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| - I can't say enough good things about the Small Animal Clinic.
They were upfront with me about my dog's condition and his prognosis. They answered all my questions. They told me about the University's Pet Loss/Grieving Service. They told me what prices would be upfront; in the end, they charged me less; and, they gave me an itemized bill.
My dog has cancer, an oral melanoma, and I took him there to get second opinion; I ended up deciding to treat my dog and Dr. MacFadden performed a mandibulectomy (sp?) where they removed part of his jaw. I'm planning to have chemo for my dog now.
I had to leave my dog there for three days, for the surgery and the post-op recuperation. A vet student from the Clinic, Darren Imhoff, called mebefore and after the surgery, and once every day to let me know how my dog was doing. Darren went over the procedure with me before my dog went into surgery; then the surgeon came in and went over the procedure he'd follow in surgery with me again, this time using a model of a dog's head to show me where the incisions would be.
The surgeon did a beautiful job on my dog's face. In essence, he saved my dog's face. My dog is still my dog when I look at him, and that makes me very happy, as does the fact that my dog is alert and happy. His recuperation from surgery was surprisingly easy.
When my regular vet reviewed the paper work and saw my dog after the surgery, he pointed out what a great job the surgeon had done on my dog and remarked on how thorough the pre-surgery diagnostic tests, and the reporting on them, were.
I'm so grateful to the folks at the Small Animal Clinic. I highly recommend them.
One other thing: As you drive south down Lincoln Avenue in Urbana to get to the clinic, you pass the Japanese Gardens of the Horticulture School, which is very spiritually soothing when you're worried about your dog.
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