First, can I emphasise that I am not attempting to apportion blame. I realise that after the death of a much loved pet there is a grieving process and anger is part of that. But I am just trying to understand a delay in noticing a major injury that Jinxy suffered.
Jinxy was taken to an emergency vet at 10pm on wednesday where she was treated for hypothermia.
She was x-rayed the following morning and shown to have damage to her pelvis.
It was only when I visited her on the Friday and was concerned at the way she was vomiting that a further x-ray was done which showed a huge hernia that had pushed through her stomach wall and went up into her chest restricting her breathing. Thats 42hrs after being admitted.
When the vet called me to tell me this, she said that she was the only one in and had consultations that afternoon and that she would not be able to operate until the evening.
Jinxy died shortly after being woken from the operation.
I appreciate none of us are veterinary professionals and nobody has access to the case notes but my question is, would it be reasonable to assume that an injury of this magnitude should have been noticed in the first x-ray. And on noticing it would it have not been obvious that she would be suffering major internal bleeding which should have been treated immediately, rather than waiting another 4 hours.
I have not spoken with the vet involved about my concerns as I want to be sure I am not talking twaddle. I will speak with my regular vet tomorrow but I do not know if he would see it as unprofessional to make an opinion when he does not have all the notes.
Any thoughts would be really appreciated.
Many thanks
Dave
Jinxy was taken to an emergency vet at 10pm on wednesday where she was treated for hypothermia.
She was x-rayed the following morning and shown to have damage to her pelvis.
It was only when I visited her on the Friday and was concerned at the way she was vomiting that a further x-ray was done which showed a huge hernia that had pushed through her stomach wall and went up into her chest restricting her breathing. Thats 42hrs after being admitted.
When the vet called me to tell me this, she said that she was the only one in and had consultations that afternoon and that she would not be able to operate until the evening.
Jinxy died shortly after being woken from the operation.
I appreciate none of us are veterinary professionals and nobody has access to the case notes but my question is, would it be reasonable to assume that an injury of this magnitude should have been noticed in the first x-ray. And on noticing it would it have not been obvious that she would be suffering major internal bleeding which should have been treated immediately, rather than waiting another 4 hours.
I have not spoken with the vet involved about my concerns as I want to be sure I am not talking twaddle. I will speak with my regular vet tomorrow but I do not know if he would see it as unprofessional to make an opinion when he does not have all the notes.
Any thoughts would be really appreciated.
Many thanks
Dave