We adopted a young rescued dog, brought her home and took her to our local vet, t(he one I hadused for my other dog in North Miam). My new dog was extremely weak and needed quite a bit of medicine to treat many well known issues resulting from being in a shelter. Her health deterierated within 48hrs & I ended up bringing her back to my vet where that clinic thought she may pass away from shock and dehydration.So she was placed on IV, she could not hold down the oral medicine. She was not getting better another 2 days later. We were told about Dr Machado at Aussie and we took her from my vet and drove her in the car 30 miles to his office. Dr Machado realized that she was not only dehydrated and ill...too ill for all the oral meds that were formerly prescribed and she needed a much slower introduction of medication. My dog panicked when put in a crate & he knew immediately that she would not begin to eat, & get better in that confined environment. At Aussie Dr Machado placed her in a quiet place hooked to a removable IV containing antibiotics so she could walk around, she was fed by hand to coax her into eating and within 3 days was a different dog. Here I witnessed simple concepts that are lost on many in the medical field today: Taking the time to know the patient, and undertanding and believing that healing is both medical and emotional. Dr Carlos Machado and his staff?s simple, caring approach saved my dog's life.
Pros: Excellent vet, wonderful caring staff, relaxed enviroment
Cons: Office is not easily visible from S Dixie HWY
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