Many of you have seen my photos of my little boy Jaxon. I haven't posted much lately, as my heart has been broken by the sudden passing of my lil guy.
He never had any known health issues, but 4 days before his first birthday, at about 2am, he woke us up with a loud pain yelp. Kind of like you would expect if he'd been hit by a car or something!
I rushed to his play yard. He took 3 or 4 steps toward me and then fell on his face with his lil butt sticking straight up in the air. Brownish red liquid poured out of his mouth. I scooped him up and drove to a nearby ER vet. He was in terrible pain, they took him right to the back. When they came out, they said he needed something for nausea and pain, so they gave him a shot and an iv for a few minutes. Long story short, we took him home, and got up early to take him to his regular vet. He died in my arms on the way out the door... I totally lost it, and am about to again just telling you about it. I loved that little guy. The vet (without an autopsy) thinks by all that happened, that his gallbladder may have erupted. (p.s.)The ER vet did not diagnose the problem, They gave me an estimate of nearly $2000.00 to try and stabilize him for 5 hours til my vet opened! All I had available to me at that time of the morning was $500.00 cash, and they would not treat him for that amount. I was, and still am outraged by this ER vet and their $300.00 for an x-ray, and nearly $100.00 just to have them do an initial exam. They took all my money, but that just got him out of pain. This was the most crushing experience of my life.