New Vet

We took our baby to the vet today for his annual checkup. Instead of Pets Unlimited, we took him to a new pet hospital in Laurel Heights. We had a pretty big scare with Monte last year when his surgery to remove a tooth didn't go as planned - and as a result, Pets Unlimited charged us an arm an a leg for all the tests we had to do after the surgery.

Long story short, Monte had a tooth that needed to be removed. He has a history of heart arrhythmia. When they put him under for the surgery to remove the tooth, his blood pressure dropped so low that they had to bring him back immediately. So, of course, we authorized a bunch of tests for his heart.

What we found out later that:

#1 - his tooth didn't have to be surgically removed. It would fall out on its own in time (which by the way, one year later, is still there).
#2 - they used a different anesthetic than what had been used on him before. The new stuff gave him a bad reaction.
#3 - they charged us full price for all the tests they did on his heart - only to find that everything was the same as his records from previous tests that had been done years ago. So, if not for the surgery, we wouldn't have had to do these tests.
#4 - we almost lost Monte because of these bad decisions.

So, to round it off - we ended up paying nearly $300 to get his teeth cleaned - which is all they did during the surgery prep time.

With all that said, this year, Monte got a new vet. Anna is very nice and blunt. Straight to the point, Monte's heart condition is rare, and something we need to monitor. Though he shows no symptoms, as he gets older, we just have to watch out in case somethings does go wrong. We have the name of a cardiologist that will do regular checkups on Monte from now on.

What can you do? Pets become your children. There's nothing I wouldn't do for my little Monte kitty.




His new favorite spot.