Can I get your opinions? RE: Cat (sort of long, sorry)

mrs.jacinthe

If you've been following the saga, more power to you.  For those that are new, a brief summary: About 3 weeks ago, Cat hit his face on one of my kitchen chairs and broke off his remaining canine tooth.  After some dramatics on his part, it was extracted last Wed by our new vet, who I really do like and trust.  He has subsequently developed an oronasal fistula and the vet wants to wait until next Wednesday to give it an opportunity to heal.  However, everything I read online (Dr. Google is scary sometimes) indicates that it won't heal on its own and should be surgically repaired.

Would you ask the vet to consider a more immediate repair (or referral) or would you wait it out as suggested by the vet?

mainerocks

I would maybe call my vet and say "I know that I google is dangerous, but I did it and now I need you to reassure me that we should wait. Can you explain to me your findings once again?"  Your vet might reassure you or might say "I was on the fence with the call, so if you feel more comfortable with plan B, let's do that". Or whatever, but still, I think it's worth a conversation. Mom's intuition is always worth checking out.

mrs.jacinthe

mainerocks:

I would maybe call my vet and say "I know that I google is dangerous, but I did it and now I need you to reassure me that we should wait. Can you explain to me your findings once again?"  Your vet might reassure you or might say "I was on the fence with the call, so if you feel more comfortable with plan B, let's do that". Or whatever, but still, I think it's worth a conversation. Mom's intuition is always worth checking out.

I'm taking him in for "irrigation" today.  Your explanation is kinda what I was thinking of doing, although you explained and phrased it better than I did.  I don't want to put him through more surgery but if this is painful and surgery will be required to heal it, I'm all for it.

mainerocks

Good luck!

Kaiene

mainerocks:

I would maybe call my vet and say "I know that I google is dangerous, but I did it and now I need you to reassure me that we should wait. Can you explain to me your findings once again?"  Your vet might reassure you or might say "I was on the fence with the call, so if you feel more comfortable with plan B, let's do that". Or whatever, but still, I think it's worth a conversation. Mom's intuition is always worth checking out.

I would probably do something similar.

breaness

Hey, sometimes google knows best. Recently for a personal health issue my doctor was hung up on one diagnosis (despite the fact that I didn't have all of the symptoms) and yet Dr. Google was right the whole time. 

Just tell them what you read online and ask their opinion. I'm sure they hear it all the time.