IN LOVING MEMORY OF RAJAH

I too, lost my furbaby, Kandy, of 8 and  a half yrs, due to veterinarian negligence. I took her to the vet on Tues. October 7, 2008 and was told that she had a UTI and given antibiotics. On Wed. nite Oct. 8th she bagan vomiting and an emergency email was sent to the vet since it was after hours. There was no response to the email and no response to our phone calls the next day, Thurs.Oct. 9th. On Friday, I began sending emails to all my friends on 3 different social networking sites asking for recomendations for a new vet that would see, Kandy, on Saturday. Nobody responded. At 3:15am on October 13, 2008 my beloved Kandy died in my arms. My son in law and I did CPR in hopes of bringing her back until we could get her to the vet at 9am...it did no good. We had a necropsy done and the vet (not the vet who had originally treated Kandy)told us that Kandy had Kidney Failure. Had the original vet done blood tests and X-ray, she would have known that there was more than just a UTI. But, she didnt and now we are left with the guilt and pain of losing our babygirl, Kandy. I keep feeling like I should have done more, I should have been more pro-active. Now all I have left are pictures and memories...and an urn sitting on a shelf in my living room. I feel like she is lost and maybe she will come home someday, even though I know that she wont. I still feel her presence next to me on my bed and I want to pet her and hug her, but I cant. I know that one day, at the Rainbow Bridge, she and i will finally be re-united, as all beloved family members are that have gone before...Bless you for such a beautiful memorial for your Rajah and my Kandy has a slide show on You-Tube, a memorial page on MySpace and on Critters.com. Rest assured that you will see Rajah again and when you do the two of you will never be parted again...

Some day we will be together again, sometimes I wish sooner than later as I miss you so. And on my way I'll make a stop in Hell to visit some Bad Vets and one Stupid Lawyer.

Five years ago I died with you, I miss you more everyday.

Love Mommy

Im so sorry that happen to your little guy .my heart go out to you What a sad story

Wonderful tribute for your beloved Rajah.

Cynthia England says...

I have cried wretchedly the whole time I have been on your site.  For your loss, as well as mine.  You see, I have lost four of my babies in a two year time period, and literally lost another, whom I cannot find.  I have searched the web endlessly looking for a pro bono lawyer to take my case.  I went to the hospital on March 22, 2009.  One hour later, animal control removed all of my babies, illegally from my home.  I got them all back, except one. The best friend I've ever had!!  They "ACCIDENTALLY" MURDERED!, my German Shepherd.  I am going insane over the loss.  We were sleeping one moment, and the next I was never to see my baby alive again.  The last memory of her, she was trying to protect us from all the strangers in our home.  As I was being taken out I hollered her name over and over, and told her I loved her.  The sheer terror she must have felt as they forced her to the floor to murder her.  She had just turned six.  She was always here to protect me, but the one time she needed me to protect her, I couldn't.  I have lost all will to live.  If anyone can direct me to an attorney in N.C., that is free, I will be eternally grateful.  Ma'am, I feel your pain!!!

I too lost my dog when they gave him a drug labeled for Cattle & Horses without my informed consent. No surgery was ever performed yet my dog died.  The State Veternary Board dismissed my case as they most often do. My dog Mutley,was only 2 1/2 years old. I am so sorry for your loss . I know you haven't forgotten as I will never forget.  If you would like to talk  1-888-592-0121 I am in a group of other vet victims which have had similar cases with almost the same outcome. It seems it is their pattern.

Dear Rajah mom, I thank you for your courage and empathize with you in your grief. I also lost a pet (my dear old cat, Smokey) to veterinary errors. Even though after we have grieved, we are sometimes able to heal and go on, it never stops hurting, and we are never the same people again as we were before our pets were harmed. What is also so disturbing is the lies many negligent vets engage in to cover up their mistakes. If they were honest and regretful, it would be easier for us to heal and move on. All the best to you and your family. Natalie

Thank you for making this story public so all could read.  I cryed as I read it and hope beyond hope people realize not all vets know everything, and most won't admit it when they don't.   The Vet that will admit he / she is not sure about something and will research it is a GOOD vet. No one can know all the answers. I am so sorry Rajah had to suffer!   I always ask my vets (when i move and obtaining a new one) do you know about MDR1, ? (a mutation gene in aussies and b/c's) , what are your idea's on Raw fed dogs? What are your idea's on vaccinations ? They may not agree with my ideas but i at least want them to be open to understand why i feel the way i do (raw fed, no vaccinations, and i have 2 mdr1 carriers) ...............................................................

i have learned, ASK ASK ASK, don't assume they know it all.  Thank you again for sharing, your rajah is in my heart , may God give her all the love she needs till she gets to see you again.

My heart goes out to all those grieving. The pain, what if's the tears and that deep dull ache never seems to end. We did not lose pets, we lost a member of our family. Each and everyone of us has a story that needs to be told, I am honored that you have chosen my site's guest book to tell your story. If your need to contact me my e mail is SANTANA9569@msn.com  in the subject include Rajah's name.

