I just read a previous review from a person who would not bring their animal in for the scheduled one-week post-op visit. It saddens me that there are still pet owners "in healthcare" like this, who ... Read More
I just read a previous review from a person who would not bring their animal in for the scheduled one-week post-op visit. It saddens me that there are still pet owners "in healthcare" like this, who actually believe they understand everything there is to know about how these medications work, where they work, and what actual potential there is for benefit after considering each and every risk like the Dr's. Olsen do. A few questions the person "in healthcare" might weigh: 1. Why is your animal growing a fungus? Or more correctly; 2. Why, is your animal immunocompromised? Or more pointedly; 3. What are you doing to your animal, to produce such sustained state of immunocompromise so as to produce a chronic fungal infection? Luckily, by the nature of the commentary, the person most-probably (hopefully) isn't licensed to prescribe. If the person is a non-physician, it is excusable that they might not know Orbifloxacin, a fluoroquinolone antibiotic, like the other fluoroquinolones, is developing high bacterial resistance and has effectively zero chance, of benefit with non-bacterial processes such as fungal, viral or parasitic infections, or inflammatory diseases which can mimic infection. But it is not excusable to threaten an animal's life through willful ignorance, bravado or pretentious pride; even if you "own" that animal. If by chance the Fluoroquinolone antibiotic was able to kill a substantial amount of bacteria (including normal flora), that action of course, would allow for further super-infection of the already known primary pathogen, which was not a bacteria, but a fungi, which Dr. Olsen was able to provide the identification of, and too, the safest course of medical therapies, that being a systemic azole antifungal. I was sad to see that the person would "go to the ends of the earth", ...but bringing her animal in for the scheduled one-week post-operative examination was too far. The animal should not have to suffer this. It is not the animal's fault. I'm so happy Dr. Olsen was able to care for that precious life in the moments he was allowed to. Enough of that. For my review, I'd like to say this. I've been cutting, sewing, saving my share of lives and watching too many die all over this planet for forty years; sometimes, in very bad places. I've encountered five physicians in those forty years that inspired me, some younger than me, some older. The Olsens are two of those five. They're quite younger than I am, but when they speak to me about my pets, I shut up and listen to every word. I'm a humble, thankful old man, that is forever grateful for any appointment my loved ones have ever had with the Olsens. C. Blake Aasgaard Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army Medical Specialists CorpsRead Less