Verbatim statements made by Dr. Shannon Bass regarding Dr. Jennifer Merlo’s evaluation of Champ.
“Obviously, that’s fact. They did not do anything to check. Her opinion based on her physical exam was that there wasn’t an infection. That’s a fact. You know and there’s nothing to disagree with about that. I agree, and so I agree with you, this didn’t just start on Monday, in hindsight we know that it was cooking.”
“She attributed the fever to just, the dog being panting and stressed, from the, you know, the trip to the hospital and things like that.”
“There may have been things going on that weren’t obviously that apparent that morning and we will never know what blood work might have shown us, we will never know what might have happened had we changed Champ’s medication at that time. We just won’t know.”
Dr. Shannon Bass, Medical Director, Carolina Veterinary Specialists, Huntersville
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