This review is over a year in the making. The only reason I gave a second star is that I was impressed with the vet techs and the woman at the front desk. Last April, I took my 8 month old kitten here... Read More
This review is over a year in the making. The only reason I gave a second star is that I was impressed with the vet techs and the woman at the front desk. Last April, I took my 8 month old kitten here after she had trouble keeping food down for a few days. They gave her an X-ray and said that they saw a "fuzzy spot" and that it could possibly be a foreign body she swallowed. They wanted to keep her overnight ($$$) but I said I'd rather bring her home. They gave her anti-nausea medication and said "bring her in tomorrow. If she still can't keep food down, that means there's definitely something in there and she needs surgery." I came in the next day and told the vet that not only had she eaten some, but she kept it down! The vet then told me that that doesn't necessarily mean anything, and that she didn't feel comfortable having me bring her home because she could die. In my most vulnerable state, I agreed to the surgery. ($$$)After the surgery, the vet called and said they didn't find anything in her stomach, but her organs looked "weird" so they sent about 7 samples off for biopsy ($$$). A couple weeks later, the vet called and told me Marley had FIP and that she likely had months to live. She told me FIP is always fatal but I could give Marley meds to manage the pain. She had already called an animal pharmacist so that I could easily purchase the meds ($$$). Nearly $3,000 later, I had Marley home. I had never heard of FIP so I did my research. I found out there is no way to perfectly test for the disease, there are a lot of false positives and vice versa. But cats with FIP tend to be low-energy and not eat very much. Over those last couple weeks, Marley seemed back to normal. She was eating a ton, and sprinting all over the house. I was starting to thinking this was a misdiagnosis. I took her to different vet and he said "I don't understand. This looks like a perfectly healthy cat to me." I called the Humane Society, who sees everything, and they said based on how I was describing her, it was highly unlikely she had FIP.When I took Marley back to Noah's for her incision recheck, the vet could not believe that I hadn't gotten the pain meds ($$$). I told her I didn't think she had FIP and she looked at me like I was crazy. She said "I can't pinky promise she has it, but I am 99.9% sure." She continued to push the pain meds. (I never got them).I AM HAPPY TO REPORT that over a year later, Marley is still high energy, eats like a glutton, and has not shown signs of being sick since the surgery. Needless to say, I have a new vet. Read Less