Dog sudden death
I have a very sad story about my Lhasa Apso that I would like ask a few questions about his recent and sudden death. Friday we brought both of our dogs to the groomer to get bath and shaven. It is done all in the open and the groomer is very loving and affectionate towards the animals and never at all abusive or rough with the animals. On a Saturday afternoon, we noticed the dog was a bit lethargic (though not a hyper dog to begin with) and was not eating, but was still drinking water. Sunday he vomited a couple of times. It was not pretty to look at, but nothing out of the ordinary. He still was not eating and our vet was out of the office, so we went to his substitute vet in another town on Monday afternoon. The appointment was at 4:30 PM. The dog was still lethargic and not eating, but did not really seem to be in pain. He did not cry or wince when touched, he just looked sad. The vet gave him a shot. One the vet claims it was Tylan. The dog came home and the dog walked in by himself without any problems, then at 7:15 he could hardly move his entire body it was a struggle to lift his head a bit. He had violent black diarrhea several times before we rushed him back to the vet. The smell was so vial, I thought I was going to get sick myself. The vet then said he had rectal bleeding and needed to stay overnight because he was dehydrated. They then took blood work (did not do it initially). The next day we went back as scheduled at 1:30 PM, not even18 hours later he was blind, was diagnosed as a diabetic had an extremely high sugar count, his kidneys were failing, but with no ketones in the urine dip stick and was in a coma. Tylan (the shot they claim to have given him) does not do that from all of the research I tried to find on the web. And the night before when we returned after the shot, the vet kept on saying that she didn't do anything wrong, trying to blame us for taking the dog home and not leaving him at the vet, but he wasn't like that at 5:00 PM she thought that he may a bit dehydrated because of the vomiting and said if we wanted to leave him overnight for saline solution. But they are not there all night and I did not want to leave him there alone in a cage if he was still drinking his water at home. I agreed to bring him back the next day if he was not better after the Tylan shot. He may not of been eating, but he was drinking water. As we were crying, we were telling the vet, no one said she did anything wrong, (and it never popped in my head until she said it) just to take care of the dog. Later that day at 4:30 in the afternoon I had to sign the paperwork to put him down since the head vet and several others in the group believed there was so mush swelling to his brain, that it was a lost cause to keep alive. All the vets in the group could not come up with a conclusion of why his body failed so suddenly. Something does not add up. He was only three years old and very healthy until this point with no problems what so ever. He was not over weight or underweight. This dog always went to the vet, got his shots, never had any problems with Diabetes. He did not eat strange things or get into things he was supposed to and was not exposed to things like antifreeze (none any where in the house, garage or basement) and the other dog and two cats are fine. The only thing he would occasionally munch on the dry cat food, but the other dog eats a lot more when I am not looking. He did eat people food. But things like Chicken, rice and noodles as his regular diet (I know not the best according to the vet, but they were spoiled). They did not get sweets like chocolate, maybe an occasional piece of a piece of bread. In my heart of hearts I believe they killed that dog by accident. I am not looking to sue or go after this woman I just want some closure to this (though I don't ever think I will be going back to that vet ever again regardless). Thank you for your assistance. |
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