The Pan,when Will It Go Away? Part 2 Options

[angelsflying]

Hello again...its been a while since I posted about my Charlie and his passing. What I want to update about now is...I went to vets office 2 weeks ago to get a copy of all Charlies records, and much to my surprise and dis belief....3 days before I was told my baby was in respitory distress, in his chart it stated: No dyspnea (resp distress) noted during exam, and heart and lungs OK. Also, all the tests I was told that were run, there was nothing in his chart to that effect. Now, Im feeling I was not given all the true facts, and based my decision on what I was told. Im heart broken again, feel betrayed, and full of guilt. Now I question myself, did I put my boy down for nothing? I wrote the vet a letter this past Friday, but have heard nothing back,yet. Tell me, in your opinions, what would any of you do with this new info? How would ya'll feel ? I would love to hear. Though I know that nothing can be changed, and I cant bring him back, I very angry and hurt. Thanks for listening !
Dawn

[AngelBear'sLuv]

I am so sorry for the sorrow, anger, confusion and helplessness that you must feel. It's unthinkable that a vet could be so negligent, and I hope and pray that is not the case. But if so, you might have a law suit in your midst. If it is true that a mistake was made, the vet might be reluctant to admit it, or might be trying to figure out how it happened. I would place phone calls to the vets office nonstop until you get a satisfactory answer TODAY. That won't bring your precious baby back I know, but you deserve answers and the peace of mind of at least knowing to know the truth. If you are not satisfied with the response (time or quality), you might report the event.

Years ago, my Mom's dog was erroneously diagnosed with heart worm. The dog had a violent reaction to the drugs used to treat heartworm and nearly died of complications from it. Turns out, the dog never had heart worm. To this day, we don't know if it was an honest mistake (such as mixing up the test results of patients), or if it was a money-making scheme of the vets. We would all like to believe it's the former. But bottom line - you deserve to know immediately! If it was an error, the vet needs to dramatically improve processes and procedures to prevent it from ever happening again. If there is more going on there - the place should be shut down asap!