Brianna Blakeway

Review of Oakland Veterinary Emergency G...

I honestly could rave about this place all day! I ...

I honestly could rave about this place all day! I ended up having to bring both of my dogs in on Saturday afternoon when our regular vet was closed. One of my dogs (Moose) was having some stomach issues throughout the week before. I wasn t too concerned, but after a few days, it wasn t getting any better. My other dog (Badger) was totally fine throughout the week but started throwing blood on Saturday. I called VEG to see if they thought I should bring them in and got to speak with Dr. Nezerka. She suggested bringing them both in case they were being affected by the same thing.

They texted me a check-in link while I was on my way to the clinic, so I was able to check-in from my car once we arrived. We were seen super quickly, and Dr. Nezerka was awesome. She understood that bringing two dogs into an emergency clinic can be expensive, so she went through all of our options for tests/treatment and let me know which options she suggested and which options she wouldn t lose sleep over if we opted to skip them. Thankfully, they weren t super busy, so we were able to hang out in the exam room after each dog received some fluids while we waited for Badger s blood test results. Both dogs were sent home with some probiotics and anti-nausea pills.

Fast forward to about 11pm on Sunday night, and Badger was throwing up again, drooling literal puddles all over the house, and pacing around. I remembered that Dr. Nezerka mentioning that Badger shouldn t throw up again if he was on the anti-nausea pills; if he did that was a big red flag. I called VEG again and talked to Dr. McCorkle, who agreed that it was concerning that he was throwing up after taking his meds.

Shawna greeted us at the door and immediately took Badger s vitals. Dr. McCorkel followed behind shortly and suggested we take some x-rays to see if there were any blockages. She offered a bed in case I wanted to take a nap since x-rays typically take 1-1.5 hours to come back, and at this point is was a little after midnight. I ended up leaving shortly to go back home to check on my other sick dog, and they set Badger up with a blanket in the back with them.

The x-rays came back kind of inconclusive: no obvious blockages or foreign objects. There was some trapped gas in the intestines and some ingesta which could just have been his dinner or some foreign material. Dr. McCorkel also understood that emergency clinic visits can be pricey so she gave the options of taking him home and observing him for a few hours to see if things improved or they could give him fluids through a catheter for 8 hours and then re-do the x-rays to see if the ingesta had been flushed out.

I opted to give him the fluids and re-do the x-rays in the morning. Thankfully everything seemed to sort itself out, and I was able to pick him up around 11am on Monday. Both dogs have been improving since their trips to VEG, and we re so grateful for them!

I m sure there were many others involved in treating Moose and Badger behind the scenes, but Dr. Nezerka, Dr. McCorkel, Kaitlyn, and Shawna were the ones I interacted with the most, and I d just like to give them a shout out. All of them were extremely nice, easy to talk to, calm, understanding and explained things thoroughly!

Emergency circumstances aside, I don t know that I ve had a better vet experience. I m kind of upset that they can t be our regular vet! Hopefully we re done with urgent vet needs for now, but if anything comes up in the future, we will only be going to VEG! Thank you!!