Wow. I wish I could give this place 100 stars. Background: I have a basset hound/shar pei mix, whom I've had since he was 8 weeks old and he's now 4 years old. Since the day I got him, he has had chr... Read More
Wow. I wish I could give this place 100 stars. Background: I have a basset hound/shar pei mix, whom I've had since he was 8 weeks old and he's now 4 years old. Since the day I got him, he has had chronic ear infections in both of his ears. Every single vet I've taken him to from Chicago to Arizona, no one could permanently fix this problem, and every visit was a predictable $250 visit with the same diagnoses. Never could be cured, and treating was a huge hassle holding him down to clean the ears while he's in immense pain (this was especially hard, hurts my heart to see him in pain)I decided on a whim to bring my dog Chuy to the Mundelein Animal Hospital to get another opinion after being referred by a friend about how great this place was. Truly, her recommendation did not disappoint.Normally, every time I bring Chuy to have his ears checked they will tell me they need to do a swabbing of his ears ($$) to figure out if it's yeast or fungal (it's always the same, all four years) then give me about 3-4 different treatments ($$$$$) and recommend to come back multiple times ($$$). When I met the doctor at MAH, he had already gone through Chuys records, said that we didn't even need to check what type the infection was because it's always the same (thank you) and brought Chuy AND me (so I could comfort him) to the back while he tried this new ear medication that literally cleans out his ears on its own and should solve the problem. That's it. I couldn't believe it. He said a week will go by and the medication will sit inside the canal to clear the infection. Then after a week, he gets another dose, and it should be all cleared.Never in my 4 years of having my dog did I ever expect to - be in and out of a vet appointment within 20-30 minutes, have the doctor tell me he knows exactly what to do that will take care of the problem, and then returning again to be told the infection is cleared in one and is almost in the other. The bill was to my surprise, WAY LOWER than I expected (under $100) I was so happy that I basically left the place in tears. To this amazing establishment - thank you SO MUCH from the bottom of my heart for genuinely caring about not only my fur baby, but MY time and my own emotions. I have dealt with plenty of vets who could care less about all of the above. If you're trying to decide on a vet in the Mundelein area or NW suburbs area. Please look no further. I am forever grateful for finding this place for my Chuy. Read Less