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angell1
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so my guide dog has revcently developed some pain when opening her mouth and there is a bit of lump on her head due to some swelling. I took her in to the vet and it was a new doctor at the clinic that I had never seen before. anyways, withouth really doing any testing, she automatically thought it was masticatory mytositis and wanted to put her on steroid medication right away. however, my family and I waere a bit hesitant because it seemed odd for a vet to prescribe such strong meds without even having a proper diagnosis. When we started to voice our objections, she then said we could either choose to do a blood test to check for that particular disease or put her under full anesthesia in order to do ex-rays and a biopsy. we elected to do the blood test because it was less invasive for the dog and she kept going ton about how expensive the other tests were, which, yes, it’s true, vets are pretty costly, but it doen’st matter, money isn’t really the issue. the most important is for my service dog to be treated properly so she isn’t sick and can be comfortable and continue her work. We then asked her if we could do the blood test and then start the treatment after we got the results and she said that was fine.
a couple days later, it seems like someone from the vet’s office contacted the person from the guide dog association to tell him that we had refused to give the dog treatment and had declined additional testing. basically they made it seem like it was my fault but we had discussed with the first vet and she had agreed with what we had said. so then we went back and saw a different vet, he was better and said that there were multiple things it could be and he took a tissue sample, without needingto put her to sleep, which the first vet never told us they could do, and he also gave her something for her swelling what isn’t a steroid, which she never offered either. apparently the tissue sample has some abnormal cells in it which makes the second vet think she may have a tumor instead.
my main question is this, why would a vet prescribe such strong sterioid treatment without testing and diagnosing properly first? i found that rather unprofessional. if you don’t even have the results and she actually has something else, then she is taking harmful meds for nothing. what do you guys think? and please, if you could, say a small prayer for my dog macy. She is only 3.5 years old so i really hope it isn’t anything too bad. i will try to give the first vet the benefit of the doubt and that maybe there was some misunderstanding along the way
a couple days later, it seems like someone from the vet’s office contacted the person from the guide dog association to tell him that we had refused to give the dog treatment and had declined additional testing. basically they made it seem like it was my fault but we had discussed with the first vet and she had agreed with what we had said. so then we went back and saw a different vet, he was better and said that there were multiple things it could be and he took a tissue sample, without needingto put her to sleep, which the first vet never told us they could do, and he also gave her something for her swelling what isn’t a steroid, which she never offered either. apparently the tissue sample has some abnormal cells in it which makes the second vet think she may have a tumor instead.
my main question is this, why would a vet prescribe such strong sterioid treatment without testing and diagnosing properly first? i found that rather unprofessional. if you don’t even have the results and she actually has something else, then she is taking harmful meds for nothing. what do you guys think? and please, if you could, say a small prayer for my dog macy. She is only 3.5 years old so i really hope it isn’t anything too bad. i will try to give the first vet the benefit of the doubt and that maybe there was some misunderstanding along the way
