AEB Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Gamo is at Tufts with what seems to be a neuromuscular condition, maybe Coonhound Paralysis. Does anyone have the best way to contact Dr. Cuoto and ask for a consult? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PiagetsMom Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Dr. Couto via his website: http://www.coutovetconsultants.com/ and by his email: coutovetconsultants@gmail.com I remember reading sometime the last few days in another thread that he's been on a speaking tour in Europe - don't know of his return. Sending good thoughts for Gamo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AEB Posted February 14, 2014 Author Share Posted February 14, 2014 Dr. Couto via his website: http://www.coutovetconsultants.com/ and by his email: coutovetconsultants@gmail.com I remember reading sometime the last few days in another thread that he's been on a speaking tour in Europe - don't know of his return. Sending good thoughts for Gamo I think he is in PA next week. But I will try the email. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AEB Posted February 14, 2014 Author Share Posted February 14, 2014 Anyone ever do a consult (I know many have)? The price is fine but I don't know when they would get back to me or how it works. The site isn't really explanatory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o_rooly Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I've had a few separate consults with Dr. Couto since October for Aston. Here was my experience when I first contacted him (taken from http://forum.greytalk.com/index.php/topic/301799-dr-couto-is-available-for-consults/page-2?hl=%2Bmnmdogs+%2Bo_rooly&do=findComment&comment=5606374, hope the formatting doesn't get too garbled):"I initially sent Dr. Couto the backstory on Aston's case, along with the path report + xrays and a blood culture report that were used in diagnosing his severe foot infection. He responded saying that he needed more information, and from there we had a few days of back-and-forth between him and me, and me and my vet. My vet was very cooperative with running updated bloodwork, a urinalysis, etc., even though she wasn't completely on-board with some of Dr. Couto's thoughts on greyhound blood markers (since Aston's high-for-a-greyhound globulin was well within the "normal dog" range). It felt pretty awkward to call my vet a few times a day with updates and further requests from a mystery oncologist on travel in Spain , but oh well. I'm sure that there are great oncologists locally, I don't mean to discount them at all. However, it's hard to beat getting to pick the brain of a leading researcher in how cancer presents in greyhounds. "With Aston's latest issue, my vet actually requested that I contact Dr. Couto again to double-check xrays. So, it feels a lot less awkward to keep getting a second opinion Dr. Couto has typically gotten back to me the same day, often within a few hours. I don't know how he does it! But I did also read that he's currently traveling.I send a new payment to Dr. Couto automatically if a consult is on a "new" issue (unfortunately, we've had many seemingly independent issues); otherwise, I have just updated him on ongoing issues if changes occur. Hope this helps! Quote every day a tiny adventure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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