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I just wanted to stop by and check why some of you are avoiding CVL?
I took Tosh there on Saturday as an emergency, after I saw my other vet in St-Therese in the morning. Sadly it was too late for my baby boy and he was euthanized to avoid further suffering. Even though it was my first trip there, compared to my current vet (which will be my ex vet) I had at least the feeling of competence.
Has anyone had any dealing with Dr. Maccolini? He was very kind and empathic and he took every precaution that my little baby didn't feel a thing when he passed. I was quite grateful for it.
The reason I ask is that I believe I had a quite bad experience with my vet in St-Therese.
I took Tosh there Saturday morning because he had more porphyrin show and because he hadn't eaten well in 2 days. Mind you - we were just at the vet on Tuesday because of a lot of porphyrin and him being less active. So I got an additional medication prescribed.
From Wednesday on, it got worse and he wouldn't eat or drink. So I finally got my appointment at Saturday morning. The vet told me that he could tell that the breathing wasn't that great but that the reason why he wouldn't want to eat was probably the new medication, which could cause belly aches. He didn't even use a stethoscope but just showed me how to forcefeed and told me to drop the medication.
About 2-2.5 hours later, Tosh was totally lethargic and apathic, starting oozing brownish liquid from the mouth and started having seizures. So I rushed him to the clinic and there Dr. Maccolini informed me that his lungs were full of fluid and mucus. He said that they could try to save his life, if I left him there for two days but he also admitted that the chances were not great. And even if he would make it through, chances that it would come back or that he would have permanent damage were pretty high. So I decided to end his suffering and as mentioned, Dr. Maccolini was very gentle and kind.
But yeah, as you can see, I am now 'slightly' paranoid when it comes to vets because I don't want something similar happening again. Sorry - that got kinda out of hand, but by now I am just so furious.