On 2/14/2019, our beautiful Lab who was 6 months old was spayed by Dr. Halsted. On 2/19/2019, she was dead. When we picked her up on the 14th, she seemed okay and we were told that if there are any ... Read More
On 2/14/2019, our beautiful Lab who was 6 months old was spayed by Dr. Halsted. On 2/19/2019, she was dead. When we picked her up on the 14th, she seemed okay and we were told that if there are any problems to "leave a message" and Dr. Halsted told my husband that he always checks his messages. It was the President's weekend, and he didn't check his messages. We were also never told that there was a 24 hour ER veterinary hospital up in Latham, NY. We are new to this area, and didn't know about it. Our baby girl slowly deteriorated over that weekend and when we finally got hold of Dr. Halsted on Tuesday 2/19, we were told to bring her in. He didn't look at her and told us, as he was walking up and down the hallway, that he was in the middle of surgery and couldn't talk to us now. Mind you, if he was doing surgery, why wasn't he in scrubs and why was the patient/animal alone? The vet tech gave our dog a shot of antibiotics and a shot of vitamin K to improve her appetite. We were sent home. After lunch, we noticed that she had gotten worse and we rushed her back to the vet's office where they took her temperature, hooked her up to an IV with antibiotics and give her a shot of Valium to calm her down. As it got closer to closing time, around 3 or 3:30, they started rushing around, cleaning the floors while my dog was still hooked up to the IV. Then they took her temperature again and told us it came down, unhooked the antibiotics and sent us home with antibiotics and pain pills. Our dog was in a stupor when we left there and never really opened her eyes again. We were so upset that we rushed down to the Kingston ER Vet which opens at 6 p.m., but she was dead on arrival. I asked for copies of the medical records. To be brief, there is no mention of any lab work being done before the surgery, and no mention of the surgery at all except to say she was "out of surgery". Also, in reviewing the records with the breeder, on 2/19, someone had written that her temperature was 107.1, and then someone else had written over it to make it 103.8. It's clearly visible. Something went horribly wrong and to make himself feel better, I guess, he paid for my dog's cremation. Also, I found out from the vet, that he was having a medical problem which could have led to him being less skillful with his surgery, thus resulting in some type of error. I want others to know what happened, and I would NEVER recommend that anyone go to Maple Ridge Veterinary. Read Less