This past summer Dr. Fenwick did ACL surgery on my 3 yr. old pit bull . A few weeks later I brought him back to see Dr. Fenwick because he was dragging his foot. Dr. Fenwick said it's nothing and to be patient. Another several weeks later I brought my dog back again because his foot was getting worse not better, and he now had a sore from the foot dragging. Dr. Fenwick now said "" Oh that is unrelated to the surgery and would have happened anyway , and it's only a matter of time before it happens to his other leg"" Well I'm no Docter ...but that did not make sense to me. Especially when he didn't try to find the cause , no x-ray nothing. I took Romeo to another Vet who just by looking at him walk said the suture might be rubbing the nerve, than he also took an x-ray which showed the suture was not attached and the clip was on the nerve. The Docter asked how long this has been because the damage to the nerve would be permanent. Maybe the reason why Dr. Fenwick didn't look for the cause of Romeo's lameness is because he already knew it. Now Romeo has to pay because of Dr. Fenwick. This was done at Calling All Creatures in Toms River N.J. which Dr. Fenwick is no longer there.\r
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Dr. Fenwick did not only get fined but also got fired. Since then he also has been let go from the Emergency clinic on Rt 70 and is now at the Spay and neuter clinic in Toms River and BTW his insurance wanted to settle with us but we refused because one of the stipulations was that we could not tell anyone about this case.\r
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in reply to your comment Yohimbine ....Dr Thatcher at Red Bank animal hospital stated the suture and clip were in the wrong place and pressed against Romeo's nerve causing permanent damage to his nerve. Prior to Dr. Thatcher seeing Romeo I had made 2 visits to Dr. Feinwick about Romeo's lameness after surgery and both times he did not even take an X-ray to try and find the cause, instead he just stated it had nothing to do with the surgery, which by Dr. Thatchers findings proved it most certainly was caused by the wrong placement of the suture and clip. So I would like to know how that was our fault ?
Cons: Is his ego blinding his prognosis?
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