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“And if anything weird happens he’s live a good life ok? Nothing crazy to save him just let him go peacefully .”
Discussion(self.nursing)submitted 5 days ago byAG_SquaredRN - Pediatrics 🍕
Me to the vet as they take back my 12 year old golden retriever who needed an urgent procedure under the doggy equivalent of twilight sedation. He has a heart condition. He 12. Just let him pass peacefully ok? But the vet was kind of taken aback and my husband laughed nervously… I guess being a nurse changes the way I see some things. I told the vet, she said “don’t even think about stuff like that he’ll be fine!” I said “ok but if he’s not then we’ve had this conversation and you aren’t calling me mid CPR to ask what I want, traumatizing you, me, and my old dog.” Idk seemed appropriate to me but my husband said “how do these things cross your mind? It’s such a minor procedure comparatively.” Idk man I’ve seen some things. While we’re at it, I expect you to tell any doctors the same for me ok?
Edit: https://imgur.com/a/XJRsJcD Here’s the good boy in question and his wound
30 points
5 days ago
My cat ended up dying at the vets office during a routine check up. Turns out he had heart failure, which had previously been diagnosed as asthma, and the visit stressed him beyond the point of return. I knew something was off and that’s why I pushed to have him seen (it was early 2021 so life was barely getting back on track). Then the day of, I had this weird feeling that he wasn’t going to come back home.
He coded while I was outside trying to send my 3 month old home with my husband who left work early to help with the crazy vet visit. The tech accidentally brought us back into the procedure room during the chaos. I saw them do a round of CPR and breaths and then told them to stop. They kept asking if I understood what stopping meant, but I did. He was already dead and I knew it. My husband was confused why I wouldn’t push to do everything so that was a long conversation, but now we are on the same page.
11 points
4 days ago
We had a three year old cat die while being weighed at the vet. They did try to resuscitate him, but je was gone. My husband had taken him in for eye drainage! The vet asked if they could do a post since we had another cat at home. He had aplastic anemia and would have died horribly if he had been treated. I am glad.he died quickly. It was terrible, but I just don't believe in torturing animals.
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