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1. How did you know they work on salary plus commission?
2. How did you know the treatments recommended weren't necessary? I'm curious because I often feel taken at these emergency places. They are the only thing open after hours, and I have not found the caliber of the veterinary care higher than my regular vet. And the prices, as you indicated, are through the roof. "lakinapook" wrote in message om... Yes, they did run blood work on her. I am absolutely not qualified to read the results, but these items did stand out. Sodium level was 160, and was rated HIGH CPK level was 610 and was rated HIGH Platelet count was 195 and was rated LOW Eosinophils was 1309 and was rated HIGH Don't know if anyone else knows what those things might indicate. I will forever be more wary and skeptical of any vet that I go to. I had a bad experience at a different vet with another cat of mine, where the vets worked on salary plus commission, so they reccommended unnecessary treatments to jack up the bill. I successfully got them to refund the portion of the bill that was for unnecessary treatment, but not without fighting tooth and nail over it. That wasn't my regular vet though, that was an emergency vet. This was my regular vet clinic, and they have such an excellent reputation, I really thought that they would be on top of it. I now know that you have to be vigilant in doing your own research in health care matters (and I think this applies to human medicine as well as animal medicine). |
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I found out that they worked on salary plus commission because someone
from my regular vets office used to work there, and after I told her the whole story, she explained the situation to me. She also told me that some of the treatments weren't necessary. Which just confirmed my hunch about it. If you have a suspicion about one of the emergency vets, just ask your regular vet, there doesn't seem to be any internal loyalties like there are with people doctors or police officers who will cover each others asses. After I found out I threatened the emergency vet that I would report them to the regulatory agency that oversees veterinary clinics, and that if they felt like they wanted to take that chance, that they had done everything right, then they would have nothing to worry about. They argued and argued until I said "refund my money, or I am reporting you, period, so you can either take your chances with the regulatory agency, or refund the money". Apparently, they were unwilling to take that chance, because they did refund my money. They sent this snotty letter with the check that said that I wasn't welcome at their facility anymore. Oh boo hoo, like I would have gone back there anyway. "Betsy" -0 wrote in message ... 1. How did you know they work on salary plus commission? 2. How did you know the treatments recommended weren't necessary? I'm curious because I often feel taken at these emergency places. They are the only thing open after hours, and I have not found the caliber of the veterinary care higher than my regular vet. And the prices, as you indicated, are through the roof. "lakinapook" wrote in message om... Yes, they did run blood work on her. I am absolutely not qualified to read the results, but these items did stand out. Sodium level was 160, and was rated HIGH CPK level was 610 and was rated HIGH Platelet count was 195 and was rated LOW Eosinophils was 1309 and was rated HIGH Don't know if anyone else knows what those things might indicate. I will forever be more wary and skeptical of any vet that I go to. I had a bad experience at a different vet with another cat of mine, where the vets worked on salary plus commission, so they reccommended unnecessary treatments to jack up the bill. I successfully got them to refund the portion of the bill that was for unnecessary treatment, but not without fighting tooth and nail over it. That wasn't my regular vet though, that was an emergency vet. This was my regular vet clinic, and they have such an excellent reputation, I really thought that they would be on top of it. I now know that you have to be vigilant in doing your own research in health care matters (and I think this applies to human medicine as well as animal medicine). |
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I found out that they worked on salary plus commission because someone
from my regular vets office used to work there, and after I told her the whole story, she explained the situation to me. She also told me that some of the treatments weren't necessary. Which just confirmed my hunch about it. If you have a suspicion about one of the emergency vets, just ask your regular vet, there doesn't seem to be any internal loyalties like there are with people doctors or police officers who will cover each others asses. After I found out I threatened the emergency vet that I would report them to the regulatory agency that oversees veterinary clinics, and that if they felt like they wanted to take that chance, that they had done everything right, then they would have nothing to worry about. They argued and argued until I said "refund my money, or I am reporting you, period, so you can either take your chances with the regulatory agency, or refund the money". Apparently, they were unwilling to take that chance, because they did refund my money. They sent this snotty letter with the check that said that I wasn't welcome at their facility anymore. Oh boo hoo, like I would have gone back there anyway. "Betsy" -0 wrote in message ... 1. How did you know they work on salary plus commission? 