If you value your furkid's life, please don't take them to AERC of York, PA. I took sweet Alma there on Sunday 1/6/2013 for an obstruction. they did surgery and removed what they told me was a bone fragment. Upon my dissection of it, i found no bone, but a mass of grass, plastic and a sliver of a stick. Her intestines had been perforated and she needed a resection.They sent her home on 1/8/2013 while she was barely eating and had not had a bowel movement yet. After she appeared to have difficulty trying to defecate and again showed no interest in eating, I had her back in on Wednesday 1/9/2013 but Xrays were inconclusive so they sent them out for analysis. I never got a call back that night. While in the office, they told me it would be another 5 -10 grande to open her back up to determine what was happening inside of her. After maxing out my Care Credit for her first surgery, I had no money left to do much more. they sent me home with her to monitor her through the night. Around 4 AM on 1/10/2013, Alma vomited up everything I'd fed her the previous morning plus a large mass of hair, grass and plastic. i called AERC and told them what happened and asked if they had checked her stomach during her surgery on 1/6. The E-vet had never checked her stomach. She still had a blockage!!!!!! I ended up taking her to her regular vet on 1/10/2013 and she was admitted and more xrays and tests were done to determine what was going on. On friday 1/11/2013, after Alma neither improved nor worsened, her vet and i decided that we had no choice but to open her up again to determine what was happening inside of her. about 45 minutes after i got home, i received a call. It was bad. as the vet explained the situation, she began to cry. 2 liters of fluid was drained out of her abdomen, her resection had failed and the rest of her intestinal tract was not looking healthy. I had to give the authorization to set my poor girl free while she was on the operating table.Over 5 grande total spent just at the E-vet for her care and she passed on 1/11/2013 while in surgery at her regular vet's practice when I refused to take her back to AERC after discovering they had not checked her stomach while she was in surgery on 1/6/2013. Please don't take your animals there if you value their lives. Find a vet who will be open or keep emergency hours. R.I.P. sweet Alma, you are loved and missed so much. I'm so sorry that i took you to AERC sweetie. you didn't deserve the negligence you got in their care. i'm so sorry sweetie.
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