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Cat rescued from Westlake school bus recovering, but medical bills likely to total $2,500
Cleveland.com ^
| 11/21/2014
| Barb Galbincea
Posted on 11/21/2014 12:08:08 PM PST by EBH
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To: Salamander
41
posted on
11/21/2014 2:23:01 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
("I Only Love You When I'm Drunk" - http://youtu.be/uT-tCbvfDUg)
To: Slings and Arrows
medical supplies are not free - or cheap.
when it comes to animals, they're not as expensive as you think............
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posted on
11/21/2014 4:29:11 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Don't harsh my buzz homie......)
To: EBH
43
posted on
11/21/2014 5:00:09 PM PST
by
virgil
(The evil that men do lives after them)
To: Salamander; vetvetdoug
Or malpractice claims.Excellent point!
Question for vetvetdoug: Do veterinarians generally carry professional malpractice insurance?
To: justiceseeker93
We have to carry much of the same insurance as do physicians. Why? Because in the treatment of animals, sometimes the owners get in the way and get hurt by their own animals and the owners sue us for large amounts. We also have malpractice claims that can run into large amounts, especially on racehorses. As for our education, until around the 1980's there were only 27 veterinary colleges within the US and competition was keen; in my entering year out of 800 qualified applicants, 60 were admitted. Many of those that didn't get in went into dental and medical schools. Today the competition is easier and the pool of qualified and exemplary applicants is shallow and many graduates overall are no where near the quality they were 30 years ago.
The veterinary curriculum has also been diluted so more can graduate, so one encounters "average" veterinarians more often. I am amazed at the lack and depth of education of many of my younger colleagues in practice. There are exceptions though but they are few. Mississippi pumps out over 60 veterinarians a year in a state with a population of ~3million. New York graduates around a hundred and NYC alone has 8million people...do the math about the pool of applicants.
To: vetvetdoug
What is your opinion of those who attain a Veterinary Diplomat designation post graduation?
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posted on
11/22/2014 3:53:00 AM PST
by
EBH
(And the angel poured out his cup...)
To: EBH
Veterinary Diplomates in specialties are the best of the best. They rival their human counterparts in education and abilities in every aspect. I had a night to think about what someone said about veterinarians not having the education as MD's and thought of dozens of instances where veterinary researchers advanced surgery, orthopaedics, pharmacology, microbiology, neurosurgery, and ophthalmology. I had a local ophthalmologist that wanted to remove the cataracts from his dog's eye. I recommended him to spend a few hours with a friend of mine that was a veterinary ophthalmologist. He returned and decided that he would let the veterinarian do the cataract removal because it was much more difficult than it is in humans because of the dog's vascularity.
I refer cases regularly to the Veterinary diplomates in the specialties. It is what is best for the animal.
To: vetvetdoug
Veterinarians are the best! My brother is one but he just retired and sold his clinic (sob). I just took one of my dogs to a veterinary ophthamologist and he is terrific.
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posted on
11/22/2014 6:26:51 AM PST
by
Ditter
To: vetvetdoug
Thank you for answering that question. Two of the three vets at this clinic are dog and cat diplomats, I suspect that is why they seem a bit higher priced.
I started using these guys as my vet as I am a sucker for special needs cats and sometimes an ‘average’ vet just won’t do, but then I guess I am not an average client either. LOL.
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posted on
11/22/2014 6:42:30 AM PST
by
EBH
(And the angel poured out his cup...)
To: vetvetdoug
PS...as far as the vet researchers go there are lots of instances where they are doing things with animals long before we ever try it on humans.
In some instances it is the vet who is more knowledgeable than the MD.
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posted on
11/22/2014 6:46:47 AM PST
by
EBH
(And the angel poured out his cup...)
To: EBH
As I was watching the news this morning the weather report came on reminding us all to enjoy this warm weather because just 1 year ago it was -14 degrees on this very same day. This reminded me of another big event just 1 year ago. Margie was brought into our hospital after being pulled from a Westlake School bus engine. I figured what a great time for an update Margie is doing fantastic! She still lives with Megan, the RVT here at the hospital that has graciously taken her into her home as a long term foster. She spends much of her time on a lap or looking for a sunny spot to stretch out and rest. She has had several fun adventures this summer and we have all learnedâ¦Margie LOVES to camp. She has traveled with Meganâs family to as far as Iowa. A great big thank you to all her supporters, those who made donations, and all the well wishes. Margie lives life to the fullest and her quality of life has never been questionedâ¦sheâs just a happy cat Donât forgetâ¦as it gets colder tap the hood, or fender of your vehicle before starting it. Margie was just trying to find a warm place to rest on that fateful day.
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posted on
11/17/2015 1:11:35 PM PST
by
EBH
( I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
11/17/2015 1:13:34 PM PST
by
EBH
( I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.)
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