Can not thank Ribble vets enough. At the end of April I brought my beautiful english bulldog in, close to death n thank goodness for the amazing team that was on that day they managed to revive him. I... Read More
Can not thank Ribble vets enough. At the end of April I brought my beautiful english bulldog in, close to death n thank goodness for the amazing team that was on that day they managed to revive him. I rang them following a walk with him due to him struggling to breathe with his gums going grey and frothing at the mouth, the lovely receptionist kept calm and told me to bring him straight away, I knew then this was not good, my amazing sister helped me carry my 4stone baby into the car, once we arrived at the vets, he was so exhausted in the back of the car I could not get him up to put my arms under him to carry him, then an amazing nurse came to our rescue placed a stretcher under him and rushed into the vets with him. When I followed into the vets he was already in the back being seen to and the amazing life saving vet came out to tell me they had to put a tube down his airways to give him oxygen to help him breathe, whilst they were working on him, another vet kept me and my sister updated, she took us in a room and explained Eric had crashed and they were performing CPR and asked if I wanted them to carry on, he is only 2 so of course I said yes, being a nurse myself, I knew Erics condition was serious. 10 minutes later the vet reappeared and said they had managed to get him back, We are forever grateful for their amazing work to bring Eric back. However Eric was still in a critical condition, the team allowed me to see him with his tubes n wires attached to him, he looked poorly and the vet was telling me to think about what was in his best interests and if his breathing didnt calm down and his temperature go down I need to think what is best for Eric. I left the vets for a few hours with my friend where she encouraged me to eat something before going back to the vet. 2 hours later we were on our way back to the vet, I was ringing my partner (he was working away) asking what decision we will need to make it was heartbreaking, but when we arrived at the vets they explained he was awake, I couldn't believe it, he came home with me that evening, where I stayed awake all night with him, I rang the vet overnight, who reassured me nothing had changed with him. When I took Eric back in the morning they discussed he will most likely benefit from having surgery to enlarge his nostrils and remove some soft palette to help with his breathing, Eric is not insured so we were worried about cost, thankfully Eric did not need to be transferred to a specialist vet and they were able to do the surgery here. Two weeks later Eric had his surgery and he spent the day at the vets, he has had regular check ups and still is having regular check ups. Everyone at the surgery have been absolutely amazing with Eric, always soo caring and loving. I cannot thank them enough for giving Eric a better quality of life and for saving him, he truly is an amazing dog. Thank you all sooo much to everyone at Ribble vets you are all wonderful. Sorry for the long reviewRead Less