My roommate and I took our pets, her cat and my dog, in for their first vet visit at the same time around 8:30 a.m. I called around 1:45 p.m. and was told that they were both in surgery (they were bei... Read More
My roommate and I took our pets, her cat and my dog, in for their first vet visit at the same time around 8:30 a.m. I called around 1:45 p.m. and was told that they were both in surgery (they were being neutered) and should be out within the hour. Five minutes later, my roommate received a phone call from the doctor, who told her that our cat was having difficulty breathing and so they put him on a respirator. They waited until he was breathing fine and took him off. He was having difficulty again and so they put him back on the machine. For some reason, nobody checked the machine a second time. The vet said she couldn't tell me what had went wrong other than the fact that the machine had a bag on it that was filling up with air but wasn't supposed to. I was irate. I had literally just been informed five to ten minutes prior that both of our pets were in surgery and would be out soon. When I inquired about my dog, however, they told me he wasn't even in surgery yet, and I could come pick him up if I wanted to (of course I did, immediately). I'm not sure what happened because the vet doesn't, but honestly I feel like they didn't do enough for him, that they should have been prepared, and that none of this should have happened for a simple castration. You people do this procedure to dogs and cats alike several times a week, at least. I would not recommend going to this office as they do NOT have your pets best interest in mind. Sure the staff was nice and helpful but at the end of the day, our cat is dead because they didn't bother to follow proper procedure and safety checks by making sure the machine was safe to use before hooking our little boy up to it. He was still a kitten, and now he is gone. What are you going to do to make it better, Dr. Novinger?? Your staff nor yourself offered me any kind of condolences nor compensation for the life of my pet. All you wanted to know was if I was going to take the body. YOU ARE A DOCTOR! YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ENTRUST THE LIVES OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS INTO YOUR HANDS! And you disobeyed our trust by letting our cat die because your staff was too incompetent to make sure the machine was in proper order. Thank GOD my dog was not in surgery at that time. You should be ashamed of yourself.Read Less