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| - I've been going here for years with my three dogs. Our one dog has a rare eye disease that requires daily drops -- the opthomology dept here is top notch! Dr. Hamor is so nice and super friendly. We couldn't be happier with him and are very glad that such a great optho dept is so close to us! When we lived in NJ, we had to drive an hour to get to a specialist. But anyway, our youngest dog had a litter of pups, and we did all the reproduction work (xrays, ultrasound, fertilization, etc) through the reproduction dept. TOP NOTCH! EXCELLENT! Can't complain... Dr. Sauberli is amazing. We've also done dental work and dermotology work here as well --- EXCELLENT.
Now the bad stuff.... our eldest dog was diagnosed with rectal cancer. It's not an immediately life threatening form, but they've given her less than a year basically -- she's almost 11. We were all set on just giving her pain meds and eventually letting her go. But the oncology dept had the surgical dept phone us and they basically guilted us into operating on her (saying that our dog would die a horrible death if left untreated and that if it was his dog, he would operate right away! Age is not a disease. Quality of life would be much better and she would be a happy dog). Anyway, I had a bad feeling going into the surgery --- well, now our beloved dog is back home but is leaking poop everywhere (on the floor, on the couch, on their bedding, in the garage, at the door, EVERYWHERE). She's incontinent. I can't tell you how many times I've picked up poop that's leaking out of her butt or how many times we've washed the floor. We've basically banished the dogs (the other two dogs just wind up stepping into the poop) to the backyard. We don't even want them in the house anymore! What kind of quality of life is that for us AND them?! I've brought up these concerns with the surgical dept and they just said that maybe we could just confine her to a crate --- she's going to be lying in her poop?! I don't think so. I'm sooo mad at the UofI surgical department. Just because they can perform the surgery, doesn't mean that they SHOULD perform the surgery. Sometimes I think that since they're a teaching hospital, they're looking for patients that they can use so that they can teach the students.... they have their students best interests in mind, not the pets..... but you'll never get them to admit that.
If you're going to come to the UofI for surgery -- I would think long and hard about it. What will YOUR quality of life be post-surgery while looking after your pet. What will your pets quality of life be post-surgery..... is it really in your best interest for your pet or just for the teaching aspect??
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