Hi Monica
I just wanted to say thank you for your article. I had to to put my 12 yr old dog Jazmine to sleep 2 days ago n my heart hurts so bad…Just wanted to express myself to you n others ,that same day i had to let my baby girl go to heaven without me was one of the hardest days of my life. My Jazzer pazzer pie (thats what me n my 3 yr son would call her at times)had been a miracle puppy when she was one i went n dropped her off to get spade n had gotten a bad feeling n i kept texting that im worried for her somethings wrong. I had just got back to the office from feild work as a visiting cna in Lancaster pa. When i got a horrible call from my vet saying that Jazzy had flat lined n they had brought her back to life the vet said that she was too risky for operating of any kind . In one way i thanked the vet for saving her n the other hand i hated her for she n her crew in the operating room gave her too much meds to make her sleep for that she never did get spade for i was deathly afraid to have her go under the knife ever again. I read everything about not having your dog spade n well its all true my baby girl had problems n had to have n emergency hysterectomy i was so scared she wasn’t coming home again n well she did for ah few more years yet that vet did save her but when i went to see her she was a mess they said oh shes up n walking yet not eating for us when i did see her i told them ahe was over medicated n tge vet got nasty with me n said dont you tell me how to treat my patient i said im not im telling you how to treat my loving dog please cut back on meds. I went back the next day n she walked out to see me n i was so happy she was walking i gave her some chicken n she ate every bit my pup was back! I asked what they did different for the vet would not come see me as i requested the young lady said they changed her meds needless to say im not a vet myself or others but you should always listen to the owner’s for we do know our pets..My story doesnt have a happy ending but she did get spoiled by me everyday for 12 years n im so grateful to have received her as the best birthday present i ever received. My Jazzy developed a lump at her belly n i was going to set up n operation i took her to the vet got a estimate n said i will call to set up appointment the next 2 days i thought n fought with myself not knowing what to do i finally said yes to operation n i called the vet n here the one i had talked to n entrusted with had left the practice i felt horrible a bad feeling came apon me once again . I did not go get the operation done im not sure if i did the right thing for her n i feel so guilty n bad n sad all at tge same time she lived one year longer yet her lump slowly got bigger as i got sadder knowing i would have to decide when to put her to sleep i didn’t want her to be in any pain. That dreadful night i had moved my leg in bed n felt her behind me im afraid she jumped off my bed n hurt her back leg close to lump she woke me up crying shes never cried before ever i started crying knowing that she was in pain that she needed pease i took her as soon as the vets opened seen the Dr. N knew what she would say she needed to go to sleep so we decided to let her go to heaven. That same day me n my husband went home in sorrow weeping so much for our first child to us Jazzy our baby girl was gone. We decided to a little latter to go to my moms house for thats where our 2 boys had went to have dinner their . That day was so cloudy rainy n sad then the sun came out shining brightly …. then at my moms house a big storm came dark as night then a short break in between the clouds n rain i said we better go home before it gets worse i went to the kitchen rinsed out my can n went to throw it in the recycle bin out back whrn i looked up in to the sky so blue n bright weird lights of sun light n out came a HUGE rainbow i smiled so big n shouted come see our Jazzy found rainbow bridge n shes happy at pease she saying I love you mom n dad ill see you later ill be waiting for you.😙