My husband and I are very new furparents of an 11 week old puppy. We took him home from his mom's rescue foster humans just a little over 2 weeks ago and made an appointment with Palos Animal Hospital... Read More
My husband and I are very new furparents of an 11 week old puppy. We took him home from his mom's rescue foster humans just a little over 2 weeks ago and made an appointment with Palos Animal Hospital for general puppy planning and check-up. We chose PAH because not only bc we were looking for a vet within our community, but the reviews online were very positive. During our appointment, Dr. Sankey (Jeff) spent over an hour explaining so much of what I would need to know about our new addition to the family. Little did I know when I left there 2 weeks ago, that we would be rushing our pup in near closing time, gravely ill. The short story is, I took my pup for a walk, stopped at a neighbors where my pup walked around the lawn, walked back home, pup played around in grass on my lawn and as soon as I took him off leash and brought him inside, he lay limp in his bed. I looked in his eyes, they were pouring 'tears' from his eyes, put my hand under his mouth and the saliva started pouring out. Within 20 minutes of him finishing his walk, he was being rushed into PAH, still in his bed and diarrhea was beginning. Well, Beau is back home resting tonight and seems well on his way back to his puppy self! We wouldn't have expected the emotions we went through last night since we are so new to owning our new pet, but it was sad coming home without him last night. Tonight we feel grateful for choosing PAH - the staff are amazing and we really aren't sure if we would still have lil Beau today if it weren't for Dr. Jeff. He treated our pup and his humans in a very touch and go situation and I believe he was able to save his life because of his expertise in his field, his quick thinking and collab with others doctors in the field. When Beau was stable, we brought him to Premiere where he received awesome care as well! Thank you PAH for keeping your doors open late to make sure Beau was stable enough for us to take him to the next hospital and taking such excellent care of him (and us) yesterday!
PS... For those wondering, the suspect of illness was Beau likely ingested a muscarine mushroom - toxic/poison which caused lactating, salivating, diarrhea, vomiting, etc. He was with me the whole time on his leash and although he sniffs everything, chases leaves and chewed a stick - we did not see him 'eat' anything and still can't pinpoint exactly when/where he ingested it but he'll be in a bubble for awhile now! Read Less