's had his favorite blanket with him during his hospital stay. We were given it back, UNWASHED, when we left.
To sum up, every single cat in our household has been infected with this disease. Two are close to death, my wonderful married couple, Rocky's Sister and Sylvester, Pepe's brother. Pepe is also sick but appears to be recovering.
If you choose to take your animal to this hospital, good luck and make sure you have a lawyer first. Read Less