PLEASE do not take your pet here for surgery. Our dog died after ""exploratory"" surgery which involved draining/ and removing scar-tissue and/ or nodules within a Hematoma, (to send for biopsy.) (The same vet diagnosed this same lump 9 months earlier as a benign Hematoma.) We were told to leave our dog overnight because he would be on pain meds and during this time, our 10yr. old Brittany Spaniel died. He was all alone when he died. We asked the doctor why he was left alone after a surgery which ended up being quite invasive, and his reply was that they closed the office at 6:30 while our dog seemed to be resting peacefully. When he returned to the office at 10:30pm - out dog has already passed away. This was unbelievably negligent. How could you leave a dog on pain meds, all alone and scared - with an IV in his arm all night??!! We believe our dog probably moved around too much, and bled to death (internally). When we picked him up, he had bitten his tongue, and had dark purple bruises (bleeding) all around the site of incision. We trusted this vet to care for our dog for the duration of the time he was there. We will be reporting Dr. Walton to the Ga. Vet Board for review.
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