My heart breaks for you. I have taken a baby into a vet, an excellent vet, and my baby was healthy and precious and loved her vet, and I left her there for surgery.....and she died after the procedure....I never got to look into those beautiful little eyes again. The pain you are left with is absolutely gut wrenching, feeling like you are responsible for delivering your baby directly into the hands of Death. There is nothing I can say that can soften those raw edges in your broken heart....You just have to know there is a risk with any surgery you go into. All you can do is pre-op labs, know you are working with a compentent, knowledgable vet, know your pup is as healthy as possible, know they are using gas anesthesia, know they are controlling IV fluid intake before, during, and after surgery, know that your baby is getting appropriate post surgery care by never leaving them unattended, keeping them warm because cold drops blood sugar, affects heart rate, and it follows a dibilitating cascade downward....you can only take comfort in the fact that apparently all the right things were done....and it just turned out so sadly for you and your baby....I am so sorry for that. You did all you could do to make sure this would be uneventful for her....there is nothing more YOU could have done. |