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    Rising Sun Animal Care

    4.2 (72 reviews)
    Open 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
    Updated 1 week ago

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    Pet physical or wellness exam

    Pet vaccinations

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    Coco after hospitalization, lethargic, difficulty breathing and shaking uncontrollably.

    IF YOU LOVE YOUR PET PLEASE READ BELOW! Like others we went to Rising Sun because there were a lot of positive reviews and the staff were very friendly. But this was the biggest mistake I have ever made. Our baby Coco, who is both a service animal and an absolutely adorable little Maltese WAS HOSPITALIZED IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND ALMOST DIED BY THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OF DR. DEANNA MILLER AND RISING SUN. Both of our pups have been under her care for the past 3 years. They had their regular checkups and we took them many times even for seemingly trivial things just to be sure they were healthy. Not until after Coco was hospitalized and we obtained copies of her medical records with Rising Sun did we see that she had been suffering from liver dysfunction and PLE for almost 2 years. As early as August 2020 during her annual review the blood work showed she was suffering from liver dysfunction and PLE. During her September 2021 checkup her liver enzymes were off the charts, indicating her liver cells were dying at an alarming rate and toxins were building up in her body. We have had some of the top vets and specialists in the greater Denver area review Coco's and Riley's records, and they were absolutely horrified that Dr. Miller had these results and made no diagnosis, did not refer us to a specialist or communicate that there was a serious problem that needed to be addressed immediately. Vets were able to discover that our baby Coco has a liver shunt, and for more than 2 years her liver has not been functioning as blood was not being filtered by her liver, carrying ammonia and other toxins into her organs and brain. She has lost 25% of her body weight in only 13 days since she was hospitalized and has been placed on a number of medications to give her a fighting chance. She is not out of the woods yet though, and we have surgery scheduled to close the shunt and allow her to continue to live. Dr. Miller has shaved years off of the life of Coco with her negligence, Coco's liver is small and suffering from significant scarring because Dr. Miller did not interpret the results of her blood work or refer us to a specialist. Her own notes show that she was supposed to follow up with us and perform blood work within 90 days and she did not do so and in fact Dr. Miller saw Coco an additional 6 times between her critical liver enzyme levels showing up and her eventual hospitalization. She said NOTHING! Rising Sun has no problem contacting us about all sorts of extra vaccines and shots they recommend and not authorizing our Chewy orders so that they can sell us their marked up products. But they couldn't even interpret basic blood work results, refer us to an internal medicine specialist or follow up with additional tests. In September of 2021 Dr. Miller must have known there was an issue with Coco's liver because her staff asked us to pick up a supplement that can help with liver function. One of the vets we are working with said giving Denamarin to a dog suffering from a liver shunt is roughly the equivalent of prescribing vitamin C to a cancer patient, it effectively does NOTHING. Since our September 2021 visit Dr. Miller and her staff have seen Coco and her sibling Riley numerous times (11 times combined) for other issues that now in retrospect would have been related to a failing liver or PLE (vomiting, diarrhea, hair-loss.) If Dr. Miller had done her job, and offered even the minimum standard of veterinary medical care as mandated by law in the state of Colorado, Coco would be happy and healthy and she would have had a full and healthy life. We are at almost $10,000 in veterinary bills and Coco has yet to undergo her surgery so we expect that we will be spending a lot more money. I would recommend that if you love your pet and you want them to live a happy and healthy life that you request all of your pet's records from Rising Sun and have another vet review them to ensure that something has not been missed.

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    Could not ask for more. They also do exotics (Rabbits/Lizards/Ferrets/ect). This is pretty much the ideal Vet IMO.

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    I've been extremely happy with the care my animals have had at Rising Sun, and would recommend them highly.

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    I love Rising Sun Animal Care. They are so kind and thoughtful and treat my pets like family. I would definitely reccomend them to anyone!

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