Hi everybody. I haven't posted here in a while, but felt compelled to post about this.
Day before yesterday, I noticed a lot of clear discharge coming out of Chowder's right eye and it was slightly red around the outside. I thought maybe he got some debris in there off the floor and rinsed it out with cat eye rinse from the store. Yesterday morning it had progressed to being swollen with a lot of discharge and he could barely open it. I called the vet the rescue I got him from uses immediately and got him an appointment. He was also due for vaccines, so he needed to be seen anyway.
We got there and the vet told me that he has an ear infection and conjunctivitis, which seemed odd since he seemed perfectly healthy to me before the inflamed eye. She was going over his original chart from his intake into the rescue and said, "Oh, so I see he's FeLV+." I quickly corrected her that the computer printout the rescue had given me says he is FIV+, but FeLV-. She then showed me the handwritten chart which said the opposite. She and the vet tech spent the next few minutes discussing which it was and said, "Oh, well the handwritten is probably right. Let's just say he's FeLV+." That seems really, really irresponsible to me.
I called the director of the rescue I got him from and she called the vet to tell them she was very upset about the mix-up. They are going to draw his blood in two weeks after he is done with his ear and eye antibiotic medication and test him again with no charge to me.
Basically, I just wanted to voice how frustrated I am. How could they be this careless when it comes to diagnosing a cat's condition? I know both can be manageable, but I am upset that it wasn't presented to me from the beginning. Should I look for a new vet or am I completely out of line for being upset?
Day before yesterday, I noticed a lot of clear discharge coming out of Chowder's right eye and it was slightly red around the outside. I thought maybe he got some debris in there off the floor and rinsed it out with cat eye rinse from the store. Yesterday morning it had progressed to being swollen with a lot of discharge and he could barely open it. I called the vet the rescue I got him from uses immediately and got him an appointment. He was also due for vaccines, so he needed to be seen anyway.
We got there and the vet told me that he has an ear infection and conjunctivitis, which seemed odd since he seemed perfectly healthy to me before the inflamed eye. She was going over his original chart from his intake into the rescue and said, "Oh, so I see he's FeLV+." I quickly corrected her that the computer printout the rescue had given me says he is FIV+, but FeLV-. She then showed me the handwritten chart which said the opposite. She and the vet tech spent the next few minutes discussing which it was and said, "Oh, well the handwritten is probably right. Let's just say he's FeLV+." That seems really, really irresponsible to me.
I called the director of the rescue I got him from and she called the vet to tell them she was very upset about the mix-up. They are going to draw his blood in two weeks after he is done with his ear and eye antibiotic medication and test him again with no charge to me.
Basically, I just wanted to voice how frustrated I am. How could they be this careless when it comes to diagnosing a cat's condition? I know both can be manageable, but I am upset that it wasn't presented to me from the beginning. Should I look for a new vet or am I completely out of line for being upset?