由 doggydc » 2006-11-28, 14:31
Babesiosis is a very difficult disease to handle. I don't have any good idea about the exact price of treating babesia because I havn't seen any cases in my practice in L.A.. I know there is an injectable medicine which is kind of expensive. I believe there are a lots of doctors in Taiwan have very good experience in treating this disease. Please try to ask more doctors to get the detail treatment plan.
Another thing I like to point out here is that there is no warranty on medical treatment especially for some types of diseases like babesiosis. Are you going to quit treating your own relatives if they have very severe diseases and no one know it can be cured or not? If your answer is NO, then how can You ask your veterinarian to give you any promise or you won't treat your pet? This isn't the right way to take care of life. I know someone has dificulty time financially at sometimes. You don't have to feel shame because you can't afford to treat your pet. I also don't like someone always shift the blame to the doctor who take care of their pet because they can't afford to treat their pets. Yes, I agree some doctors ask to much but you also have the right to find another one if you don't like the price the doctor asked. It is a free market world now. You can say someone's price is too high but you can't say" high price doctor means not a good doctor". The value of medical practice is depending on the trust between doctor and patient(client if for veterinarian). If a doctor can perform a great job(I don't mean to cure every patient, indeed the right process of taking care of patient is the most important thing as a doctor) and make the patient and client feel he is a good doctor, then I believe he is a good doctor. I don't think the doctor charges cheaper price is for sure a good doctor. You have to judge the value of the service on" How much you gain is equal to how much you pay for".
Sorry for the complaining and can't give the right answer to help your pet. I just want you can understand that for everything there is two sides stories.We have to be fair and not prejudical.