Hello all and thank you for all your prayers!
UPDATE!
I am waiting on the second test results that is a part of a new complete blood work. Turbo was watering up in the eyes and looking very near death frail today with breathing problems. I got a hold Judy
S. Taylor yesterday and we had planned to take him in on Monday to her Vet. But since he looks so sickly today, I wanted him to a Vet again asap. I called Judy and she was extremely concern and helpful. She is such an angel, she told me to go to the nearest 24 hours hospital (ugghhh all normal Vets are closed on Sunday) and she would call them and put the charge on her credit card. (OMG I know! She's is super super kind and caring). I rushed him to All Care Animal Referral Center in Fountain Valley,CA and I had to wait 2 HOURS just for a Vet to see him. At least they freaked out and let me wait in a private room instead of the waiting room when I told the receptionist that he tested FELV+ yesterday. The Vet here seemed so rushed and concerned about catching FELV+ to their pets at home, since the Vet came in and learned about his FELV+ test and went out for another 20 minutes just to find gloves to wear so she wouldn't give it to her cats at home. This is a legit concern but she didn't need to take that long because my kitten was just dying there. The Vet, Dr. Jennifer Ben-Oz, told me almost the opposite of yesterday's vet about his future. Yesterday's Vet told me that he was quickly deteriating and may die in 3 days to a week. The Vet today said that Feline Lukemia takes 4 years to fully develop and affect the cat in a deadly way. She didn't show any concern that he might not be able to fight off a cold because of his other illness. She kept saying that he wasn't dying right now even though he looked otherwise to me. I insisted that she do something IF it actually was the Leukemia that was killing him right now but she kept telling me that she believed he was sick with something else like a upper respiratory infection or pneumonia. They told me that they wanted to take Xrays of his chest and do a full bloodwork with a retest for FELV and FIV. I said ok, and they told me to come back an hour later. I didn't even get to see him for another 2.5 hours because they TOOK FOREVER to get a Vet technician to go get him from the "back". I dont even know what conditions were like back in the hospital but it didn't seem like they did ANYTHING at all to help him during his time getting tested and Xray or else they would have charge the bill and listed it you know. They did prescribe me Vibramycin as anitbotics for his sneezing/ cold, but the Vet tech knocked over the bottle when she was showing me how to administer the medicine in his mouth and was like "Oh its just alittle spill there is still enough in there" and I was like "No! he needs it all!" and she finally went to get more but now that I am looking at it at home it looks way less ARGH!. And they charged and overcharge us for items i didn't get for the IV bag and needle kit to administer fluids to Turbo every 12 hours. Its scary to have to stick a needle into him myself but he's dehydrated. I kept asking questions and they threw back vague answers. I feel so bad that Judy is paying this rotten place $340 for nothing helpful really except the meds and the overpriced blood test that I will get results tomorrow. I came in at like 4pm, and they charged me an emergency visit priced for 6pm-12pm because they were so slow with service and didn't discharge Turbo until 8:30pm. His Xrays were $100 and it showed that he had no fluid in his chest (yay!). I am so blessed that someone picked up the tab this time but I fear that he will have more medical problems and special needs in the future. And I will not ask Judy for more financial help. I am thinking of applying for care credit for the future since there will be plenty of Vet visits if Turbo boy stick it through this little bump of his long journey to be healthy. Do you have to use it if you apply for it? Or should I apply for it when I know I will absolutely need it.
Edit: - Do you think its weird if I request a refund of the things they over charged me? Its like $5, $2, $4, and 4 more IV needles that I didn't get that they charge. It adds up to like $15 that doesn't balance out on the bill. Its not my money, its Judy's and I think its just right even though the amount is so minuscule to the overall bill. At first the bill was only $230 and I signed off from it and notified Judy, but they came back an hour later apologizing and saying that they didn't charge me the $100 xrays and would have to give me another bill which is really unprofessional because I was still waiting 1 hour into my 2 hour wait to get my kitten from the back, from where he was not receiving any treatment at all at the hospital. No IVs were given to him while he was there. He was done with his tests when I came back to the Vet and yet it took them two hours to get a Vet tech to be free to retrieve him! Poor baby, he was all along and probably cold.
Turbo is still sickly, but is getting better with the fluids and meds for now. Please pray for him! And pray that his second test comes back negative for FELV and everything. There can still be a miracle!
Posted 6 months ago by Theresa #