2. How did you know the treatments recommended weren't necessary? I'm curious because I often feel taken at these emergency places. They are the only thing open after hours, and I have not found the caliber of the veterinary care higher than my regular vet. And the prices, as you indicated, are through the roof. "lakinapook" wrote in message om... Yes, they did run blood work on her. I am absolutely not qualified to read the results, but these items did stand out. Sodium level was 160, and was rated HIGH CPK level was 610 and was rated HIGH Platelet count was 195 and was rated LOW Eosinophils was 1309 and was rated HIGH Don't know if anyone else knows what those things might indicate. I will forever be more wary and skeptical of any vet that I go to. I had a bad experience at a different vet with another cat of mine, where the vets worked on salary plus commission, so they reccommended unnecessary treatments to jack up the bill. I successfully got them to refund the portion of the bill that was for unnecessary treatment, but not without fighting tooth and nail over it. That wasn't my regular vet though, that was an emergency vet. This was my regular vet clinic, and they have such an excellent reputation, I really thought that they would be on top of it. I now know that you have to be vigilant in doing your own research in health care matters (and I think this applies to human medicine as well as animal medicine). |
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I suppose its possible. I don't recall ever being spoken to about
heartworms in cats. I always thought that it was just a dog thing. I will have to check into that. ospam (Yngver) wrote in message ... (lakinapook) wrote: Yes, they did run blood work on her. I am absolutely not qualified to read the results, but these items did stand out. Sodium level was 160, and was rated HIGH CPK level was 610 and was rated HIGH Platelet count was 195 and was rated LOW Eosinophils was 1309 and was rated HIGH Don't know if anyone else knows what those things might indicate. I'm not a vet and can't really interpret those figures except to say that when a stray cat we took in tested very high for eosinophils, the vet suspected heartworm. Is this a possibility? Heartworms can cause sudden death. |
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(lakinapook) wrote:
I suppose its possible. I don't recall ever being spoken to about heartworms in cats. I always thought that it was just a dog thing. I will have to check into that. No, cats can get heartworm as well, and detecting it may be harder than it is with dogs. Sometimes the cat appears perfectly normal and then suddenly dies of heart failure. With our cat, I don't remember the actual eosinophil count but the vet said it was extremely high, high enough to suspect heartworm. I don't think it was as high as 1309, however. A high level of eosinophils indicates the body is reacting to something foreign--like parasites, or allergens. It's possible your cat died of heart failure due to heartworm infestation, although I don't know quite what the other parts of the blood test indicate. I believe a high CPK is consistent with heart attack or heart failure. (Yngver) wrote in message ... (lakinapook) wrote: Yes, they did run blood work on her. I am absolutely not qualified to read the results, but these items did stand out. Sodium level was 160, and was rated HIGH CPK level was 610 and was rated HIGH Platelet count was 195 and was rated LOW Eosinophils was 1309 and was rated HIGH Don't know if anyone else knows what those things might indicate. I'm not a vet and can't really interpret those figures except to say that when a stray cat we took in tested very high for eosinophils, the vet suspected heartworm. Is this a possibility? Heartworms can cause sudden death. |
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(lakinapook) wrote:
I suppose its possible. I don't recall ever being spoken to about heartworms in cats. I always thought that it was just a dog thing. I will have to check into that. No, cats can get heartworm as well, and detecting it may be harder than it is with dogs. Sometimes the cat appears perfectly normal and then suddenly dies of heart failure. With our cat, I don't remember the actual eosinophil count but the vet said it was extremely high, high enough to suspect heartworm. I don't think it was as high as 1309, however. A high level of eosinophils indicates the body is reacting to something foreign--like parasites, or allergens. It's possible your cat died of heart failure due to heartworm infestation, although I don't know quite what the other parts of the blood test indicate. I believe a high CPK is consistent with heart attack or heart failure. (Yngver) wrote in message ... (lakinapook) wrote: Yes, they did run blood work on her. I am absolutely not qualified to read the results, but these items did stand out. Sodium level was 160, and was rated HIGH CPK level was 610 and was rated HIGH Platelet count was 195 and was rated LOW Eosinophils was 1309 and was rated HIGH Don't know if anyone else knows what those things might indicate. I'm not a vet and can't really interpret those figures except to say that when a stray cat we took in tested very high for eosinophils, the vet suspected heartworm. Is this a possibility? Heartworms can cause sudden death. |
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From: (lakinapook)
I found out that they worked on salary plus commission because someone from my regular vets office used to work there, and after I told her the whole story, she explained the situation to me. Boy, that sure doesn't seem right that a vet clinic should work on commissions. They argued and argued until I said "refund my money, or I am reporting you, period, so you can either take your chances with the regulatory agency, or refund the money". Apparently, they were unwilling to take that chance, because they did refund my money. They sent this snotty letter with the check that said that I wasn't welcome at their facility anymore. Oh boo hoo, like I would have gone back there anyway. Good for you for sticking to your guns and I'm glad to hear you got your money back. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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