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[Cindy/IMOM]

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Does anyone know a website were people exchange info on pets and their health? I don't want to take up bandwith here as it is most important that this site is focused on our furry friends in danger

Gary,

You are already here.  This topic will move to our Happy Ending section, but your posts are encouraged and welcomed for as long as you wish.  We're not only focused on pets in need - hearing about the pets we've helped is just as important.  So post as much and as often as you wish!  It's what we wish all PIN parents would do, as a way of saying thanks.

I'm glad that Sparky ate.  Hopefully that's just the start of him returning to his old Sparky self.

Cindy/IMOM

[GaryFernandez]

Today, Sparky ate a little bit of boiled chicken..  Still not eating like he used to, but he is eating better than the first day.  I think this will be a very sloooow process, but again, because of his diabetes, I have to be careful.  I still have to give him insulin but I have to watch him, if he starts shaking then his sugar is low and I have to give him reduced sugar Peanut Butter and wipe it in his gums. He's a real fighter Sparky.  He's not going to give up and neither am I.  I wish he could talk so I can tell if he is still in pain.  The doc prescribed him Tramadol.  I would rather not give it to him f he doesn't need it, because it makes him even more lethargic than he already is, but I don't want to hold it back either in case he is still in some pain.  He is getting a bit more energetic, but not wanting to play with his toy yet.  Will keep you guys posted!

Gary

[Laurie IMOM]

Gary, I'm really happy to read that Sparky ate some boiled chicken today. I hope that every day, both his appetite and his energy increases. Please keep us updated on how he's doing.

[Kim]

Gary, I'm not defending your vet - can't form an opinion w/o hearing his side of the story.  But I wish applicants would remember that this is a public forum.  Anyone can register and read these posts, so you're not having a private conversation with another applicant.  If someone from your vet's office reads your defamatory comments, do you think they're going to be willing to work with IMOM again?  Prob not.  And who loses as a result?  A sick animal.  

[Kim]

GaryFernandez, on 18 March 2011 - 04:00 PM, said:

KIM:  First of all,in this country we have a right to speak our opinions.  I deleted the posts for your benefit.  I thank your organization for helping me,  but don't ever tell me I am not allowed to speak my mind.  And I seriously doubt this vet or any will deny Imom's help, it's money, and they will and have to take it less they get slammed by the public.  I was raised tospeak my mind, and I will.  I am leaving this forum and this site because of Kim.  I don't need you or anyone to tell me to shut up,this isn't Nazi Germany. If I feel this vet is all about the money, then there is no other side to this story.  If I tell you that within 15 minutes  3 different people acosted me for money, then there is no other side to the story. You dig what I am saying.  Don't you dare ever tell me to shut up again.  Good bye.  Close my file. I am not going to update ever again.  And I  no longer what to be a part of this organization.  And by the way,I never mentioned the vet by name and I never mentionedthe hospital.  And EVERYTHING that I have said here, I have said to my vets face, less anyone thinks I am too scared to vent my opinionin person.

I hope this isn't how you acted at the vet's.   I was simply asking you not to jeopardize another pet's chance of getting care at this practice thru IMOM.  

The strangers who donated money for Sparky's care when he was in crisis would appreciate continuing to receive updates on his health.  If you don't understand that, well, I can't explain it to you.

[Kim]

GaryFernandez, on 19 March 2011 - 02:42 AM, said:

Kim, please, this is not the correct forum for you to be badgering me. First of all, my conversation was with Ashley, not with you.  I never asked for your opinion regarding my vet, and I don't want it.  My girlfriend was with me when this all went down, so I don't need anyone to validate my feelings concerning how I was mistreated.  And secondly, perhaps my reasons for addressing this here is to maybe give other people heads up that perhaps they wouldn't want to take their animals there, so you see, I like saving animals and owners also.

