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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I wish I would have had your advice in
2003</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>when they took my Max from me to do
exploratory</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>surgery on him--he went downhill really fast
afterwards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and soon lost him. It tore me up! They told me that
they</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>didn't realize how old he was--right! After we had
been</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>going there for 10 yrs!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Needless to say, now we have a different
vet</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>! and in addition</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>to that, </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>I will
never let them do anything they want to any of my</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>dogs!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ruth and Huckleberry</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><FONT
color=#ff00ff><B>From:</B> </FONT><A title=bgszap@gmail.com
href="mailto:bgszap@gmail.com"><FONT color=#ff00ff>Beverly
Szaton</FONT></A><FONT color=#ff00ff> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT color=#ff00ff><B>To:</B> </FONT><A
title=dailydrool@dailydrool.org href="mailto:dailydrool@dailydrool.org"><FONT
color=#ff00ff>DD</FONT></A><FONT color=#ff00ff> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT color=#ff00ff><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July
10, 2008 11:02 AM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT color=#ff00ff><B>Subject:</B> [Dailydrool]
Veterinary Limitatons</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#ff00ff size=2><EM></EM></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#ff00ff size=1>Elizabeth has pointed out something that
we all too often forget or ignore, which is that every Veterinarian out there
has things he(or she, but mine is usually the he half) are good at and things
he is not as good at. My responsibility as an owner and advocate for my pet is
to be aware of this and to draw the line when things are not going well with
the treatment we are using at that time.</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#ff00ff size=1>Second opinions are almost NEVER a bad
idea. Specialists abound and are considerably better versed in a single field
than your Vet can hope to be. We have specialists who come to the clinic
because we cannot offer that kind of expertise among the regular staff,
skilled as they may be.</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#ff00ff size=1>We have an Orthopedic Surgeon who comes
down, altho we do a lot of fairly standard Ortho procedures.</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#ff00ff size=1>We have a Cardiac specialist who brings
her own portable echocardiagram machine for the hearts that need advanced
care</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#ff00ff size=1>We have a Dentist who can come in and put
in caps and do root canals...</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#ff00ff size=1>We have a Behaviorist who can be called to
consult.</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#ff00ff size=1>And we make referrals all the time to the
University Hospitals-- Illinois, Purdue, Wisconsin--- all within about a 2 to
3 hour drive-- for cases that require even more care and diagnostic
skill.</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#ff00ff size=1>Never be afraid to ask for a second
opinion, or a referral to a specialist. If your Vet has a problem with this,
then his ego is bigger than his skills level, and it is time to find a new
Vet.</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#ff00ff size=1></FONT></EM> </DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#ff00ff size=1>Drool to all in need, may nobody need a
Vet this week at all!!</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#ff00ff size=1>MomPerson to Nigel, Llewis (I bin to two
Yooniverse ities an a arfopedic speshulist!!) Zelda ( I have been to a
specialist in lady dog problems) Mitchell and Cooper (ever year she drag we to
somewon to look in are
eyeballs....)</FONT></EM><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>