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Originally Posted by rcorsino  Hi,
I am new to this forum. My name is Robin and I live in Lansdale PA. I bought a 6 month old Yorkie a month ago. His name is Max. I took Max to be neutered on Monday. He went into a heart attack on the table from the Anestia.
The vet never told me before the procedure to have blood tests done or anything about small dogs especially Yorkies having problems with being put under.
Max has been in the hospital since Monday. My heart is broken and I think I will have to put Max down.
I'm so upset up this.
I'm also now 5 grand in debt with medical bills.
Can anyone tell me a way to raise the money for Max's hospital bills? Maybe there is a foundation or grants or charities that help.
The most important issue here is that this never happens again to another Yorkie.
Any help or information would be appreciated. |
First unless this dog is in a high premiere care emergency hospital that vet bill is outrageous. And even then, did they keep you apprised of what the costs of this and that medical procedure was before entering into them.
Get a lawyer now!. Let him advise you of your rights. For example did you give Fully Informed Consent to this procedure? Did the vet, go over the risks of putting any small breed dog under anaesthisa? Not just merely push in front of you a bunch of forms to sign.
Did the vet as is protocol for toy breeds, recommend to you pre op blood work and did you say no?
Beyond this, in terms of raising money for help with vet bills, I'm so sorry that I don't know if there is anything available in the US.