To start with, I am very annoyed at this vet's treatment of you, it is not an option for her to treat paying people who are there with concerns about their very loved, very special furry kids!
She is rude and insulting, and I would be furious if I were ever treated like a substandard pet owner if I don't just agree with everything she said?! The nerve...........
As I read through this thread, it struck me as suspicious IBD, yes.
HOWEVER, treating her assuming it is IBD is not harmful! This can be done starting immediately.
Also this 1100.00 is ridiculous, she had all of her bloodwork and urinalysis done just 2 weeks ago, so that can be removed. She can also base her pancreas questions from the former bloodwork results. Things won't have changed in just 2 weeks.........I mean really now...........
Possibly a mild sedation and ultrasound is what she should be doing. My Krissy is a brat at the vets and she didn't need sedating. It doesn't matter that she offers pmt plans, gosh that is an estimate, and you are the one who calls the shots when it comes to what treatments you will accept or not.
Now, this is all my thoughts and what I would do in your shoes. I do think ultimately she should get an ultrasound, but I also think that there is too much pressure being put on you, like it can't be assumed to be IBD and treated as such.
I would cancel the ultrasound, go get some pepcid ac, and several jars of turkey baby food. I would get pediolyte (unflavored) and large feeding syringe.
For the next 3 days, I will take her off of everything she normally eats. For these 3 days the only thing she will be getting is turkey baby food and pediolyte, pepcid also.
In the morning after you go to the store for these items, you will want to warm 1/2 jar of food and mix it with pediolyte, about a 50/50 mix.
Nice and warmed, it will smell appetizing, so hopefully she will lap it up on her own.
Otherwise it will be syringed, as it is critical to keep her hydrated well, and keep some calories going in to her body to prevent HL.
The idea is, stop everything and allow her insides to calm down, she won't react to the baby food as she has with the other foods.
As much as she will take, but it must be at LEAST 2 jars of food a day, and 2 jars of the pediolyte.
Watch her settle down, stop vomiting, and gain an appetite again.
Nothing at all other than this though for a full 3 days.
This will give you time to collect your thoughts and not have to worry that she is going to crash, or get seriously ill between now and Monday.
You may want to consider the cerenia during this time too, but not a must either, as she will very likely tolerate the baby food quite well, with no more vomiting.
Once she is settled again, after the first 3 days, you can slowly, gradually introduce a new food, a single protein source that she won't react to, but we will go there later on this.
She is rude and insulting, and I would be furious if I were ever treated like a substandard pet owner if I don't just agree with everything she said?! The nerve...........
As I read through this thread, it struck me as suspicious IBD, yes.
HOWEVER, treating her assuming it is IBD is not harmful! This can be done starting immediately.
Also this 1100.00 is ridiculous, she had all of her bloodwork and urinalysis done just 2 weeks ago, so that can be removed. She can also base her pancreas questions from the former bloodwork results. Things won't have changed in just 2 weeks.........I mean really now...........
Possibly a mild sedation and ultrasound is what she should be doing. My Krissy is a brat at the vets and she didn't need sedating. It doesn't matter that she offers pmt plans, gosh that is an estimate, and you are the one who calls the shots when it comes to what treatments you will accept or not.
Now, this is all my thoughts and what I would do in your shoes. I do think ultimately she should get an ultrasound, but I also think that there is too much pressure being put on you, like it can't be assumed to be IBD and treated as such.
I would cancel the ultrasound, go get some pepcid ac, and several jars of turkey baby food. I would get pediolyte (unflavored) and large feeding syringe.
For the next 3 days, I will take her off of everything she normally eats. For these 3 days the only thing she will be getting is turkey baby food and pediolyte, pepcid also.
In the morning after you go to the store for these items, you will want to warm 1/2 jar of food and mix it with pediolyte, about a 50/50 mix.
Nice and warmed, it will smell appetizing, so hopefully she will lap it up on her own.
Otherwise it will be syringed, as it is critical to keep her hydrated well, and keep some calories going in to her body to prevent HL.
The idea is, stop everything and allow her insides to calm down, she won't react to the baby food as she has with the other foods.
As much as she will take, but it must be at LEAST 2 jars of food a day, and 2 jars of the pediolyte.
Watch her settle down, stop vomiting, and gain an appetite again.
Nothing at all other than this though for a full 3 days.
This will give you time to collect your thoughts and not have to worry that she is going to crash, or get seriously ill between now and Monday.
You may want to consider the cerenia during this time too, but not a must either, as she will very likely tolerate the baby food quite well, with no more vomiting.
Once she is settled again, after the first 3 days, you can slowly, gradually introduce a new food, a single protein source that she won't react to, but we will go there later on this.
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