Kipcha
Well-Known Member
I'm devastated to be posting this, but Buttercup passed away at the vet clinic today. I don't understand how, in 12 hours, a rabbit can go from healthy to gone and I still don't know why, nor will I ever know since the vet did not have time to do a necropsy. All I know is she's gone and I wasn't even with her, I was at work and never even suspected I could possibly lose her today. I'm totally blindsided by this and still in shock over it all.
She was dropped off at the vet and they were going to stabilize her so we could decide what to do. We decided we would do whatever it took and it was horrible finding out everything through texts and short phone calls. Not an hour later they lost her once, but managed to bring her back. But she was no longer blinking and she wasn't breathing on her own. Then she was gone.
I'm not even sure what to think, or what I could have possibly done different. This is something that I've nursed rabbits through a hundred times, although never with Buttercup since she's never had a problem. But still, she's just gone and I don't understand what we did wrong.
I wish I'd been with her and I wish I had realized how serious it was before going to work this morning. She didn't even look that bad when I left. I would have told her how much I loved her and cuddled her and let her know, and now I'm never going to have that chance.
Rest in Peace Buttercup. I hope you knew how much you were loved.
I'll post her story later, when I'm feeling a little more up to it.
