Literally, Dr. Lindsay saved my pet's life.
I don't live in Westfield and am not a patient of WVG. My parents' had used Dr. Lindsay for their pets and found her to be extremely thorough in examinations/diagnoses and gently with their pets. So, at my wits' end, I went to Dr. Lindsay for help when i had an unbelievably sick pet.
Sophie started vomiting in March 2010, increasing in frequency and volume for a few weeks. I contacted my own vet group for help. They ran a battery of tests and told me she had IBD. I went home with medications that worked for about 2 days, then stopped working. I talked to another dr. at the same practice who told me to try the medication for 2 more weeks. When that didn't work, I saw a third doctor at the same practice who ran the same battery of tests over again and confirmed that it had to be IBD.
Fast forward 2 months - sophie is still vomiting and losing weight rapidly. My vet group ordered an ultrasound which they told me came back normal. When I asked how to fix this problem and get her healthy they threw up their hands and said "all we can do is run the tests over again and see if anything changed." After shelling out over $2000, I wasn't about to do this without a guarantee that I'd get a diagnosis.
I was completely beside myself when my sister suggested I talked to Dr. Lindsay and put us in touch with each other. Dr. Lindsay called me at 9:30 at night (clearly on her own time) and patiently talked through the symptomology with me. She spent over 30 minutes asking me questions and listening.
She then informed me that vet groups and local animal hospitals can only perform a certain battery of tests and clearly I needed something more. She recommended I make an appointment at a referral hospital for a consultation and force my local animal hospital to give me the referral. This advice saved Sophie's life. Turns out she has high-grade lymphoma that is extremely aggressive. On top of that, she had a bleeding ulcer from all the vomiting she did over the course of 5 months. I have finally been able to seek treatment for my poor little pet! On top of that, had we not diagnosed the lymphoma, she probably would have died already. My local vet hospital (Hoboken) never even told me a referral hospital was an option!!!
I will be eternally grateful to this doctor for her true love of animals that she gave advice to me without asking for anything in return. For my future vet needs, I will be taking all my pets on a road trip to Dr. Lindsay for treatment. read more