I am researching another vet. Have found one, but he is not taking new patients due to covid, the amount of patients and that everything takes longer. My sister and her gf swear by him. I will keep trying him.
We took Bambi in for a dental clean/extraction on Feb. 24. They asked me to pick her up early because frenchies can get nervous upon recovery and do better going home early. They requested a pick up at 2PM, but I was afraid she would be out of it and asked if it could be later. We agreed upon three. Got a call at 2:20 that she was getting agitated and could I come pick her up. I left immediately. Got a call from the doctor while I was on the expressway, that she had an "incident," and they had to resedate her and reintubate her. Evidently, she was "gray," oxygen was very low, foaming, and had aspirated some of it. I was only five minutes away but was freaking out. We had lost a GSD twenty years ago the morning after a dental clean. Got there, they brought her out shortly to the car (can't go in the office due to covid). She was completely out and flacid. She had peed the towel they gave her to me in. Doctor showed me what her tongue and gums should look like (color), and we went home after sitting in the car for ten minutes talking to her and kissing her. That entire night, my husband and I were beside ourselves. Talked to the vet twice, and she was snippy. Basically reminded me that as we discussed, as long as her color was good, it didn't matter what her breathing sounded like (sometimes, she'd stop breathing for a few seconds, but I guess sometimes she can do that. Her nares are pretty tight.) She told us that there was nothing else she could do and if we were that concerned, we could take her to the 24-hour emergency place. I passed out around eleven, and my husband stayed up with her all night (she sleeps with us on the bed). When I woke up the next morning, she was pretty much back to normal. Thank you, Lord. That was five days ago and she is great - very perky, breath has no odor, and I think she doesn't have any more pain or mild at best. Will finish the course of meds, however.
I didn't appreciate the vet's lack of empathy or bedside manner, although my husband made some pretty emotional comments that I'm sure she heard when I was on the phone with her. He was not happy and accused them of letting her go when she wasn't out of the woods, or helping us much once we got home. I don't know what they really could have done, but I just didn't appreciate the treatment we received. I'm done with it. Our dogs are well currently and I'll stay until I find a suitable replacement, but I am looking.
