Pfirst the diagnosis of a rare tumor, then the months spent looking for specialists and the hundreds of kilometers traveled to obtain the best possible treatment. All the efforts were not enough, the dog Greta is no longer here. But its owner, Enrica Cevenini, has chosen to treasure the painful experience, so that other dog owners don’t have to go through the same ordeal. And he has created a support project for those who have to face it complex health paths with the right veterinary specialist.
From the heartbreaking story of the dog Greta…
When Greta is diagnosed with osteosarcomaa particularly aggressive form of bone cancer, begins a race against time for its owner. Not only to face the disease, but even before that understand who to contact.
Dog trainer, Enrica Cevenini finds herself doing what many owners know well: calling various doctors’ offices, asking for advice in social groups, relying on word of mouth and looking for veterinary specialists even far from home. A long and often frustrating journey that takes her from Friuli Venezia Giulia to Lombardy looking for the skills necessary to deal with the case of her dog.
The dog Greta, protagonist of this story.
That search, made up of attempts and continuous movements, however manages to give Greta more time. Over a year longer than initially expected. A result that represents an important achievement for Enrica, but which also makes her passionate awareness of a widespread criticality: the extreme difficulty in quickly finding veterinary specialists.
«I realized that the skills exist and are often of the highest level, but for those who have a sick animal it is not easy to identify them», she says. «When you are there When faced with a rare or complex pathology, one often feels alone and disoriented».
…to the site that finds the veterinary specialist
From this personal experience it was born VetBooka digital platform that brings together veterinary professionals and related specializations, allowing owners to find their way more easily in finding the most suitable doctor, among veterinary clinics and surgeries. The system also allows you to manage clinical documentation of the animal and to access remote consultations, particularly useful when the professional is in another city.
But technology is not at the center of the story. There is the path of a woman who, in an attempt to help her dog, becomes collided with the limits of a fragmented system and decided to turn that experience into a possible response for others in the same situation.