Sometimes pets have an injury or illness that requires hospitalization. Knox Pet Clinic provides your hospitalized pet:
- Fluids: delivered intravenous (IV) or subcutaneous
- Medication: given intravenous, by injection or pilling
- Oxygen therapy: short or intermediate term
- Ongoing diagnostics: it may be necessary to run multiple tests on your pet, including blood work in our in-house lab, x-ray or ultrasound
- Nursing care: this may include monitoring your pet’s vitals, bandage changes, feeding, administering fluids and medications
- Observation: your pet’s doctor may want to observe your pet and watch for response to treatment, and alter treatment as directed by the pet’s response
- Isolation: some illnesses and disease are contagious therefore requiring isolation
If you have any questions about your pet’s hospitalization, please call us at 309-343-6156.