I brought my 15 week old kitten in due to a traumatic accident. I was not only rushed through treatment options, but I feel the injuries we're not only amplified but exaggerated as well. I was told my... Read More
I brought my 15 week old kitten in due to a traumatic accident. I was not only rushed through treatment options, but I feel the injuries we're not only amplified but exaggerated as well. I was told my kitten had a shattered palete and was told she needed extensive work, feeding tube and oral surgery consult. She went on to say: without Imaging she would not know the extent of the injuries. My question then was how do you know the palate is shattered if you havent don't any Diagnostic Imaging? And I was very confused of how there was injury to the palate, the doctor never explained or spoke with anything about this just basically said she could have sinus injuries, possible brain damage and I was given three options. One was extensive including: feeding tube, CT Scan, Imaging, oral surgery, ETC, number two option was be sent home on pain medication and hope for the best and the third option was euthanasia. At this point I was shocked by the injuries the doctor mentioned and was in shock of what exactly we should do to treat our family pet. The doctor seemed very irritated I did not jump at the most expensive and extensive treatment plan. She made a statement along the lines of :"I feel you're not on board with all of this". Not only was my interaction with a doctor an insensitive experience but I feel she was playing on my emotions as she could see and my two small children were upset at this tragic accident, I did not feel there was trust or and sort of empathy. After she was obviously irritated with my response and questions as far as why such excessive treatment plan was necessary. She left and never came back into the room, I never saw the doctor again during our office visit again. The young dark-haired girk, either tech or nurse, was the only person that took time to answer questions and speak with me and showed compassion (and this is after I came out of the room and asked for some help and said I had questions since we had already sat in the room for an extended period of time after them bringing in 3 cost treatment plans). I wish I had the girl's name because she was wonderful. After we discussed a plan and she not only made me feel comfortable about that plan but she answered questions about it, she is the only reason I didn't take my kitten and go to another emergency vet clinic. The young girl allowed me to go and visit our kitten and showed me the injury to the palate. It was a puncture wound with a laceration to the lateral aspect of the point of injury. The palate seemed to be symmetrical and I really don't understand how she could use the word "shattered" as part of her assessment. I'm not a veterinarian but it seemed a little excessive to use that kind of verbage. She then brought me up front to be checked out. This is where the receptionist ask what she was doing, when the young girl explain she brought us up to be checked out, the receptionist threw her hands in the air and with a very inappropriate tone said "it's going to be a minute!", "I'll come in there when I can" and did a jerky gesture motion with her head to the room. This is where I asked her if she wanted us to go back in the room. She said yeah, this interaction was extremely rude and unsettling after I just brought my kitten in for an emergency and had already had an unpleasant experience. Once more said with her hands in the air waving them around, I told you it's going to be a minute I have another person I'm checking out. I understand there are people in the office as well I did not see anyone else out in the waiting area. I calmly said you don't have to be rude and went into the room to weight with my two small children. My kids were getting stir crazy as we were there for a quite amount of time. Another gal came in and kindly helped us. I expressed my concerns with the office and how poorly I think we have been treated since we have been there. She politely apologized and was very sweet. Based on an emergency status, I had our family pet who is a small kitten who is involved in a accident. I had blood all over me and my kitten and my children were upset. I felt the environment was uncaring, unprofessional, and the staff was very insensitive. I also found it unsettling that as soon as I didn't jump at the opportunity to spend the most money in the most expensive treatment plan the vet never came back in to talk with me about anything or answer any questions like: why would we do a feeding tube right at the beginning? Could we just see how she does as far as eating on her own? These questions were never run by the veterinarian and because she never came back and checked on us.I work in the emergency care setting of healthcare, I found my interactions and overall experience to be extremely unprofessional, extremely rude and impersonal. If I had to go back I would never have gone to this facility. I don't typically write negative reviews but I was extremely shaken up by this horrible experience. Read Less