Confused and Overwhelmed-Diagnosed Anal Sac Carcinoma (Woody has passed)

Tracy:
I saw something on our news about your storm and some railway cars crashing. Please stay in and stay safe. I know what you mean about not being called back. It gets to you after a while, and when I get angry with something about Tipper- look out I go nuts then. So this vet learned his lesson about not calling me back, as I will drive to his office and embarrass the living day lights out of him. just no excuse for that, poor business practice, especially when the client has an ill dog. Glad your mom is doing well after her surgery. Good thing you have alternative heat with Woody just getting over his operation and all. Woody is going to pay you back for the snow balls so get ready! Blessings
Patti

Hi Tracy

I saw your question, I cannot remember either!! Must be back in your thread somewhere. N antibiotics off the top of my head are Nitrofurantoin and Norfloxacin. If the bug was enterococcus the nitrofurantoin is the one we use most in humans, along with Amoxicillin. Hope that helps!

Hope your Mum is discharged today, be nice if you can stay with her a couple of days too :)

The UK storm was on our news, with all the power outages and expecting a big storm surge. Hope it settles down as it sounds dangerous to drive in.

Ring that hospital and say you will stay on the line until you speak to them or they give you a definite time to call back. So frustrating when there are communication issues, or can you get your own vet onto them? Hope you hear from them soon. xxx

Well Mum is home, she is sore with a big patch over her eye as its been stitched closed for the moment. I took her home and Woody was looking really strangely at her and wouldn,t go near her until she spoke to him and then he was straight up on her knee sniffing the eye patch. I have popped home to pick up a few bits as we will be staying with mum for a few days and woody refused to come with me, when I left he was currently curled up next to mum on the sofa. Isn,t it great that they just seem to know when someone is not well and needs a little cuddle :D

I have called the hospital again this morning to be told that Ian is on holiday this week argh couldn,t they have told me that yesterday when I rang, I have told the receptionist that she needs to get someone to call me back today, she is going to get Emma the original IMS to call me. I spoke to my own vet, told him that I couldn,t get hold of the hospital and he will try to get hold of them, maybe he will have better luck than me.

The weather has settled down somewhat, and the trees have been removed from the road, but some of my FB friends haven,t been so lucky as they had massive floods and had to be evacuated not good :mad:

Tracy:
Glad to hear your mom is doing well after surgery. That is so cute of Woody staying with your mom. Dogs can sense when something is not right. I am waiting to hear about how Woody paid you back for the snowballs. Take care and you and Woody and your mom stay safe. I hope they got the message that you want called back today about Woody. Blessings
Patti

YAY your Mum is home!! Woody must have thought she was a pirate with that eye patch on, so cute when he heard her voice that he snuggled right on in.

Argghhhh so frustrating with the pet hospital. I must say they sound a bit like my old one, I had difficulty contacting the specialists and even getting an appointment with this regular IMS. But I was attached to them, they had operated on Flynn for his adrenalectomy so I was very disappointed when I felt we were getting mucked around. I don't think they do it deliberately but they just have so many pets going through. But it got to the point when I thought, stuff them... if they are not available when Flynn needs them we will go spend my hard earned money elsewhere. My local vet knew about this other practice and recommended them, initially I was very nervous but now am so pleased we changed and to tell you the truth I couldn't be happier with them. Maybe if this carries on your vet may have some suggestions?

Evening everyone the hospital did ring me back about 6 pm tonight, but not had a chance till now to post with one thing or another. It wasn,t Emma the IMS that called but some woman didn,t catch her name from the Oncology Department, who didn,t have a clue on Woody,s case although his notes are available on there system. I explained that I needed to know his results for the urine cortisol and she told me they didn,t have them. After a full explanation of why the test was performed, and where it was performed she admitted that the Lab has only sent the results to my own vet and not attached them to Woodys case notes. She has apologised and will chase the results up. She asked how Woody was and I kinda lost it a bit with her and all my frustration of being ignored, not knowing what was happening with Woody all came out, I explained about him collapsing and she was oh we need to see him as soon as, eh no you don,t until someone who knows woody,s case calls me back. She has told me that she will chase woodys results up and get Ian Grant to call me on Monday morning, I told her if she didn,t then I would be taking Woody,s case to another hospital. I did apologise to her for my outburst but told her I can,t live with the could be this/that anymore, I need concrete answers. So we will see what happens on Monday. I know of another pet hospital in Edinburgh it is a long drive from me but the part-time vet at my own surgery is a teacher there so I will speak with her next week, and if Glasgow don,t help then I will ask her to refer me to Edinburgh.

My mum is doing well considering and earlier I was cleaning the wound and mum was making the oh, ah noise as it was nipping a bit and Woody started to bark, I had no idea why he was barking so continued and he jumped up on the sofa next to mum and growled and bared his teeth to me :eek::eek: I soon realised that he thought I was hurting his nana so had to stop and do it in another room out of Woodys way. I swear the little guy would have biten me had I not stopped, I thought he was my dog, lol. He is at present curled up at the bottom of mums bed fast asleep with her but I don,t mind as he is looking out for her :rolleyes:

Tracy:
Glad you told that hospital you want something concrete. It is maddening to sit and wonder what is going on and get no answers from them. That is just like a jack Russell to guard someone they care about. you better not even make hand gestures in my house with Tipper near, she will tag you for sure. She doesn't like anyone raising their voice, or moving near anything in her house with their hands. I am glad your mom is getting on the mend and you are able to help her. I would go to another hospital too if I got not results from this one by Monday. Blessings
Patti

awwww, what a sweet boy Woody is! Protecting his nana! He'll help your mom feel better.

I hope the hospital gets it together so you have the answers you deserve. It's so frustrating when we are left hanging and worrying, knowing someone has some answers. Keep after them til you get what you need.

Give that Woody boy a belly rub for being a good nurse with his Nana! :)

He is a good little nurse, providing comfort and protection for his Nana!!

Pleased they at least called you Tracy and I bet Ian will be on the phone on Monday, you would have thought she would have at least read his chart before calling you though, how frustrating is that!

Ha hahahaha ..... Woody is Mom's little guardian angel :) Great story :)

Sometimes concrete answers are hard to come by, Hope to hear some good news soon.