If I could select negative stars I would. My dog was coming to Georgetown for about a year and a half, and everything was fine till we asked to have a lump removed from his rear. They of course said t... Read More
If I could select negative stars I would. My dog was coming to Georgetown for about a year and a half, and everything was fine till we asked to have a lump removed from his rear. They of course said they would be able to do it that day(perfect since I was getting married in 2 weeks.) They took him for half a day before calling me and saying that his blood levels were off and they could not perform the surgery, and would give us medication to help with the "issue". My dog, a 6 year old bullmastiff, has never had any issues outside of his allergies which they had put him on Apoquel for. When I was picking him up they told me his kidney levels were high and his platelets were low. Meaning he could have cancer or early kidney failure or Lepto or Lyme or a bunch of other conditions. When I asked if they could test for these they said that the tests were not accurate (first line of BS). We follow up with another blood test where his platelets increased but now he was anemic, somehow. They told us he could have all of the above and threw on internal bleeding for good measure. The meds started to have a reaction and he began having horrible diarrhea and he could no longer keep his food down(ALL SIDE EFFECTS FROM THE ANTIBIOTIC). When I called them to see what I should do they told me to keep giving him the meds and prescribed an antidiuretic and told me to give him a bland diet. Well that didn't help, with one day maxing with 8 vomits, the last one tinged with blood. I called again asking what I should do, they then told me to take him to the OP hospital. I SUGGESTED TAKING MY ONCE HAPPY AND HEALTHY DOG OFF ALL OF THE MEDICATION THEY PUT HIM ON. They said sure you can try that.(second line of BS) A week goes by and he is starting to keep meals down, and his stool starts to go back to normal. We have our check up and yet another blood test. They put my once healthy weight dog on the scale and see he had lost 10lbs in a week. Now tell me, if you or I couldn't eat, drink or more without vomiting for 4 days how much weight would you lose? Well, they didn't care, the vet refused to see him! Told us we had to go to the OP vet hospital because in her "25 years of vet experience, the drug reaction would not cause this type of weight loss. And that there is obviously something bigger happening like cancer"(line 3 BS). So I go. Drive the 45 mins to OP wait 6 and a half hours , where they can miraculously run accurate testing for both Lepto and Lyme disease and retest his blood. And guess what! He had NO diseases , and his blood work was better. And guess what the emergency vet said, " this was all a reaction from the medication he was on" So after all of this bullshit, tears, and unnecessary bills, and a trip to the ER vet. Do you think they called to follow up? To even ask how he was doing? Nope! And when I called to switch vets , do you think they asked why, nope. But, they know they were wrong. Save yourself time and money and even your pets life and go to a knowledgeable vet, who has techs who know how you run blood work. Read Less