Levi never showed any signs of illness until Monday and by Thursday he was gone, has certainly changed our lives.
First of all let me say I'm so sorry for your loss.Oh my maybe i shouldn't post this now i don't know please forgive me if I'm doing wrong about telling my story at this sad time in your life.I just wont other people on this forum to be careful of the Vets they use.
Oh my the memories this brings back to me,just to say first i know that DR Jim is a good Vet and you truly trust him,but i just have to tell you my story.I have 2 fur babies (Chihuahuas) Daisy and Ellie.Me and Ellie was in a car wreck Dec 2006 hit in the rear while setting at a stop sign. Ellie was knocked into the floor by the impact, at first though she was OK but a few days later noticed her limping, so took her to Dr Vaughn her regular vet and had been every since i got her at 6 weeks old.Well he said she had arthritis gave her meds sent her home she got no better,so took her back to Dr Vaughn so he said he wonted to do xrays see what was going on in there so i left her and told him to go ahead.I went home and he called me to come back in he wonted to go over the xrays with me,showed them to me said she had cancer in her leg and he would recommend taking her leg off but it would do no good cause it had done spread to her bones and lungs he said there was different treatments that we could do but i would just be causing her a lot of pain cause it would not do any good maybe just prolong her life maybe a few months.If he was me he would just watch her and when the pain seemed really bad put her to sleep oh my i thought i was going to die.I went home with her but i would not accept she had cancer she acted alright except for the limping and she was eating like a little hog,so i called Va Tech they have a Vet clinic there at the college and i told them what was going on about the wreck and Dr Vaughn saying Ellie had cancer so they had me to bring her there to be checked.Ellie did not have cancer but a torn ligament in her leg they done surgery and she is doing wonderful so please be careful with the Vets you are using.I wonted to tell you my story because Vets do make mistakes if i had listened a perfectly healthy dog would have been sent to Rainbow Bridge way before her time here was up at 4 yrs old.
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