Originally Posted by shell820810 (Post 2564433)

By the way, I am sure you are all fed up with me posting about Millie and the questions I have! :( but I am so grateful to have somewhere to express my feelings, and I thank each and everyone of you that have commented and consoled me the last few weeks.

I am a emotional wreck at the minute. I am trying to get over Millie, contemplate getting another pup, and feeling guilty. And so many of you have experienced the same.

Originally Posted by shell820810 (Post 2564433)

By the way, I am sure you are all fed up with me posting about Millie and the questions I have! :( but I am so grateful to have somewhere to express my feelings, and I thank each and everyone of you that have commented and consoled me the last few weeks.

I am a emotional wreck at the minute. I am trying to get over Millie, contemplate getting another pup, and feeling guilty. And so many of you have experienced the same.

Originally Posted by LunasMomma (Post 2564481)

First off, I am SO sorry about your baby Millie:cry: I know that you are heartbroken, as I have lost a baby too, way before her time:(

PLEASE don't ever feel that folks here will get fed up with your posting about Millie. We are all here for you, and it's GOOD to get your feelings out, somewhere safe and where others know and understand how you're feeling:unlove: It's especially hard to lose a baby and then to not really know why, so it's understandable that you are full of questions and "what ifs". I'd want to know why too.

I wonder why the vet didn't give her fluids under her skin if he didn't want to do an IV?:confused: It's just a quick jab. That's what they had to do for my little Luna when she was so sick.

Did you ask for a necropsy on her? That's really the only way to even maybe find out what happened.

My heart just breaks for you. Please know that you and Millie are in my prayers. I'm sorry for your loss:(

Originally Posted by shell820810 (Post 2564302)

I'm not sure if she had bloodwork done. Its doesnt seem to be something that is mentioned over here that much. Not sure if thats because it is normally done or because it isnt.

Originally Posted by shell820810 (Post 2564267)

As you know, Millie died 6 days after her spay. She hadnt eaten in 7 days, and could hardly keep water down.

I said all along that I thought that she was too weak, because she hadden eaten in so long, but the vets said they had to concentrate on her keeping the water down without being sick.

Because she had two surgeries and anesthetics in 5 days, it was too risky to sedate her to put her on a drip.

I was giving her glucose & nutrical every hour, and she had picked up earlier that day she died.

Her symptoms seem common to hypoglycemia; she had a shaking head, her legs were very wobby when she walked, she was very weak and distant.

The vet was going to put her on the drip the next morning, but she died during the night.

They were still talking about it today - they cant understand it, there was no bleeding, no infections, no sign of any other internal problems from the surgery.

Do you think thats what it could of been, and is there anything I could of done differently? I was giving her glucose and nutrical every hour to get her strength up a bit for the drip.

Now I wonder if we should've just taken the chance with the drip.

She was one year old and 5lb, so not a normal hypoglycemia case.

I just cant get by this, and the what ifs and whys....

Originally Posted by shell820810 (Post 2564495)

At the time I couldnt bear the thought of putting her through a post mortem. It wasnt going to change anything. We buried her that morning. I wouldnt want to exhume her now, but maybe I should've thought more about it at the time, even just for my own piece of mind.