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Everyone who has lived some while at Lakeside, has heard both praise for, and judgments against, every medical specialist who practices here…and Veterinarians are no exception to these evaluations. Clearly, that sort of exchange is a two-sided coin, because both can communicate valuable information.  But it seems to me that all too often our ‘sidewalk journalism’ leans too far towards the ain’t it awful? and seems to create roots as hardy and destructive as weeds in the garden!

 

 

So today this note is of the ‘good news only’ variety.  I come to praise the ER practices of Dr. Ladron’s Animal Hospital in Riberas…and here is Why:

 

 

 

My little guy – a Scottish Terrier— has a liver condition.  On Monday, that condition was exacerbated by our infamous ‘serial dog killer’ and his poisons. Scotties life was in grave danger.

 

Within 30 minutes of contact with the poison (who amongst us knew that sniffing is as dangerous as injestion of poison?),  Scottie was vomiting violently, racing in crazy circles, and screaming.  I rushed him to the Ladron Clinic in Riberas.

 

 

White as a ghost, I raced into the clinic crying ‘he’s been poisoned!’ Immediately the entire medical team sprang into action!  Scottie was whisked into the OR, immediately sedated into a 24 hour coma, and treatment began – IV’s, stomach pumping, medications to draw the poison out of his system…etc, etc, etc.   In less than four minutes of my rushing in the door, all of this took place!  And the entire time, Hector Ladron explained every step they were taking and why it was necessary.  That night, one of the vets even took Scottie home to be monitored throughout the night and make sure more seizures occurred.

 

The next day a radiologist from Guadalajra was brought in to do an ultrasound. Blood work had shown that Scottie had suffered liver, heart and kidney damage, and Dr. Ladron felt it important to evaluate the extent of those.  Clearly I was consulted about this, and was in total agreement with those steps.

 

Thankfully, today Scottie is back home.  By no means is he out-of-the-woods, but he is eating, drinking, and doing all the other vital stuff necessary for regaining his health.

 

I want everyone to know that all of this is due to the swift reactions of the Ladron Animal Hospital team.  The depth and breadth of my praise of their expertise, concern and professionalism is absolutely beyond measure!

 

And believe me--my hope that we immediately catch and prosecute the insane person who is poisoning our pets, is every bit as arduous!

 

Thanks for listening…and caring so much!

 

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