Latest Reviews for Marcy Diehl (Emergency Veterinary Clinic)
Dr. Diehl was very rude and uncaring.
Took my cat in today to emergency vet . Vet asked minimal questions. NO exam . Poor bedside manner . Worst vet visit I have had .
Called clinic ahead to advise I was bringing in my cat in respiratory distress. Was told by clinic staff that because of Covid-19 precautions, “We are only trying to see pets with broken bones or who are actively bleeding.” (Guess respiratory distress not “serious enough” to this staffer.). Triage tech looked cat over, said, “he seems to be okay,” while I’m saying, “Well, he’s not.” After some hesitation, she decided to take him for the vet to assess him. Five minutes later my phone rang, was the vet Dr Diehl asking my permission to take xrays and start O2 therapy. Found profound pleural effusion, pleural edema that she speculated was due to cancerous tumors, because, you know, he is 14 and has FIV so that’s what it must be. “I can try to drain them and see if that gives him any relief from his respiratory distress, but it would just be palliative and you need to discuss euthanasia with your regular vet tomorrow.” Yes, yes, I decided for the pleura/thoracentesis after which his oxygen demands decreased, and he began breathing easier. Took him to my regular veterinarians the next morning, Dr Nancy Chilla and Dr Ritt Enderson at Bradford Park, who saw NO EVIDENCE OF CANCER on x-ray and felt it may be cardiac related. ECHO confirmed HVC - not a good diagnosis either, but maybe manageable with medications. Since starting cardiac drug regimen, cat has been doing well. I strongly do not recommend Dr Diehl at Emergency Veterinary Clinic of Southwest Missouri, but there are other good vets that work there, like Dr McCann.
Called clinic ahead to advise I was bringing in my cat in respiratory distress. Was told by clinic staff that because of Covid-19 precautions, “We are only trying to see pets with broken bones or who are actively bleeding.” (Guess respiratory distress not “serious enough” to this staffer.). Triage tech looked cat over, said, “he seems to be okay,” while I’m saying, “Well, he’s not.” After some hesitation, she decided to take him for the vet to assess him. Five minutes later my phone rang, was the vet Dr Diehl asking my permission to take xrays and start O2 therapy. Found profound pleural effusion, pleural edema that she speculated was due to cancerous tumors, because, you know, he is 14 and has FIV so that’s what it must be. “I can try to drain them and see if that gives him any relief from his respiratory distress, but it would just be palliative and you need to discuss euthanasia with your regular vet tomorrow.” Yes, yes, I decided for the pleura/thoracentesis after which his oxygen demands decreased, and he began breathing easier. Took him to my regular veterinarians the next morning, Dr Nancy Chilla and Dr Ritt Enderson at Bradford Park, who saw NO EVIDENCE OF CANCER on x-ray and felt it may be cardiac related. ECHO confirmed HVC - not a good diagnosis either, but maybe manageable with medications. Since starting cardiac drug regimen, cat has been doing well. I strongly do not recommend Dr Diehl at Emergency Veterinary Clinic of Southwest Missouri, but there are other good vets that work there, like Dr McCann.
