In their lawsuit, Jamie and Marian Harris allege their vet, Millard Lucien "Lou" Tierce III, DVM, said he had discovered in an X-ray that the dog had a birth defect that could not be fixed. I grabbed her up and raced to the vet, but it was too late. X rays were done blood work was done, and what came back was everything was ok on paper. Copyright 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. After a few days she hadnt improved so we called our vet (weve been with them for 25 years. I took my dog out of there and called a different vet. At approximately 4:00 am, I say a front office person and asked again for an update, only to be told that they were still in surgery. If a legal injury results, your actions must be the actual cause of the harm. You dont need a degree to know that she is suffering and in pain. He also sent me home with a topical pain killer. HOUSTON -- A Cypress family wonders if the death of their puppy couldve been prevented. At my hearing the vet worker admitted she had never received training in the proper way to handle animals at the vet. Is there any recourse? We rush her to vet explain whats happening and show them the kitten. Vet diagnosed my dog with dry eye he told me to pick up some visine and put that in his eyes 3 times a day. Anybody have luck finding a lawyer that sued veterinarians near Chicago? We called the vet and told her the dogs condition, and asked if any meds were needed to help her heal since she wasnt doing well, the vet said no, and said the dog would be fine. 3rd surgery because something was still leaking. On Tuesday I called back asking for the notes again. They said they needed to do bloodwork to see if shes strong enough to undergo anesthesia for dental work, they also said she had fleas and sent me home with more antibiotics and flea medicine. I agreed. She was so young and the vet we originally went to I think was negligent in not running the proper tests to see what was actually wrong with her. Idk what to do Im debating suing or something Im so distraught. He called the police and requested grief counseling. Where do we start. I then indicated I would be contacting an attorney and need all of the notes from Coras visit. They agreed to refund me but said they had to consult with their attorney and get a waiver prepared for me to sign before it could happen. We are taking her to the first vet with all documents from second vet who claimed the misdiagnoses. I wanted to cry and did. Wed just wait, Seely said. On Monday Oct. 12th she was not responsive or alert. The court emphasized that the plaintiff cried loudly, held Amor, and spoke and sang to him before the body was taken away. Im gonna spend nearly 4 thousand in a mater of a week for something that their fault. They have big money corporate lawyers. I would recommend filing a complaint against the veterinarian with the state licensing board. We called a bunch of vets and they all told us it sounded like parvo. My dog is in critical conditions and they are blaming me for the miscommunication. The show follows three vegetarians, Dr. Diarra Blue, Dr. Michael Lavigne, and Dr. Aubrey J. Ross, on their day to day services on their animal hospital and the animal shelter they set up in Huston Texas. Our cat is 10 years old and he could hear perfectly fine the morning of us taking him to the vet,that afternoon he came home and couldnt hear. Reasonable time was NOT given for him to be claimed. But I trusted the vet totally. All buyers demanded refunds. Core (my dog) is taken to the back for the Dr to look at her. One is whether the aggression caused by these medications is a common side-effect and if most veterinarians would routinely warn an owner before putting the pet on these drugs. I have broken down into tears and I feel such great pain. Took our dog in for routine checkup. And what about vet 2? My pet was given an accidental twice lethal chemo overdose in June of 2021. And after thinking about things I am not even sure ut was of our kitten. I didnt hear from them for a few hours even though they stated they would call me. As soon as he got home he started with diarrhea and we called the doctor back. Exploratory surgery was highly recommended to know the source of the problem. If you dont know where to start, you can find an attorney using our free online directory. I took my cat to vet for blockage, they gave us estimate of 11,00 dollars. I cant help but think that this little guy could be alive today if the vet wouldve prescribed meds in first place. Now we are out $2500 and a dog who is suffering while this HUGE wound heals. Please advise what lawyer fights the hardest. Was foreign and comes across aggressively. Keep in mind, however, that not all medical malpractice attorneys handle veterinary malpractice cases. Long story short, the heating blanket used to keep him warm during surgery malfunctioned and gave him 2nd to 3rd degree burns. Podria demandar? She put me on hold and came back and said Im sorry, hes not responding and I said what happened? she said well we didnt get to do the xrays, but when I was doing cpr a lot of fluid came out I said what? I have found out since they dont have emergency equipment there for such small animals and they kept her under trying to remove a tooth they had difficulty with. The staff said they had to wait to see what the doctor said. My Bernese Mountain dog (10 years 6 months) suddenly did not feel well in December 2020. Then the vet gave her the sleep drugs, via IV. No medications were given. I took my 4 month old puppy to the vet for a broken leg. Id like to sue the vet for negligence and recover all my costs related to the dangerous dog case plus all the anxiety this has caused. If he did I would have known what to do!!! But before anything was said, he said the he made one mistake and that was not calling the family. I asked how many, she stated 3 and one is deceased. We are just so upset that something could have been done earlier. They died. It was cancer. Do I have any sort of case? So I sit in a room for 1 hour 20 minutes and nobody taked or question me about my dog. So i clearly explained, Casper was not new, he has 2 profiles in the system, we had already gone through this treatment style and it doesnt work for him. Without more information, its difficult to tell whether the veterinarians actions fell below the professional standard of care. I question why the Vet did no err on the side of caution and administered one vaccine vs three at the same time. The vet performed an ovariohysterectomy on the dog, but Dr. Pol didn't intubate the dog during the surgical procedure, and failed to use an electronic monitoring device during the surgery. It sounds like your vet is willing to provide this treatment voluntarily. The kicker is, hes still wheezing. now it will cost another 3000 for emergency surgery becasue she has been malnutricianed during this whole period. That day he stopped eating and drinking and we had to force feed him. They didnt give a formal report of what had happened and told us to keep quiet. August 12 2016. How should I proceed?? The medicine is called Chlorphenamine (4mg) and I was advised to give her a half tablet twice a day. Thats what I brought him here for. My wife brought our 12 week old cane corso to the vet to have his ears cropped. I also found out that she didnt even do the surgery, it was another doctor. Went to vet Saturday morning they flushed his ears 4x and hes still completely deaf. What about putting this on Facebook/social media to warn others as tjeior excuse was we only give 3 year shots so the doctor didn;t notice. This could happen to others who come from states that give one year shots? I am devastated. Based on the information you provided, its unclear whether or not your vet committed veterinary malpractice. Diarra Blue's wife is Jessica Dunn. I was so traumatized I never thought I would be bringing my sweet baby in to be put down. I need a prescription to get one. Do I have a case? I was never informed of the risks nor was I ever asked to sign anything. We closely followed the post-op instructions given, including administering medications, providing a strictly soft food diet, and ensuring 24/7 cone wearing. Me: obviously, if you receive a new patient and he comes with symptoms of illness, the first thing you should have done was performed a blood test, to rule out any disease not visible, with a simple physical examination. I set the carrier on my daughters lap and got into the drivers seat of my car. In other words, your vet did something (whether it was a misdiagnosis or bad advice) that no other prudent vet would do. Shortly after they took him back. My daughter instantly opened the top of the carrier to pet & calm our cat and said to me, Mom, his eye lids are flipped back and theres a lot of drool coming from his mouth. We pulled out of the parking lot and ten minutes into the ride home my daughter said, Mom, hes flipping all around his carrier and I dont know what to do. I told her to hold on and we were coming to a red light.