Samson going in for Sir-Jury on Tuesday!!

[sirrahbed]

Popping in for news on Samson. Hoping that all is well, Kelly.

[AmberLee]

Adding our prayers for Samson, his Meowmy and PawPaw and his white coat team!!

~~~ healthy vibes ~~~

[NoahsMommy]

Actually, yes, there is an update.

The vet (Dr. Thomas) that I work with that was going to attempt the surgery is not allowed to anymore....

He approached me today and said he talked to "Dr. DaSilva" regarding Samson's eyes and that there were a few ways to approach this surgery. Dr. DaSilva is the eye specialist we normally refer patients to, but her office gave me a lot of attitude when I tried to get Sami in, I wrote them off.

When I said, "No, his doctor is Dr. Hoffman at the Eye Clinic for Animals (a much larger company with practices in many different states) in Pasadena, didn't you call her?" he dismissed me, arogantly (not unusual for him) and said that regardless of which avenue we went with, there'd only be a 50% chance that it'd work how he wanted it. He said to schedule it on a day he'd be there and it was slow. He's notorious for "forgetting" to see staff pets. Yea, at this rate, Sami will wait another year. No thanks...

Funny, my vet (Dr. Hanser) and Dr. Hoffman never had any doubt that it would correct his eyes.

I should have never ignored my gut feeling....

So, I'll make a pre-surgical appointment on Tuesday for Sami and plan his surgery for mid-October.

[NoahsMommy]

I'm still annoyed...but really confident in Dr. Hoffman.

On Monday evening, he was looking through a vet manual and I walked in. I asked what he thought about Sami's eyes and he said he was just looking stuff up and that he'd call Dr. Hoffman in the morning. He said he was unsure as to how to approach it, so I told him what Dr. Hoffman planned to do. (That means he didn't even LOOK at the chart, because Dr. Hanser wrote all that in the chart and included a copy of Dr. Hoffman's report. What an idiot!!! )

When I got to the part where he'd have to move and graft/regrow the conjuctivi, his eyebrows went up and said that was hard to do. Hmmm....Dr. Hoffman didn't say that.

Then today, he was saying that the way "YOUR" doctor wants to do it would make hair grow into the eye. I didn't bother telling him that after he transplanted the new lid to Sami's missing areas, he'd have to freeze the hair follicals.

How come I know more about feline eye surgery than he does???

Thank God I didn't let him do it...thank God he's an idiot when it comes to his employee's pets.

[catcrazylady]

Wow Kelly I think you have certainly made the right decision in not letting him do the surgery. Geesh, he sounds like he doesn't have a clue about what he is doing. Keep us posted on what happens with the "REAL" doctor!