What should have been a routine spay (June 28 2018) turned into my beautiful 1 1/2 yr old healthy cat dying, only to be told by the vet that these things happen. From the next day after her spay, I reported that she wasn’t doing well. I was told (on a Friday) that it was probably after affects of surgery and anesthesia and if she didn’t improve by Monday to bring her in. I did. They didn’t see anything wrong, but she was lethargic, not eating or drinking and running a fever...all signs pointing to SOMETHING wrong. They gave her a pain shot, antibiotic injection and injection of fluids between her shoulders. Sent me home with a can of cat food & appetite stimulants. Two days later, she was dead. July 4th 2018, my beautiful baby girl was found by me ...dead. I had just fed her that afternoon. I had just held her that afternoon.
I called the office that morning and short version, was told by the vet that this happens sometimes and that there may have been an underlying factor and that if I had done the pre-surgical blood work (which is not indicated as necessary for a young female in excellent health and quite costly too) that they might have caught something and not proceeded with surgery! So, in reality deflection of any wrong doing, denial in any culpability and let’s turn it on a grieving owner. I will never take another pet there, I will not recommend them to anyone ever!
** Sidenote: In response to the vets Comment regarding my post, while they did not charge me for the office visit because of my finances, I was charged for all three injections, an additional cost of $100 separate from the fee of the spay. So this was not an offer of a “free recheck”. I WAS NOT offered any other recommendations for further diagnostic care other than if she doesn’t improve to bring her back.