mikewint
Captain
If any of you have followed the posts on dogs you may recall that I had an 3yo Irish Wolfhound named Breena
This is very hard for me to write but my beautiful girl Breena died yesterday. After missing her aug heat and having one dobe die of breast cancer in the past I thought it best to have her spayed. There were two vets and two techs doing the operation and it went very well. Her ECG was normal, pulseox 98%, and she recovered from surgery very well. I picked her up around 4PM Monday. She was hurting and walked very slow and had some trouble with the steps. She had a pain shot at the vet which was to last 24hrs. She did not want to eat but drank lots of water. I took her out side twice that night and she peed but had some problems getting up from her squat. Abdominal surgery is tough and painful. Early the next morning, 6:30 AM she did not look any better and had trouble getting up and walking up and down the stairs. She made it to the grass but just laid down. Karen called the vet at 8AM and the vet said to give her 2 aspirin for the pain. At 10AM she was worse and could hardy rise. I got home at 11:30 and Breena just looked at me and could not get up. The vet came to the house with a stretcher and took her to the office. I followed close behind. They had her on the table, were giving her oxygen and had an ECG running. Her heart was racing almost 200bpm and from time to time was throwing PVCs. They gave her Lidocane which worked for a time with her rate slowing to 140-150 at which point her head would come up, she'd see me, wag her tail and lick my hand but within 15-20 min the PVCs would return. She just got worse and worse. I held her while she took her last agonizing breaths.
I've had many dogs in my life but Breena was so very very special. The light in those big brown eyes is gone forever and I basically killed her. Sunday she was running and playing with the other girls, I decided to have her spayed and subjected her to the operation and as a result she died.
I'm not one of those wack-jobs who think dogs are human, Breena was better than that
This is very hard for me to write but my beautiful girl Breena died yesterday. After missing her aug heat and having one dobe die of breast cancer in the past I thought it best to have her spayed. There were two vets and two techs doing the operation and it went very well. Her ECG was normal, pulseox 98%, and she recovered from surgery very well. I picked her up around 4PM Monday. She was hurting and walked very slow and had some trouble with the steps. She had a pain shot at the vet which was to last 24hrs. She did not want to eat but drank lots of water. I took her out side twice that night and she peed but had some problems getting up from her squat. Abdominal surgery is tough and painful. Early the next morning, 6:30 AM she did not look any better and had trouble getting up and walking up and down the stairs. She made it to the grass but just laid down. Karen called the vet at 8AM and the vet said to give her 2 aspirin for the pain. At 10AM she was worse and could hardy rise. I got home at 11:30 and Breena just looked at me and could not get up. The vet came to the house with a stretcher and took her to the office. I followed close behind. They had her on the table, were giving her oxygen and had an ECG running. Her heart was racing almost 200bpm and from time to time was throwing PVCs. They gave her Lidocane which worked for a time with her rate slowing to 140-150 at which point her head would come up, she'd see me, wag her tail and lick my hand but within 15-20 min the PVCs would return. She just got worse and worse. I held her while she took her last agonizing breaths.
I've had many dogs in my life but Breena was so very very special. The light in those big brown eyes is gone forever and I basically killed her. Sunday she was running and playing with the other girls, I decided to have her spayed and subjected her to the operation and as a result she died.
I'm not one of those wack-jobs who think dogs are human, Breena was better than that
My condolences, always hard to lose a loving pet, they are so much part of the family.
