Roswell

My cat got sick on a Saturday and was seen at an emergency clinic that sent him home with reassurance and not much else. By Monday he was worse and I brought him to CityVet. Dr. Raskin took the case seriously from the first minute – repeated the imaging rather than trusting a two-day-old normal result, sent it to a radiologist, started IV fluids, and had us at a specialist for an ultrasound the same afternoon.

But what I want to highlight most is something I’ve never experienced at a veterinary practice: for nearly a week, Dr. Raskin and his staff gave me a comfortable room where I could stay with my cat all day while he received treatment. Not a fifteen-minute visit – the entire day, every day. I sat with him through IV fluids, injections, and long stretches of monitoring. That meant I could comfort him during a genuinely frightening week, and it meant I could observe him closely and catch changes as they happened. Several times, something I noticed while sitting with him became a piece of information that shaped his care. Being present made me a real participant in his treatment rather than someone receiving updates by phone.

Over the following week Dr. Raskin adjusted the plan as new information came in, and when the initial approach wasn’t producing the response he wanted, he ran new bloodwork and changed course rather than waiting it out. He was honest about uncertainty, direct about options, and never dismissive. He’s the reason my cat is recovering – and the way his practice let me be there for it is something I’ll will always be grateful for.