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| - My boyfriend and I adopted a little French Bulldog named Cash last year when his elderly owner died. Although Cash was vetted before he came to live with us, we wanted to get him a vet in Charlotte in case of any future emergencies. Since we live in South End, we took Cash to a vet clinic near us where the young vet informed us within 5 minutes of meeting us and looking at Cash that she thought Cash might have cancer (mast cell tumors - MCTs) based on some lumps she saw. She ran some tests and called us to tell us that Cash did, in fact, have cancer and needed to have surgery within a week. I will ALWAYS be indebted to her for so quickly recognizing the tumors but I KNEW I couldn't afford the surgery price she was quoting. Cash is my first dog and I already loved him so overwhelmingly that I also knew I had to figure out how to get him the surgery and FAST (MCTs can behave aggressively and need to be removed as fast as possible).
A family friend told me that she brought her dogs to Monroe Road Animal Hospital so I made an appointment and brought Cash in the next day. He saw Dr. Davis and she was kind, patient, and very thorough. I was terrified - crying, asking way too many non-functional questions, and just a general blubbering mess. Dr. Davis treated me as kindly and gently as she did Cash. The young vet at the other hospital made me feel absolutely panicky. Dr. Davis made me feel like "ok, this is a problem, but we have a plan and we will work together to get him better". I felt like I had a partner in Cash's care. Her surgery prices were also several hundred dollars less than the other hospital so with her incredible bedside manner and the pricing, we decided to move forward with MRAH doing Cash's surgery.
Cash had two different surgeries as 3 additional tumors "grew" after his 1st surgery. Dr. Davis was able to get clean margins around his tumors. We could have sent all of the tumors off for pathology but Dr. Davis recommended we only send the most concerning ones in order to save us a little bit of money. If the pathology looked really bad on the larger tumors located in the more malignant areas, then we could send the rest off later. I REALLY appreciated her trying to get all of the information on Cash's cancer while keeping our budget in mind. The pathology reports came back showing the tumors were only Grade 1. Dr. Davis let us know that most Grade 1 MCT's don't behave aggressively and aren't malignant and surgery with clean margins generally prevents tumor re-growth and the dog will live a normal, full life. We did, however, discuss the fact that Cash's tumors were in locations that typically are more malignant (his muzzle and scrotum). She referred us to meet with a canine oncologist just to discuss our options. We met with her (Dr. Claudia McFadden - she is freaking fabulous also!) and decided to go ahead and do the 12-week chemotherapy protocol to give Cash the best chance at a long life with us. We appreciate Dr. Davis's fantastic referral! We have heard horror stories of other onc referrals and feel thankful for MRAH's amazing connections.
Cash finished his chemotherapy in October of 2015 and has had 5 or 6 incidences of new growths popping up. The staff at MRAH are INCREDIBLE. They always calm me down and work with me to get Cash in ASAP and have even squeezed him in same-day when I psycho-dial them at 7:45 AM with questions about a new bump. They are thoughtful and kind and ALWAYS call me the next day after Cash has been in to be sure he's doing OK.
Cash sees both Dr. Widay and Dr. Davis and both women are INCREDIBLE vets, patient and caring people, and amazing surgeons. I will NEVER trust Cash's care to anyone else. Their prices have been extremely competitive in my experience and they have saved me easily hundreds if not thousands of dollars from working with them as opposed to other animal hospitals. Cash even sees them for his regular groomings as he requires a medicated bath every 3 weeks for those pesky Frenchie allergies and skin issues.
Cash LOVES going to MRAH. It's hilarious how happy he gets when I tell him, "we are going to go see your girlfriends" (the vets and the staff - he has a soft spot for women!) He literally runs to the front door and sits there wagging his little nub and then RUNS in the door at MRAH and hugs and kisses all of the people at the desk. The fact that my dog LOVES going to the vet - a place where he has been under anesthesia twice, has his anal glands expressed regularly, has had many needle aspirates done, and just been generally poked and prodded - tells me all I need to know about the care they are giving him.
Typical of me to be WAY too wordy but the bottom line is: Monroe Road Animal Hospital has the best vets and staff in Charlotte; they will work togive your baby the best care while maintaining competitive pricing and staying within your budget, and there is just no other comparable facility. We love you guys!!!!
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