Originally Posted by Hiline

Our family really appreciates all of the sincere condolences from everyone. Cleo's autopsy was performed this morning and, while giving us some answers, brings more questions. Almost 95% of her lung volume was filled with blood, without ANY sign of trauma whatsoever. Her liver was also significantly enlarged, leading the vet to believe it had to be some sort of poisoning. The vet said she has only seen 2-3 cases as bad as Cleo before and they were all in the setting of major trauma; broken bones, bruising, abdominal organ injury, etc. (which Cleo had none of) I consider myself fairly "hardened" as I have worked in a busy trauma center for over 12 years, but I find my eyes welling up with tears as I write this. All I can think of is her little tail wagging when we whispered into her ear as she struggled to get oxygen, which even the ventilator could not provide enough for her tiny lungs.

Our vet thinks #1 most likely cause is poisoning, but from what is the question. I deal with a lot of human poisoning, but this is out of my league. Our vet was fantastic through everything, but really can't tell me what did this.

Does anyone have any kind of experience/knowledge with anything like this??
I hate to blame anyone or any company, but has anyone had their Yorkie become ill/sick from granular fertilizer?? Our lawn care company applied granules to our lawn, which Cleo had access too, without letting us know!! This was 2 days before Cleo became violently sick. Of course their web site maintains all of their products are perfectly safe for pets..... but do they test their products on 3 lb. Yorkies?? With 3 young kids here in the house, we've had things poisoned proofed for a long time before Cleo came into our life and that is the only potential source we can logically think of.

We would appreciate any thoughts/ideas. I do have tissue samples and blood tubes but am really not sure what/where to send. Maybe this is would turn into a fruitless quest??