I took my cat in for vomiting/severe diarrhea/not eating. Initially I took him to VCA Central Animal Hospital, they couldn't telll me exactly what was going on, after racking up $2500 for 4 days stay with nothing but basic medication. My cat was surviving on IV and vitamin shots for close to 5 days at that point. \r
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Dr. Henderson right away asked me "Do you use hair ties?" She pointed out CPK number on his blood test being high could indicate internal damage, possibly a hair tie he swallowed made a knot in his small intestine and tissue around there started dying. \r
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She said "If it was just a bug in his stomach, he should have been better by now. With his age and his condition got worse in 1 day, cancer is unlikely"\r
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It made perfect sense to me. \r
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She recommended an emergency surgery before his small intestine ruptured, so I paid $1800 for 5 days/4 nights stay, medication, X-ray, a follow-up appointment, and suture removal. Oh, a plastic cone of shame included... \r
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Dr. Hender
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