Seattle Veterinary Specialists
Kirkland, WA

If you believe your pet is sick, hurt or in distress, we’re here to provide expert care. Our trained emergency clinicians are prepared to diagnose and treat urgent cases, including severely injured or critically ill pets. Common emergency cases we see include:

• Animal attacks
• Bleeding
• Collapse episodes
• Difficulty breathing
• Difficulty urinating
• Hit-by-car accidents
• Ingestion of medications, poisons or objects
• Seizure
• Severe diarrhea
• Unresponsiveness
• Vomiting

Through every step of your pet’s emergency care experience, we keep you and your pet’s primary veterinarian informed and involved.

Critical care patients come to our hospital due to trauma, the development of an acute life-threatening illness or immediately following major surgery. Our critical care service carefully evaluates each patient and creates a custom monitoring plan by measuring variables such as pulse, heart rate, blood pressure and more.

We are prepared to treat many different types of trauma, including:

• Sepsis
• Respiratory distress
• Blood transfusions

Our radiology service performs many non-invasive and minimally invasive diagnostic procedures. These services allow the specialty clinicians unique, non-invasive opportunities for evaluating various diseases.

The goal of pet hospice is to help senior or terminally ill pets live the fullest life possible for the time that remains. If your pet has been diagnosed with a painful or life-limiting condition, they may be referred to a hospice veterinarian for:

• In-home senior care
• Pain and symptom management
• Hospice and palliative care
• Quality of life consultations
• End-of-life services

Our compassionate, in-home services are provided by BluePearl Pet Hospice. Please call or text 800.717.5054 to talk to our care team, or schedule an appointment online.

Veterinary internists are trained to take care of patients who can’t tell them what’s wrong. By using the pet’s history, clinical signs, lab results, imaging studies and other testing, our internal medicine team can diagnose severe, chronic illnesses or symptoms that appear suddenly.

Our neurology team uses advanced imaging technologies, cutting-edge medical therapies and surgical procedures to diagnose and treat patients with neurological disorders that affect the brain, spinal cord and nerves.

Some of the most common neurological disorders we see include:

• Epilepsy and other seizure disorders
• Brain and spinal cord trauma
• Disc herniation and other lumbosacral disorders
• Brain tumors
• Neuromuscular disease
• Encephalitis

Our compassionate oncology team offers a variety of treatment options for pets with cancer. From initial diagnosis to ongoing care, we are focused on promoting your pet’s quality of life.

We take an integrative approach to treating cancer that includes:

• Taking time to listen to and answer all questions and concerns about cancer treatment
• Creating a treatment plan tailored to each patient and client’s individual needs
• Working within client’s schedules for therapy delivery
• Maintaining regular updates with referring family veterinarians

By helping every pet owner understand their pet’s disease and by providing appropriate educational tools, we all work together to improve and extend each pet’s quality of life.

When your pet needs surgery, our veterinary surgery team is ready to provide the best possible care. Our hospital is equipped with advanced tools, technology and monitoring capabilities to provide sophisticated medical care and compassionate service during your pet’s time of need.

Surgery may be the best option for pets with:

• Cancer
• Chronic diseases like ear or respiratory tract infections
• Congenital conditions like dysplasia or heart defects
• Hernias
• Trauma or injuries, including fractures, ligament and tendon injuries