Look, I'm going to admit that I chose Jane Animal Hospital based on google reviews when searching for the absolute closest vet to my house in order to rush my cat in to get looked at. Google reviews f... Read More
Look, I'm going to admit that I chose Jane Animal Hospital based on google reviews when searching for the absolute closest vet to my house in order to rush my cat in to get looked at. Google reviews for this vet clinic are STELLAR, so it was a no-brainer. Here is my 5/5 star review, and a big thank you to the amazing staff here:I got back from the long weekend vacation to find my cat doing HORRIBLY. She was very extremely lethargic, refusing to eat or drink, and crying in pain when touched around the mouth and face. To preface, my partner and I adopted her from PetSmart/an adoption agency working with PetSmart and we were told she was happy, healthy, albeit a little overweight and in dire need of a diet, but a great cat. Soon after we got her, we noticed that her breath was smelling HORRIBLE and one of her bottom incisors had fallen out. Uh-oh. Naturally, we took her back to the adoption agency to have her looked at by their vet. The vet from the agency told us that yes, it looks like her teeth are starting to rot in her mouth and will need to come out soon (why didn't anyone tell us this in the first place?! And why was this not noticed by the vet who cleared her for adoption?). She gave us some antibiotics and sent us on our way and told us to call in a week or so to schedule an appointment. Well, she didn't last that long. After finding Jane Animal Hospital on Google, we called to make an appointment and they took us right away. The techs were very thorough and started taking down notes on her condition and what we had to say about her symptoms and quick deterioration. Soon after, Dr. Johnson came in and started to physically examine our cat. She immediately noticed, after parting the white fur on our cats head, that her skin was starting to turn yellow, her gums/lips white, her inner eyelid white/yellow, gums rotting so badly that they were green and bright red and incredibly swollen. This was worse than what we had thought.Dr. Johnson explained to us that what was probably happening was this: Because of her badly (BADLY!!) infected mouth, she was refusing to eat or drink, which was leading to stress on her liver and kidneys, which started to back up her liver and give her fatty liver disease. We explained to Dr. Johnson that we were suppose to make an appointment with a different vet to get her teeth pulled, which Dr. Johnson was supportive of, but we were all worried that our cat wasn't going to last another week in the state she was in. Dr. Johnson gave us multiple quotes for different things she could help us with in the mean time (medication, a feeding tube, etc) while we waited to make a decision or decide what to do regarding the other vet. She also gave us a quote for Jane Animal Hospital to do the extraction themselves. During this whole procedure, Dr. Johnson was incredibly sympathetic, patient, thorough and answered all of our questions in the best way for us to understand. In the end, we decided that we couldn't wait for this other vet and we needed to help our cat ASAP. Dr. Johnson gave us some medication, high quality cat food to help her liver and pain killers to tide us over for 1.5 days until the surgery.The surgery went great; our cat had to have 25 teeth removed (you guys, you should have seen the x-rays and the photos they took of our cats mouth. It was truly horrific) and she had a feeding tube placed in her neck to aid in recovery and keeping her mouth in the least amount of pain possible. During the entire surgery process, we received text message updates and calls regarding what was being done and how she was doing. When we picked our cat up after surgery, another vet, Dr. Sterbinsky, came out to discuss the surgery, recovery and projected outcome. He explained to us everything that was done, and he took his time to go over what medication to give and the feeding plan/amounts that she was going to need every day. He was a pleasure and made us feel at ease about everything.Overall, we had such a positive experience. The staff were so kind, knowledgeable, patient, sympathetic and experienced. Yes, the procedure was expensive. But, they were upfront about what everything was going to cost from the minute we started to discuss what needed to be done, so there were no surprises. We are so thankful for the Jane Animal Hospital team. Read Less