Local Vet

[yangelina.livejournal.com]

Hi Everybody,
Search function wouldn't work right so this may have been answered previously here:
Recommendation for a good vet in the area? Something's not quite right with my cat and I'm slightly concerned.
Thanks!

Comments

[freyja.livejournal.com]

as a note from the inside, that kind of thing can and does happen at angell too. :/

no matter where you go you're going to occasionally get a misdiagnosis. i'm glad you're still sticking by porter for regular care at least; we've seen a lot of clients get totally pissed off at their rdvms when our opinions differ and they won't go back because of a mistake that could really happen anywhere, at any time, depending on a number of factors.

that said, angell can be quite excellent :)

(also, from what i've heard around here, swallowed foreign objects can be difficult to diagnose without hitting the animal hard with all sorts of random tests from the get-go-- still, an infection? that's weird, unless the object caused some sort of weird inflammation or something was found in the blood cultures. i guess i'd need to hear more of the story!)

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

sure -- the issue isn't misdiagnosis per se; that happens everywhere (i work at mgh myself :) but angell had imaging equipment that porter sq didn't, and i think that made the difference.

my very large, skinny-at-15# cat was down to 7.5# and in "fair" condition when i took him to angell, and was unable to even keep down water. porter sq had prescribed almost exclusively antibiotics. *shrug*

[freyja.livejournal.com]

huh. you'd think they'd at least mention imaging or obstructions! or even an abscess in the throat...

even with our incredibly ridiculous amount of access to imaging and such i can assure you that animals don't always get imaged when they "should" :P did they do x-rays at all at porter, and it just didn't show up?

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

i'm not sure if they did x-rays at porter -- i tend to think not, as the object was part metal and part plastic, and should have shown up if they did. but i don't have the complete records, so i hesitate to say for sure.