Winter Park Veterinary Hospital

12/24/2024

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all of us at Winter Park Vet to our amazing WPVH Family!

We will be closing today and New Year’s Eve Day at 2pm and will be closed on Christmas and New Year’s Day!

We are open regular hours every other day for all your veterinary needs.

Have a great holidays!!!

12/20/2024

The WPVH team had a great Holiday Staff Meeting together this week. Secret Santa, gingerbread houses and good times all around! Thanks for a great year to all our team and clients. Can’t wait for 2025!!!

Your Vet for Life!

12/19/2024

We are staying up to date on the latest news regarding Librela. See more info on our website - client center - Librela.

Our Medical Director, Caitrine Hellenga DVM, has thoroughly read the report and the case studies. Please see her summarized response below. In short, based on the information we have at this time, we remain confident Librela is a good product whose benefits outweigh the rare possible risks. We will be posting a longer, more in depth response on our website shortly. We promise to stay informed on any new information.

"As the Medical Director for Winter Park Vet, and a pet parent using Librela on her own dog, I evaluated the FDA report on Librela adverse events carefully. What I found were some flaws in logic. My bottom line conclusion is that the reaction rate is rare (rare is defined as 10 years of age, which means that they could very well have had spinal disease and not just arthritis. The lack of full medical workups and the very geriatric age both cloud the issue. This makes it very hard to assess for Librela being a cause instead of Librela failing to work for off-label diseases of the nervous system. At the same time, information is power. We need to watch, we need to report, and we need to continue assessing as more information comes in. If you are concerned about side effects, please reach out to your veterinarian. I will keep giving my dog Ivy her Librela every month, as it has improved her ability to go on walks in comfort."

12/19/2024

Winter Park Vet’s position on Librela news!

WPVH Medical Director Caitrine Hellenga DVM Dear Pet Parent: The FDA did a standard evaluation of the adverse event reporting after the launch of Librela. I read the full 32 page report and I have concerns about the evaluation process and conclusions of the FDA. We have seen the FDA make a mistake i...

12/19/2024

We are staying up to date on the latest news regarding Librela.

Our Medical Director, Caitrine Hellenga DVM, has thoroughly read the report and the case studies. Please see her summarized response below. In short, based on the information we have at this time, we remain confident Librela is a good product whose benefits outweigh the rare possible risks. We will be posting a longer, more in depth response on our website shortly. We promise to stay informed on any new information.

"As the Medical Director for Winter Park Vet, and a pet parent using Librela on her own dog, I evaluated the FDA report on Librela adverse events carefully. What I found were some flaws in logic. My bottom line conclusion is that the reaction rate is rare (rare is defined as 10 years of age, which means that they could very well have had spinal disease and not just arthritis. The lack of full medical workups and the very geriatric age both cloud the issue. This makes it very hard to assess for Librela being a cause instead of Librela failing to work for off-label diseases of the nervous system. At the same time, information is power. We need to watch, we need to report, and we need to continue assessing as more information comes in. If you are concerned about side effects, please reach out to your veterinarian. I will keep giving my dog Ivy her Librela every month, as it has improved her ability to go on walks in comfort."

On December 16th, the FDA published a Dear Veterinarian letter detailing the results of the Center for Veterinary Medicine's analysis of adverse event reporting for dogs treated with Librela (bedinvetmab).

12/17/2024

We are passionate about supporting our local
Community! Dr Delaney has spearheaded a program with the pre-vet club at UCF - a club WPVH has helped sponsor for years - to give aspiring vets hands on experience at Winter Park Vet.

Our newest intern is Kian and she is already getting tons of experience with exotics and learning how to scrub in for a sterile surgery!

Keep up the great work Kian, Dr Delaney and the rest of the WPVH team that create these learning opportunities.

12/16/2024

Ravioli is ready for holidays!
Share you Christmas and holiday pet photos with us to spread the cheer!

12/14/2024

Sisters Cupcake and Banana came to see Dr Delaney recently.

They were great moral support for each other. Great job ladies!

One cat or two - we are here all weekend long for all your medical needs!

Sat and Sun 8a-9p!

12/11/2024

The Holidays are Here! Alice is looking stunning in her photo! Thanks for sharing mom!

12/02/2024

Why do we do CT scans on all our dentals? Here is a great example!
Pancho had his second CT today and things are healing wonderfully from his Maxilla and Zygomatic fracture. He fractured them runnning into a wall at home. Pancho’s mom naturally assumed it was just a broken tooth and being the great dog mom she scheduled Pacho for a dental. Sure enough we found the maxilla and zygomatic arch were broken. If we had just done dental X-ray we would not have seen the whole picture.
This enabled us to increase pain management, change his diet and allow the fracture to heal. Totally different course of treatment than a regular dental extraction.
Check out those images! Thanks to Pacho’s for the yummy treats:)

11/29/2024

Derrick the Dog Whisperer!
Our medical team is always right next door and knows it can be fun to come and help out during play sessions and get a little dog therapy.
Great work Derrick!

11/28/2024

11/26/2024

Major kudos to Drs Cardenas, Andrade and Delaney for helping successfully performing a thoracocentesis to help the owners of this sweet puppy get some answer for their dogs continued issues.
The patient was seen at VEG as an emergency and recommended as a referral to UF to get a sample.

The owner found Winter Park Vet and we were able to get a good sample on this complicated case for diagnostics so owners can hopefully get an answer.

11/25/2024

Puppies!!!
Dr Alfonso did her first pregnancy check this week is happy to report PUPPIES!!!

11/23/2024

The Arthurs want to wish everyone in the Winter Park Vet Family a safe and fun weekend and start to Thanksgiving.

We are here Saturday and Sunday from 8a -9p for any of your urgent or worrying pet care needs.

11/21/2024

Getting down to love on our patients!

Sometimes it just takes getting down on their level to make our patients feel comfortable!

11/20/2024

Thanksgiving Staff Meeting:

We are closed today from 1030-230 for staff training and team building.

Good team meetings start with a huge meal! Yummy!

So thankful for our team!

11/02/2024

Circe and Scarlett are pampered by our Kennel Team! They are ready for their glamour shots!

Our DVMs, Techs and Urgent Care teams are here all weekend with our kennel team for any of your pet care needs.

Call us…WE ARE HERE!