Tuesday, October 1
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gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
My husband being very supportive.
When I got up and fed the animals today, Roxy was once again not as interested in her food as she should be, and she had a not great bowel movement.
No point in pretending. I feel like her perkier mood over the last few days was because she was on a drug that protected her stomach, and really, if it helped her that much, why only give us two days worth?
So back to the vet clinic we went, and now she is staying there tonight on IV fluids.
This leaves me feeling pretty awful, and so unsure of things.
Yesterday the vet seemed so confident that she was doing better. If she had said "let's put her on an IV" yesterday, I would have done so, but she said everything pointed at her being okay. Now I'm wondering if all of this "let's just try these drugs for a couple of days" didn't just waste a lot of time when maybe the vets could have been less wishy washy and said that she should be on IV fluids from the start.
I'm not a veterinarian. I don't know the best path to take, I'm relying on them to direct me straight to it, and all I got was soft suggestions and "she doesn't really seem that ill, so probably these pills are fine".
This clinic isn't open over the weekend, so they sort of said I COULD leave her there over the weekend on IV fluids, BUT NO ONE WOULD BE THERE ALL WEEKEND. How is that even an option? They could simply have strongly recommended that I take her to another clinic that IS open over the weekend, but the vet didn't think it was necessary. She was confident that she would be fine with just the drugs, since she had such mild symptoms. She told me that if Roxy had any changes, to right away go to a clinic in the city and since was on call, she would forward Roxy's files.
She DID seem fine over the weekend on the drugs. She was comfortable, happy, eating and pooping very normally, sleeping comfortably, and happily jogging around with me outside. If she wasn't, I would have taken her straight to a clinic in the city that WAS open over the weekend, and not let the extra charges stop me from taking care of her.
The vets thought she was fine on Monday, after another blood test and exam.
It's time that vet clinics stopped charging "after hours" charges for emergencies, and closing for weekends and holidays, and have those fees be very high over the weekend, when the health issues of our animals do not conveniently take place only on Monday to Friday during regular business hours.
Veterinarians got into that business because they wanted to help animals, so why would you pretty much ruin the chances of many animals to receive care by treating weekend care as a "luxury"? Hospitals don't close and turn everyone away at 5 pm and for weekends, why do vet clinics?
So, I just feel awful. I don't know how this will go, and will I even trust the vets if they say "she's good to go home" if they say that?
I am very worried about what tomorrow might bring. I am trying not to catastrophize, but it's also difficult to be very positive. I am trying to just accept that we are doing what can be done.
I went home after that, and my husband got home about then. We went to see River together.
I felt that it was important to just go to the barn and try to take my mind off of things.
I had a good session with River. His breathing was good, and we worked on a lot of the same things, and I tried tweaking one or two things, as I am trying to find something that will be interesting if we do a freestyle this month.
After that, we came home and watched an episode of "Justified".
My husband being very supportive.
When I got up and fed the animals today, Roxy was once again not as interested in her food as she should be, and she had a not great bowel movement.
No point in pretending. I feel like her perkier mood over the last few days was because she was on a drug that protected her stomach, and really, if it helped her that much, why only give us two days worth?
So back to the vet clinic we went, and now she is staying there tonight on IV fluids.
This leaves me feeling pretty awful, and so unsure of things.
Yesterday the vet seemed so confident that she was doing better. If she had said "let's put her on an IV" yesterday, I would have done so, but she said everything pointed at her being okay. Now I'm wondering if all of this "let's just try these drugs for a couple of days" didn't just waste a lot of time when maybe the vets could have been less wishy washy and said that she should be on IV fluids from the start.
I'm not a veterinarian. I don't know the best path to take, I'm relying on them to direct me straight to it, and all I got was soft suggestions and "she doesn't really seem that ill, so probably these pills are fine".
This clinic isn't open over the weekend, so they sort of said I COULD leave her there over the weekend on IV fluids, BUT NO ONE WOULD BE THERE ALL WEEKEND. How is that even an option? They could simply have strongly recommended that I take her to another clinic that IS open over the weekend, but the vet didn't think it was necessary. She was confident that she would be fine with just the drugs, since she had such mild symptoms. She told me that if Roxy had any changes, to right away go to a clinic in the city and since was on call, she would forward Roxy's files.
She DID seem fine over the weekend on the drugs. She was comfortable, happy, eating and pooping very normally, sleeping comfortably, and happily jogging around with me outside. If she wasn't, I would have taken her straight to a clinic in the city that WAS open over the weekend, and not let the extra charges stop me from taking care of her.
The vets thought she was fine on Monday, after another blood test and exam.
It's time that vet clinics stopped charging "after hours" charges for emergencies, and closing for weekends and holidays, and have those fees be very high over the weekend, when the health issues of our animals do not conveniently take place only on Monday to Friday during regular business hours.
Veterinarians got into that business because they wanted to help animals, so why would you pretty much ruin the chances of many animals to receive care by treating weekend care as a "luxury"? Hospitals don't close and turn everyone away at 5 pm and for weekends, why do vet clinics?
So, I just feel awful. I don't know how this will go, and will I even trust the vets if they say "she's good to go home" if they say that?
I am very worried about what tomorrow might bring. I am trying not to catastrophize, but it's also difficult to be very positive. I am trying to just accept that we are doing what can be done.
I went home after that, and my husband got home about then. We went to see River together.
I felt that it was important to just go to the barn and try to take my mind off of things.
I had a good session with River. His breathing was good, and we worked on a lot of the same things, and I tried tweaking one or two things, as I am trying to find something that will be interesting if we do a freestyle this month.
After that, we came home and watched an episode of "Justified".
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Date: 2024-10-03 04:40 am (UTC)I wish you the very best for your bunch over there, but you can get some sleep, and that your animals will be doing as well as possible tomorrow. And for Clear help and direction forward.
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