Where is our Veterinarian?

Just when you think things are going along so smoothly, you find out the very special and close veterinarian that Mack loves and we love has left her practice! We just happened to stop by and ask about having Mack come in to have the remaining stitches removed and sure enough one of the girls in the office just gave us a no when I said is our veterinarian going to be in on Friday and she shook her head and whispered no, she's gone...talk about the shocker of the day.  Although we have gone to Dr. R. and have been pretty confident with her, we preferred Dr. O because she's been with Mack almost his entire life with us. We had no indication this was happening and we are heartsick...what to do with this is hard to figure out. We feel like we're in the middle of the river and need the boat that just left!
We will do what we can to remove the last of the stitches, that's for sure, and then try very hard to track down our old vet. We found her once and then again, so we are hoping and praying that she is not moving far from the area and will continue to have a practice somewhere close to us. Or sadly we'll be going to some other vet. we don't know or trust as much.  Doing a simple google search has really been scary since there just happen to be some bad reviews on several in the area~so we are not sure what to expect, but we do have a back up and a spare doctor if we get desperate, but as we found out today, one of the vets around here that is very, very close to us, (and is our spare vet. hospital) has been a doctor in practice for thirty years.  What are the chances he'll remain in business after so many years? I mean he's our age or a little bit younger and that could mean he is looking to retire some time in the next few years, maybe even sooner! So we are a bit in a quandary and sad at the same time. Hopefully we'll be able to contact someone who knows where Dr. O. has gone. That is the only thing we can hope for. We just hope she is going to be close.  Otherwise it's a toss up as to who to go to and whether you believe some of the bad reviews you read online. The way I look at it though, if someone is that upset to do harm to someone via a bad review then it's possible that there was negligence and this was the only way they could be sure someone else didn't suffer the same fate. If the complaints sound pretty reasonable, then you have to believe that the vet. failed these people and whether there is misunderstanding or not, you have to take the negative reviews very seriously.  I would hope no one would try to ruin someone's business this way, but it's possible, but then you have proof of slander and you could probably find out who did it. I would not put it on there unless it was true, so we have much to worry about if we decide to go to a new vet and there are negative reviews...another thing to consider, unless we ask around for different vets that other people use. That will be our next step.

Alas, we are so sad...where or where did our veterinarian go?