And also, please don't tell me what to do, I had a very bad couple of weeks and I don't need someone like yourself telling me what I can and cannot do or what I should or should not do.  You seem very lonely to butt in on other people's conversations.  This was none of you affair.  Please be kind to others. I thought that was what I was doing here. You obviously didn't read any of my other posts or you would have no been so quick to judge me.  I don't let other people take advantage of me, that's why I said what I said and I told my vet how I felt.  She was apologetic.  There is absolutely no need for 3 different people all within 15 minutes to ask me for money, no need.  I think you misunderstood my posts and I think you need to apologize.

Gary

Gary, I have no need to apologize.  But I'm also not going to continue this volley (and I'm glad Cindy moved it off Hugo's thread).  You seem to have made my post about publicly bad-mouthing your vet into some highly personal attack, which it clearly wasn't.  Then you lecture me to be kind, after you make a bunch of assumptions (not knowing me at all) and get personally nasty.  Kind of ironic.....    You can say anything you want, no one can comment, there's no other side to the story -- but apparently your rules only apply to you.  Obviously you have issues, so my last comment is simply that I hope Sparky continues to recover and do well.

[GaryFernandez]

Sparky woke up feeling a lot better today.  His potty walk he did very well, he stayed ahead instead of lagging behind.  He actually came back and started sniffing for food.  A gave hima few treats and he wanted more.  Making him boiled chicken now instead.  He is improving.  But I am sill cautious...

[Tammy L.]

So glad to hear that Sparky is on the mend and starting to eat a little better. Hopefully his appetite will continue to improve everyday.

We are all holding good thoughts for a speedy recovery.



Tammy-IMOM

[GaryFernandez]

Thank you, Tammy and thank you Ashley.  My apologies for pontificating in what I thought was ill treatment I received at the hanfs of this vet hospital.  $2400 is an obscene amount of money to me right now, and to especially be treated so unprofessionally and held emotionally hostage by this vet, is not good business. It started when I responded to Ashley as to her vet not returning her calls. There once were days when a patient or customer would not be ignored simply because they do not have funds.  There once was a time when the customer is always right and I firmly believe that it should still be that way.  I treat my customers with the utmosst respect whether their bill is $10 or $1,000.  If they tell me they cannot afford a certain repair, I don't tell them that they are irresponsible and that their lack of funds will be their demise.  No, I work with them and still treat them as humans and try to be compassionate about their situation and offer alternatives, I never try to make them feel bad simply because they do not have funds.

Now, my dog got sick the day after I loost my job, so I am already emotionally a bit depressed and to wake up and see your dog throwing up and feeling sick, well,it just makes your job-loss depression even worse. I took my dog to where I did because I have been there before and have spent a lot of monwy with them in the past through either boarding, check-ups, overnight stays for glucose curves and special food every two weeks for Sparky. I spent a lot of money there.  So when he got sick, I took him there, a natural reaction.  But to be told when my balance was getting high that his prognosis was not good, and when I deposited money to be told his prognosis was good, is nothing more than a mental game they played with me to keep the money coming in, that, I did not appreciate and when Ashley brought up the fact that her vet was not returning herr calls, it brought back to light the drama and suffering I went through at this place.  Now as I have said, a business is in busines to make money, I have no problems with that, but if you are going to treat customers in this way, then you are alienating them.  This is not good customer service, not to mention, terrible to treat people this way.  I reckon certain people on here are not intelligent enough to understand what I have just said and believe I was just upsetting the applecart for future patients and that perhaps I was putting other animals at risk by vocalizing my experience.  I won't apologize for this.  I believe in standing firmly for something that I think is not correct, and this is not correct.  I also highly doubt that this place will refuse any funds from anyone. They would be taking the risk at this point if they did not.

