Ill provide photo evidence as cases roll in. I missed an opportunity 2 days ago. Just before posting. If I can persuade one or 2 people with pictures maybe I can help one dog….
Sorry to get on a soap box .. but Vet care … even for my own personal pets is getting to be cost prohibitive. We’re having to compete for a lot of the same supplies Human hospitals use.. .. and they are willing to pay more … so we have to as well… it sucks.. a lot of that is being blamed on Covid … and there are SOME medications I can understand/ see … but some stuff we’re left scratching our own heads of why it costs so much… I wish I had a better reason but I don’t.
I recommend starting a high yield savings account.. some of these bad road rash / de-gloving injuries - combined with open fractures can reach even 6 or 10k with all the increase in costs lately. People want a higher standard of care and unfortunately not the premium with it..
Had a case 2 weeks ago.. dog was riding in back of truck on a lead ..dog either fell out or jumped out and was drug -about 1-200 yards before owner could stop..
they thought I was price gouging if you will when they wanted to save the leg… but dog had 2 open fractures … was missing about a foot of skin right over surgery site ..
That wound can’t be closed immediately… we literally didn’t have enough skin .. and even if we did the wound was too contaminated and would need to be flushed daily prior to a metal plate being implanted .. as would have served as source of future infections
2 weeks 24 hr hospitalization
Daily sedation with bandage changes and wound debridement
Radiographs
Medications to monitor irregular heart beat following bruising on chest
Constant pain drip ( fentanyl)
3 different antibiotics every 8 hours
Management of urinary catheter as dog didn’t want to get up to pee and was easier manage
The food, water and potty pads for 2 weeks
Subsequently 1.5 hrs of surgery, bone plates and screws
Bill would have easily bumped 8k had they consented to treatment
Sorry to get on a soap box .. but Vet care … even for my own personal pets is getting to be cost prohibitive. We’re having to compete for a lot of the same supplies Human hospitals use.. .. and they are willing to pay more … so we have to as well… it sucks.. a lot of that is being blamed on Covid … and there are SOME medications I can understand/ see … but some stuff we’re left scratching our own heads of why it costs so much… I wish I had a better reason but I don’t.
I recommend starting a high yield savings account.. some of these bad road rash / de-gloving injuries - combined with open fractures can reach even 6 or 10k with all the increase in costs lately. People want a higher standard of care and unfortunately not the premium with it..
Had a case 2 weeks ago.. dog was riding in back of truck on a lead ..dog either fell out or jumped out and was drug -about 1-200 yards before owner could stop..
they thought I was price gouging if you will when they wanted to save the leg… but dog had 2 open fractures … was missing about a foot of skin right over surgery site ..
That wound can’t be closed immediately… we literally didn’t have enough skin .. and even if we did the wound was too contaminated and would need to be flushed daily prior to a metal plate being implanted .. as would have served as source of future infections
2 weeks 24 hr hospitalization
Daily sedation with bandage changes and wound debridement
Radiographs
Medications to monitor irregular heart beat following bruising on chest
Constant pain drip ( fentanyl)
3 different antibiotics every 8 hours
Management of urinary catheter as dog didn’t want to get up to pee and was easier manage
The food, water and potty pads for 2 weeks
Subsequently 1.5 hrs of surgery, bone plates and screws
Bill would have easily bumped 8k had they consented to treatment
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