[Felvtalk] So frustrated

[dlgegg at windstream.net]

HOW IS MERLIN DOING?

---- Kelley S <moonvine at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Well, it has been over a month and Merlin still has a cold.  He has no
> ocular or nasal involvement.  He has sneezing and congestion.  When I took
> him to the vet in my new location, he diagnosed him with a mouth tumor.
> Also gave him antibiotics.  I took him back for surgery a week later. I
> called that am and told them he was still symptomatic and asked if they
> wanted me to bring him in and they said yes because they thought the tumor
> may be contributing to his breathing problem.
> 
> I contacted the holistic vet up here and they gave me an estimate of $600.
> The office visit is $200, which I actually get because they give you an
> entire hour.  Then they want to run a URI panel, which is another $200, and
> then some other test which I can't remember.  Merlin is worth any amount of
> money to me, but I do have other cats and I just have a problem spending
> $600 on a cold when either he or they may need something more urgently
> later and if I have already spent money I will not have the money then.
> 
> So I called my old holistic vet, who I dearly love.  I told her what this
> vet wanted to do, and she asked who the vet was, I told her, she said she
> knew of her but did not know her.   So she said the URI panel will tell
> what is causing the URI, but as he has had antibiotics additional
> antibiotics are not going to help, so it is likely the URI panel will tell
> us the cause is viral, in which case antibiotics were never indicated to
> begin with and there is no cure for a virus.  So that's basically a waste
> of $200.  That concerns me.  My old vet didn't come right out and say it
> but I don't think she is pleased with this vet.  She doesn't think Merlin
> should have been under anaesthesia a week after tx for a cold.  Also the
> vet apparently gave him 2 doses of Revolution a week apart.  He did not
> tell me or charge me for the last one but it is in his chart.  Also he took
> 2 teeth out and did not tell me.  So, does he need a dental?  If so I would
> have highly preferred them to call and ask to do it while he was already
> under.
> 
> My holistic vet wants him to be on Natrum Muriaticum, which I looked up and
> it is table salt.  At least if that is a waste of money it will be a waste
> of .88.  Also wants him nebulized with saline, and on a raw diet which I am
> lagging badly in having him on.
> 
> By the way, I am not getting anyone's initial posts here.  Sometimes I get
> the follow ups.  No way to tell if I am getting them all.
> 
> Kelley, Merlin, and Coco.