When I called Cream City Kitty for a second opinion I was falling down the emotional and financial rabbit hole of a young sick cat, vet visits and test that seemed endless. You wonder if you are prolo... Read More
When I called Cream City Kitty for a second opinion I was falling down the emotional and financial rabbit hole of a young sick cat, vet visits and test that seemed endless. You wonder if you are prolonging the suffering, or if just around the corner they are going to pull through. ..Your debt is growing fast. The previous vet office wasn't seeing the problem from the exams, blood work, xrays, and 2 different Drs. The cat seemed a bit more comfortable after meds and fluid they gave her, but was still vomiting, not eating and her abdomen was growing with fluid by the day. (Turns out, she had swallowed a thread and it was caught at the back of her tongue. The thread was bunching up the intestines and was cutting through the intestinal walls.) Meanwhile, the problem is still unknown to us and is progressing. Going into the 3rd visit the options were now euthanasia or hospitalization for Barium swallow study tests (on a vomiting cat) that may or may not show the problem. Then maybe an outside consult, and more tests and/or surgery...etc etc. All in all the debt could EASILY rise above $1,700 on top of the sum already spent, and the cat could still suffer. Right away I called and talked to Cream City Kitty. They made a plan for the first thing in the morning. We walked in at 9:00 AM. In our particular case it only took minutes for the problem to be identified, explained to us, treatment decided, and cost estimated. She was in surgery by the hour. At 1:30 PM I got the report that she was awake and recovering. By the next day she was home, alert, eating for the first time in a week, and sitting on my lap. She's almost her old self again. If you have a cat, go to the clinic where they KNOW cats. Your cat, family and finances will be better off.Read Less