catherine09
Mama Doe
Sandy, I only knew you for a few days but your passing has deeply upset me.
Sandy came to stay with me last week whilst her owner was on holiday. On one of my final checks Monday evening I found her collapsed on her side, she had lost the use of her back legs and her eyes were flickering, she had also wet herself - I scooped her up and without even locking the house or putting her in a carrier we rushed to the emergency vets with her, thinking EC.
By the time we had got to the emergency vets (only a 10 minute drive away) she had deteriorated and I insisted the vet took her immediately to stabilise whilst I rang her owners. 10 minutes later she came back down to say her temperature was 34degrees and they had put her on Oxygen to help her breathing as it was very shallow. I finally got her owners on the phone to discuss options with the vet - whilst the vet was on the phone to her owner the nurse came down to deliver the devastating news that she had passed away.
It was honestly one of the worst moments of my life, I feel like I failed her. She was held in my care and now she has gone. I checked on her only an hour earlier before I had my dinner and she was fine. If only I had gone out 15 minutes earlier she might have made it
I can't stop blaming myself for what happened, even though I know rationally something catastrophic must have happened to cause such a rapid decline. The owner has opted not to do a PM so I guess I will never know for sure.
RIP Sandy. I'm so sorry I couldn't save you.
Sandy came to stay with me last week whilst her owner was on holiday. On one of my final checks Monday evening I found her collapsed on her side, she had lost the use of her back legs and her eyes were flickering, she had also wet herself - I scooped her up and without even locking the house or putting her in a carrier we rushed to the emergency vets with her, thinking EC.
By the time we had got to the emergency vets (only a 10 minute drive away) she had deteriorated and I insisted the vet took her immediately to stabilise whilst I rang her owners. 10 minutes later she came back down to say her temperature was 34degrees and they had put her on Oxygen to help her breathing as it was very shallow. I finally got her owners on the phone to discuss options with the vet - whilst the vet was on the phone to her owner the nurse came down to deliver the devastating news that she had passed away.
It was honestly one of the worst moments of my life, I feel like I failed her. She was held in my care and now she has gone. I checked on her only an hour earlier before I had my dinner and she was fine. If only I had gone out 15 minutes earlier she might have made it
I can't stop blaming myself for what happened, even though I know rationally something catastrophic must have happened to cause such a rapid decline. The owner has opted not to do a PM so I guess I will never know for sure.RIP Sandy. I'm so sorry I couldn't save you.
