I recently had an emergency situation, when my dog, Skippy, got a snake bite on his nose. Within an hour he became very lethargic (a Jack Russel), & his muzzle doubled in size. I called Longwood, they said bring him in immediately and "the Vet is at lunch, but they'll call to tell her to hurry back". So I took Skippy in and the vet called me later, went over everything thourougly and also let me know if... his swelling got worse, we would have to put him a facility that had all-night doctors, but luckilly it started to go down, so they were able to keep him for the night with an IV in his leg. Early the next morning, I went for a visit, his face was still swollen, but he was perky and happy to see me. The whole staff was so nice and very sympathectic. I brought his "blankie" from home & left it, but he was in a very nice cage that even had a little piece of fur cloth in it. When the Dr. came in at 8:00 am, she called me & went over the current status. I went back at 4:30pm and the criteria to take him home was to make sure he could eat & drink. Well usually Skippy is so freaked out at Vets, that he never eats, but when the Dr. saw he hadn't eaten all day , she consoled & patted him & within a minute he gobbled his food down. So the IV came out and I took him home, with antibiotics and pain pills. He had soiled his blankie and they even washed it. And the price, while priceless (like the commercial) was very reasonable.
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