Sep 21, 2022
Me to the poor vet’s offce trying to fit my cat in early for an appointment: Please no more sedation for basic visits after what happened last year.
The poor vet’s office: Um, can I go talk to the staff and call you back?
(Last year, his vet told me that his fight-or-flight is so geared toward flight she thinks he would win in an apocalypse.)
#pet drama#I AM OUT OF TOWN AND THIS is the worst timing#his regular vet was like 'yeah the guy who wanted him sedated was lazy we are going to try a larger dose of gabapentin and maybe xanax'#because listen he is a little monster at the vet#but the guy just didn't want to deal with it and he's an ass but he's retired so i don't have to thin about him#ANYWAY#rex had a bad reaction to the advantage dose (we're pretty sure he ingested some) but he's doing a lot better#except he's also developing a really bad ear infection#so they were like 'we want to see him early'#and then they called me instead of my husband because i'm primary on the account#and they were like 'if the gabapentin doesn't seem effective#we'll just sedate him'#and i was like 'NO' and started crying lol#this poor lady is just trying to do her job and i'm on my period and stressed because he's been sick#and again i cannot stress enough that I AM OUT OF TOWN#so i'm like calmly trying to explain that i'm not comfortable with him being sedated unless it's for emergencies or big stuff anymore#and was like 'there should be a note in his file about this already'#and i could just hear her not wanting to tell me that it was unrealistic lol#she had to go talk to the staff and call me back and we're good#no sedation#i was like 'dude the email says this much gabapentin and then if he's still too scared they'll do injectable alprazolam'#i feel like the scheduling people at vet offices have to deal with crying people a lot#and she was very patient with me#but i still feel bad and am a little embarrassed
