I had lost my pure breed Lhasa Apso , named Mushi who was 12 months old, she was just like a baby loving, greeted us when we came home, just full of life, I can go on and on, and suddenly her life was cut short. due to having her Spayed please please think and research your vet before spaying, I didn't even think of her dieing it did not even cross my mind since I thought spay was so routine. What that poor baby went thru and what I witnessed was so horrendous, it was a nightmare. I had picked her up from the clinic the following day after her spay, and No Postop instructions were given to me on emergency numbers or how to take care of her afterwards. I had to ask when it was ok for her to go up the stairs. I was so stressed about her surgery (this being my first Spay). When we brought Mushi home she was reluctant to walk and would take a couple of steps at a time, so we carried her outside to do her business, etc.
So 4 days after I called the Vet to tell them she was in pain and not walking they said bring her in, we did they took temperature, looked visually at incision, gave us pain med and dismissed us in a hurry. Following night at 11pm Mushi"s tummy ruptured (dehisced) and her interial organs were outside of her body on the ground, what a awful thing to see my beloved baby go thru, it was excruciating, my daugther and I called 911 since no instructions were given, who inturn sent us to Er, it is a longer story, but in the end
Mushi being in pain had transected her intestines, and I had to do the hardest thing of all especially not being able to say goodbye, or kiss her I was in shock and did the best thing I could , I asked the E tr vet what would you do if this was your puppy? and she replied put her to sleep , so I did the only thing I could to end her suffering, what a Loss, what a inhumane way to die, I am still in shock, I wish I would have never spayed her, she would still be with us, full of life, vibrant giving us unconditional love and trust. Thank you for reading, I am still emotional over her loss.

I feel for you, I am with you. The loss is too great for words of consolation.
This I call Medical Murder with a licence!!!

Teena,

I can't imagine how you must feel. I'm so sorry to hear that you had to go through this. I've never heard of such a tragedy following spaying. God bless you.

My heart goes out to you TEENA. That is awful! There are bad doctors in the animal world as well as the human world. I would try to sue that doctor. I don't know if vets film their operations or not but if so I would try to get a copy and have another vet look at it to see if it was done correctly in the first place. They definately should have given you post surgical instructions and generally they will try to sell you the cone that goes over their head so that the dog cannot lick at the incision. My vet gives you the cone to take home and if you see that your dog is licking then you use it. If the dog doesn't mess with her incision you can take it back and get the money back if it wasn't used. The dog should not have been in that much pain after 4 days. Not unless there was an infection. Very sad.
If you can't sue then I would write a letter to the editor of the newspaper(s) and state exactly what happened and name names.

Sorry for your loss! I know how bad it hurts, I never thought I would stop crying when I lost my Sheba! RIP!

Oh.. that is such a tragedy. I'm very sorry for your loss, i say that whole-heartedly because i know the loss.

My heart goes out to you,that is a terrible thing to happen and watching your baby suffer, im sure that will stay with you forever..be strong and you will in time recover.Best wishes for the future.

I am sorry to hear about your lose .

Teena - I know how you must be feeling. Nearly a month since I lost my dog too to incompetent vets, I am still missing him, crying my eyes out from the pain of the loss. I am so sorry for the awful suffering of your baby.