I am still eternally grateful for the generous help from Imom and their members.  I will fulfill my obligation and continue to post a bout Sparky because I agreed to do so and I think it's a small favor to ask in return for the generosity I received.  But I will not be silenced by someone who does not underdstand the bigger picture, that if we put up with this lack of compassion then others are doomed to go through what I did.  I told my vet exactly how I felt and how I preceived I was being treated, as I said, she was apologetic and reassured me it was not their intention.  However their intention, it is what was perceived, and they have a duty to care for the animal that was entrusted with them and to treat their owners respectfully in a time when emotions are running high.  This is all I have to say about this and I do not want to speak on this any longer.  But if anyone is in the San Diego area and wants to avoide bringing their animal here, please send me a private message and I will respond to you.  Gary.

[CatPaws]

Dear AJ-

Help me hold my tongue.... getting a vet to work with IMOM could depend on it...

[GaryFernandez]

Thank you for your words, Ashley.  I will also continue to pray for Hugo.  When your animal suffers, you suffer also, and sometimes even more because you see how helpless your pet is and you want the best care possible.  For those of us who have no kids and our pets are our "kids" we become even more glued to that pet and we suffer even worse at times because he/she is all we really have in this world.  I truly do not like making waves, I try to embrace the thought that all humans are inherently good, but can go bad from time to time.  I would never want anything bad for any animal, mine or otherwise. I was angry, yes.  But sad more than anything to watch the further detoriation of the way we treat one another on this planet.  I am not sure if ever there was a utopian time in the history of the world where it was "us" for "us", but I can tell you with some certainty it is becoming "me" for "me".

When I started to become a plumber, I of course, heard the horror stories like you would hear with car mechanics etc.., to take people and maxzimize your own income.  I thought I could truly make a difference by not following those kind of policies and in the end, I would be taken care of.  That wasn't so.  Yet, I will still not reduce myself to such tactics.  I feel secure in myself when I walk out of a customer's home that I did the best I could without using scare tactics or any tactics at all. I still feel, as dumb as it is, that you give people a fair shake and they will give you one back.  I will go to my grave believing that, and I will probably go to my grave poor because of that.  No matter, for I will be resting in peace knowing I did the best I could always.  Goodluck to you Ashley.  Things will turn around.  Shed your life of the people who are no good for you and you may have to struggle at first, but it will be worth it in the end.  

Gary

[GaryFernandez]

Sparky just about back to 100 percent.  His apetite is back like it used to be (annoying)    and he played with his toys a little today and he just seems overall a lot happier.  Thank you one and all for making this possible. I will truly remember this organization when I get back up and running myself.  Thank you thank you thank you.  Gary

[Cindy/IMOM]

Gary,

I am really sorry to have to do this, but please consider this notice:  do NOT post any more inflammatory posts against any IMOM supporters.  If you do, you risk your posting privileges.  You did it again on Hugo's thread.  We are not going to let you wage personal vendettas on anyone's thread, but certainly not one for another pet.  This public forum is owned by the IMOM Board of Directors, and we decide what is within boundaries. This is your final notice.

Cindy/IMOM

[GaryFernandez]

Excuse me, Cindy, but she was calling me a victim, what right does she have to attack me?  I am supposed to sit here and take it?  I don't think so.  I really appreciate the help Imom has given me, but I am not gonna sit here and let this person attack me and call me a victim.  What kind of place is this anyway?  Two of my friends joined your monthly donation thing since I told them about this site, should I tell them to back out? I don't get it, she butts in on my conversation to begin with and I am the one being yelled at?  No way. And then she theatens the another member to take back her donation to Hugo and she loves animals? Sounds more personal to me than anything else. If she really wanted to save animals, she wouldn't back out of her donation...And by the way, I did it on Hugo's thread because I was defending Ashley....If you ask me, this person started it by butting in again on others conversations...I know you support her because she gives, and I will also when I can, but I am not going to let anyone control or dominate me for the sake of politics...

[Jacki IMOM]

This topic is now locked and moving to archives.

We hope all the best to Sparky and hope he has a long and wonderful life. We are very happy that IMOM was able to help him through his crisis.