Comments on: Dude RIP http://shelby.idstrom.com/2009/12/13/dude-rip/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 28 Jul 2011 05:58:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Shelby http://shelby.idstrom.com/2009/12/13/dude-rip/comment-page-1/#comment-29314 Shelby Sun, 27 Dec 2009 06:12:26 +0000 http://shelby.idstrom.com/?p=447#comment-29314 Thanks for writing. I tried to dispute it with my credit card but it didn't work. Well, the way I figure it, if Dude was still alive, if he had survived the procedure, I wouldn't be bummed. So if the vet thought he would make it, I believe him. I do believe the woman who flipped him over and handled him the way she did contributed to his death, but that's just me. I talked to a vet friend of mine who said technically an abscess is just a "procedure" not real surgery so should not be high risk. Even if you're cutting open half a body, if you're not cutting into organs it's not considered high risk. That being said, when someone brings in a geriatric lizard, or really, when they bring any animal in, you ARE supposed to know ALL the options, and I don't think it is the medical practitioner's place to omit or weight an option just because they don't believe in it. They can always refuse to do the procedure, but I should be well-informed, right? If I was made of money I wouldn't have thought twice about it, though. So since it was just money, and I KNOW I would KICK myself for not trying to do everything I could to save Dude if someday money wasn't on object, I am looking at the situation as: I did everything I could. It was a crappy experience, but I didn't do anything wrong and that's the bottom line in my heart, right? :) Someone once told me my cat Mommy (who was 22 when we had to put her down) would get a personal angel devoted to scratching her ears. I hope Dude gets the equivalent in leopard gecko terms...plus the equivalent of chocolate dipped crickets. :) Thanks for writing. I tried to dispute it with my credit card but it didn’t work. Well, the way I figure it, if Dude was still alive, if he had survived the procedure, I wouldn’t be bummed. So if the vet thought he would make it, I believe him. I do believe the woman who flipped him over and handled him the way she did contributed to his death, but that’s just me.

I talked to a vet friend of mine who said technically an abscess is just a “procedure” not real surgery so should not be high risk. Even if you’re cutting open half a body, if you’re not cutting into organs it’s not considered high risk. That being said, when someone brings in a geriatric lizard, or really, when they bring any animal in, you ARE supposed to know ALL the options, and I don’t think it is the medical practitioner’s place to omit or weight an option just because they don’t believe in it. They can always refuse to do the procedure, but I should be well-informed, right?

If I was made of money I wouldn’t have thought twice about it, though. So since it was just money, and I KNOW I would KICK myself for not trying to do everything I could to save Dude if someday money wasn’t on object, I am looking at the situation as: I did everything I could. It was a crappy experience, but I didn’t do anything wrong and that’s the bottom line in my heart, right? :)

Someone once told me my cat Mommy (who was 22 when we had to put her down) would get a personal angel devoted to scratching her ears. I hope Dude gets the equivalent in leopard gecko terms…plus the equivalent of chocolate dipped crickets. :)

]]> By: George http://shelby.idstrom.com/2009/12/13/dude-rip/comment-page-1/#comment-29313 George Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:04:29 +0000 http://shelby.idstrom.com/?p=447#comment-29313 The way the vet handled this was completely unprofessional, and borders on (if not defines) veterinary malpractice. If I was in your position I would look into some form of recompense. The way the vet handled this was completely unprofessional, and borders on (if not defines) veterinary malpractice. If I was in your position I would look into some form of recompense.

]]> By: erin http://shelby.idstrom.com/2009/12/13/dude-rip/comment-page-1/#comment-29124 erin Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:18:11 +0000 http://shelby.idstrom.com/?p=447#comment-29124 I'm sorry Dude is gone. I'm sorry the vet experience was a bummer. Those are great pictures. What a cool little creature. Bye, Dude. I’m sorry Dude is gone. I’m sorry the vet experience was a bummer.

Those are great pictures. What a cool little creature.

Bye, Dude.

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