:...Hello. I am a very sad person today. Two years ago, roughly, I purchased the most adorable piggie, and I named her Belle. I was clueless to the fact that she was pregnant. Three months after she moved in, we had two babies! Oh my were they cute! Two boys. One looked just like her and the other, the runt of the litter, whom I feel in love with, was silver and white. I named the silver one Coach and the other one Chip because he looked like a chocolate chip.
I separated them from Belle at 4 weeks...no more of those shenanigans please! And, then, after a while I had to find a home for one of the boys because the alternative was that eventually one would take the other out as all they did was fight. This was not good. So, I found this wonderful person who was looking to get a piggie for herself. She worked in a Pet Shop too! He is doing very well to this day. She adopted Chip almost a year ago now.
Coach, I am crying now, as I have been since yesterday, passed away late last night. Three weeks ago, he started to bleed during urination. I took him to the Vet and she medicated him for an infection saying he was too young for stones. She never Xrayed him. For two weeks I gave him this medication and the bleeding stopped. He was eating, drinking, peeing, and pooing just fine. His behavior was superb. However, he began to act strangely last week and was making terrible straining noises when urinating. I took him back to the Vet. This time she Xrayed him...Hmmm? She found a stone. The stone had moved into his Urethra. It was not good.
That was Saturday morning. Since Saturday morning until Monday I was on the phone trying to find a Vet that could remove a Urethral stone. None in my area! Ridiculous! I traveled almost an hour one way because I found a Vet that said she could do it. So, Monday night I find myself in this Vet's Office. She took great care of him. Drained his full bladder and made him comfortable for surgery the next day. She tells me she's not doing it but the other doctor that's there is also very good and there should not be a problem. I told them to call me if there were any issues because I could take him up to University Hospital in Philadelphia in the morning if needed.
I called the Vet's office on Tuesday morning. They tell me Coach is great. the Vet says nothing to me. I get a phone call at 1:30. I'm sorry. I had no idea this was not a bladder stone. I was livid. She never looked at the file! She sewed him back up and left him blocked like that. I picked him up last night, and at first she was not going to give me Coach, but the police, which I called made short work of that. I was on my way and taking him to the doctor I was originally going to take him to, but he was so weak from what the previous vet had done, he was backing up with fluid, and his body temperature was falling that he never even made it through the night!
I brought him back home and buryied him today under a tree in our back yard. I am so angry and upset. I feel so guilty. Should I have even done this to him? Was I selfish in trying to save him? Please help me heal. Does anyone know how to get passed this pain? I've tried cuddling with Belle, but she's not Coach. And although I love her as much as I do Coach, I miss him so much. And yes, I will be following up on legal processes with this Vet. To me this was murder. Maybe I am wrong, but that is how I feel right now. Please anyone help.
I separated them from Belle at 4 weeks...no more of those shenanigans please! And, then, after a while I had to find a home for one of the boys because the alternative was that eventually one would take the other out as all they did was fight. This was not good. So, I found this wonderful person who was looking to get a piggie for herself. She worked in a Pet Shop too! He is doing very well to this day. She adopted Chip almost a year ago now.
Coach, I am crying now, as I have been since yesterday, passed away late last night. Three weeks ago, he started to bleed during urination. I took him to the Vet and she medicated him for an infection saying he was too young for stones. She never Xrayed him. For two weeks I gave him this medication and the bleeding stopped. He was eating, drinking, peeing, and pooing just fine. His behavior was superb. However, he began to act strangely last week and was making terrible straining noises when urinating. I took him back to the Vet. This time she Xrayed him...Hmmm? She found a stone. The stone had moved into his Urethra. It was not good.
That was Saturday morning. Since Saturday morning until Monday I was on the phone trying to find a Vet that could remove a Urethral stone. None in my area! Ridiculous! I traveled almost an hour one way because I found a Vet that said she could do it. So, Monday night I find myself in this Vet's Office. She took great care of him. Drained his full bladder and made him comfortable for surgery the next day. She tells me she's not doing it but the other doctor that's there is also very good and there should not be a problem. I told them to call me if there were any issues because I could take him up to University Hospital in Philadelphia in the morning if needed.
I called the Vet's office on Tuesday morning. They tell me Coach is great. the Vet says nothing to me. I get a phone call at 1:30. I'm sorry. I had no idea this was not a bladder stone. I was livid. She never looked at the file! She sewed him back up and left him blocked like that. I picked him up last night, and at first she was not going to give me Coach, but the police, which I called made short work of that. I was on my way and taking him to the doctor I was originally going to take him to, but he was so weak from what the previous vet had done, he was backing up with fluid, and his body temperature was falling that he never even made it through the night!
I brought him back home and buryied him today under a tree in our back yard. I am so angry and upset. I feel so guilty. Should I have even done this to him? Was I selfish in trying to save him? Please help me heal. Does anyone know how to get passed this pain? I've tried cuddling with Belle, but she's not Coach. And although I love her as much as I do Coach, I miss him so much. And yes, I will be following up on legal processes with this Vet. To me this was murder. Maybe I am wrong, but that is how I feel right now. Please anyone help.
xx
