Hello all!
I posted a few weeks ago about my kitty Kaluha having a stroke, and after 3 nights in the ICU, almost dying, and 2 weeks of tests, he’s been diagnosed hypertensive. We are still investigating on whether it is primary or secondary but he does have Kidney Disease so he was at high risk.
I asked his primary vet for his records because I wanted to see what his BP has been measured at over the last 2 years since his CKD diagnosis. They didn’t have any record of BP checks.... I got an email last night from his vet tech saying the doctor had been opting out of checking his blood pressure due to his nervous demeanor during visits.
I would have NEVER agreed to this. Him being high risk it was SO important to catch this early. Now he’s dealt with way more stress than a 10 minute BP check every 6 months would have caused him.
I’d also like to mention that I took him back into that same office last week due to him drinking water like crazy since coming home from the ER. The vet shrugged and suggested it was comfort behavior.
2 days later I had to take him to the ER over straining to urinate and he had a major UTI.
I’ve been reading a lot about malpractice because the ER vet and everything I’ve read about CKD states BP checks should be done with their kidney checks every 6 months.
I’ll have spent about $2500 on his treatment due to his stroke and I spent $600 on the ER over the UTI when the other vet shrugged away his symptoms.
What do you all think? I can do small claims or file a claim against their insurance. I’ve done a lot of research on this and I think both situations, most definitely the poor decision to not check BP, fall under Malpractice.
I posted a few weeks ago about my kitty Kaluha having a stroke, and after 3 nights in the ICU, almost dying, and 2 weeks of tests, he’s been diagnosed hypertensive. We are still investigating on whether it is primary or secondary but he does have Kidney Disease so he was at high risk.
I asked his primary vet for his records because I wanted to see what his BP has been measured at over the last 2 years since his CKD diagnosis. They didn’t have any record of BP checks.... I got an email last night from his vet tech saying the doctor had been opting out of checking his blood pressure due to his nervous demeanor during visits.
I would have NEVER agreed to this. Him being high risk it was SO important to catch this early. Now he’s dealt with way more stress than a 10 minute BP check every 6 months would have caused him.
I’d also like to mention that I took him back into that same office last week due to him drinking water like crazy since coming home from the ER. The vet shrugged and suggested it was comfort behavior.
2 days later I had to take him to the ER over straining to urinate and he had a major UTI.
I’ve been reading a lot about malpractice because the ER vet and everything I’ve read about CKD states BP checks should be done with their kidney checks every 6 months.
I’ll have spent about $2500 on his treatment due to his stroke and I spent $600 on the ER over the UTI when the other vet shrugged away his symptoms.
What do you all think? I can do small claims or file a claim against their insurance. I’ve done a lot of research on this and I think both situations, most definitely the poor decision to not check BP, fall under Malpractice.