We had been using this vet for years and pretty much noted that we consistently ended up leaving there with significantly large bills for what were simple problems. We brought our 18 year old Golden to them for an end of life solution after she had watermelon discharge from rectum. We suspected she had a perforated colon. We even brought a sample of the discharge. The vet Dr Lewis Faulkner looked at her and after blood tests proclaimed that she had hepatitis because of high liver enzymes and said that they could help her. At that point most pet lovers would look for any reason to keep there pet alive. You have to understand that she could not walk. We had to carry her in to the office. The vet prescribed a complete profile work up and gave us 10 different med to give her from Prednisone to Vitamin B12. She could hardly hold her head up and they wanted us to force feed the meds. The bill was over $600. Well to make a long story short. She died a horrible death in our arms shortly after we got home. We now have hundreds of dollars of meds that of course they will not take back. But that is not the point. The hard decisions to put a creature down is part of what a vet has to do. A truly compassionate Dr. would have given us the bad news. Instead, it was a business decision to give us false hope by attempting to prolong her life. The facts speak for them selves. Five Points are strictly a mercenary organization bent on extracting as much profit as possible. A better alternative would be: Aliquippa Animal Hospital 2672 Brodhead Rd, Aliquippa, PA 15001
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