Thank You

I just wanted to update everyone on my dog small small that died from Metacam.  I have had him shipped to a pathologist for a special autopsy.  I have also contacted the FDA about this.  If I can help anyone else in this world save their dog and themselves the pain and suffering Debby and I have gone through because of Doctors mistakes I will do so.  God bless Rajah and Small Small-they will be waiting for us at the gait when we go there someday.

I am so sorry for your loss.  I am grieving so much myself.  This past weekend I lost my beloved 4 pound Maltese dog small small.  He sprained his foot and was started on a drug called Metacam.  Five days later he was bleeding out of his stomach and could not be saved.  I am angry that the vet did not warn me of such complications and never did lab work prior to starting him on that medication.  I will forever feel guilty and my heart suffers as I feel I killed my dog with this medication when he was only placed on it for a sprain.  I do not know how to ease the pain.

Dr.Richard Silverberg says...
Drs are not and never will be perfect.For u to say in a letter to Dr.Dorn you hope they suffer,minimally u are disturbed.

Maybe you should keep quiet unless you were involved in the situation and let this poor woman grieve in her own way...

I am so sorry for your loss.  I recently had a situation with a not so helpful vet.  Dr. Finch at baseline animal hospital.  My cat, Kitty, had been severly consitpated and had an enema.  When she didn't come out of it, we were sent to a 24 hr hospital for observation over night.  Unfortunately she did not make it that long.  Kitty was diagnosed with Lymphoma and it was too far along to save her.  The ER vet said the symptoms she had been showing for previous months, which I had told Dr. Finch about, were tell tale signs she was sick.  She had been throwing up and lost 2 lbs in one year before all of this happened.  I had asked Dr. Finch to do bloodwork, but he insisted she looked healthy and it was unnecessary.  He said all that was wrong with her was constipation.  After her enema, she was in a "drunken state" and did not come back to her normal self.  When the vet called to say he was sorry for my loss, and I told him what the ER vet had said, he did nothing but defend his actions and adimently state he was correct and did not miss a thing...needless to say I will never return to him and I will go out of my way to make sure noone else I know does either. 

Your story caught my attention because I too have a four legged, 7 year old Afghan friend, named Rajah.  After the experience with Kitty, I am now worried about my other pets and will be taking Raj to his Senior Wellness appointment tomorrow.  I appreciate all of the information on how to interpret bloodwork. 

Take care and best of luck in getting vindication from you old vet. 

I have cried wretchedly the whole time I have been on your site.  For your loss, as well as mine.  You see, I have lost four of my babies in a two year time period, and literally lost another, whom I cannot find.  I have searched the web endlessly looking for a pro bono lawyer to take my case.  I went to the hospital on March 22, 2009.  One hour later, animal control removed all of my babies, illegally from my home.  I got them all back, except one. The best friend I've ever had!!  They "ACCIDENTALLY" MURDERED!, my German Shepherd.  I am going insane over the loss.  We were sleeping one moment, and the next I was never to see my baby alive again.  The last memory of her, she was trying to protect us from all the strangers in our home.  As I was being taken out I hollered her name over and over, and told her I loved her.  The sheer terror she must have felt as they forced her to the floor to murder her.  She had just turned six.  She was always here to protect me, but the one time she needed me to protect her, I couldn't.  I have lost all will to live.  If anyone can direct me to an attorney in N.C., that is free, I will be eternally grateful.  Ma'am, I feel your pain!!!

I'm very sorry about your loss of Rajah. I lost my beloved Marlowe last year to blood cancer.  You bury your dogs in your heart. I have a friend now who has a two year old lab/pit mix who has been diagnosed with something close to kidney failure. There is lots of bacteria in his urine and a high white blood count. She is terrified as her vet is sending her to a specialist in another city. Her vet can't figure out what it is. It is not responding to antibiotics. 

Our pets are so precious to us. There are many vets, like doctors who should not be practicing. My  heart goes out to you. I have six dogs as I take them in and soon will foster puppies for our shelter until they can be placed. 

God Bless... and you will see Rajah again. 

Pam

we thank you for your care of others. finding your resources is heaven sent from the eyes of our beloved Francene (3 yr. old St. Bernanrd) and our hearts who love for her so much.

I lost my mommy dog last weekend. It was only 3-4 weeks after a rabie shot.

We don't know what she died from. Her little heart was about to beat out of her

chest. Yesterday, I took the son and daughter doggys to the vet for their rabie

shot. They both had a bad reaction when I got home, and couldn't make it back

to the Petsmart where I had taken them.  This is the first time I used anyone

except a professional vet. I almost lost them both, and the little daughter

doggy was almost gone when I suddenly whipped into a vets office on the way

that was closing. They grabbed my dog, and went to the car to get the other.

Took them in the back and gave them two shots and saved my dogs. They said it was strange that since they both had a reaction to the rabie shot, at the

same time. They have had rabie shots before with no problem. The mommy

and daddy dog lived to 14 years. I am really confused about giving the rabie

shot again. I believed it killed my momm dog, dixie.

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