BlueGiants
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Finally got to talk to the vet. She is so upset and there is more to the story than I heard from the people.
When the guy took the rabbit in to the vet, she said the rabbit was high strung, nervous and ready to fly off the table. (She told me she had trouble believing it was one of my rabbits! She's seen many of my bunnies and they've never behaved like that! This was a rabbit that, when I sold her, gave me kisses and loved to snuggle! She was very calm and very sweet to me.)
But she handled it and had the guy sign the papers for the surgery. But he refused to sign the page where he gave permission for IV's or extraordinary treatments and he signed a DNR!!!! I've never heard anyone doing that! He told her they'd only had her for two weeks and he hadn't gotten attached... whatever happened... happened. (Some attitude!). She got a very bad feeling from the guy... said he was detached and weird.
She said the surgery went pretty normal, and after the surgery, she seemed fine. Came out of the anesthesia pretty well. But all of a sudden, she pee'd a lot of blood. Dr. knew she was bleeding into the bladder. She didn't even call them back then, She went right back in to fix it. She found a tear in the edge of what remained of the uterus (above where she stitched it closed) and it was bleeding into the bladder. (Dr. didn't know how it tore, but said the uterus was fragile and it came out easy.) She had lost a lot of blood, but she fixed the tear and it looked good. But then she had to call the guy for permission to give her IV fluids and meds. While she was on the phone waiting for him,the rabbit seizured and died. (Probably from blood loss). Dr. was flipping out. She said she knew she could have saved her if she didn't have to delay. She said she went home crying that night. She's only lost 3 rabbits in all her years of practice. And she was upset cause she felt there was no reason this rabbit had to die. (Ihave no patienceforstupid people!)
Now the woman is the one that called me, allupset. The husband isn't as upset (or that's what I gather from the emails and conversations). But they want another bunny, they're worried about their buck being alone... and I'm having second thoughts about giving them another rabbit, but I already promised her aMini Rex doe.I just know theyare not getting another Flemish from me...
Their boy looked well fed, well cared for, clean and friendly... I saw photo's of the coop area's (in their own bedroom...). It all looked so normal. I'm really ticked off now.
edited to add: when the Dr was talking to the guy after the second surgery, she told the guy that Cassie was looking OK but she wanted to give her an IV. He said no, so the Dr said she was keeping her overnight for observation. She didn't know the rabbit passed away, until her assistant came and told her. So it was a third phone call to tell them the rabbit died.
When the guy took the rabbit in to the vet, she said the rabbit was high strung, nervous and ready to fly off the table. (She told me she had trouble believing it was one of my rabbits! She's seen many of my bunnies and they've never behaved like that! This was a rabbit that, when I sold her, gave me kisses and loved to snuggle! She was very calm and very sweet to me.)
But she handled it and had the guy sign the papers for the surgery. But he refused to sign the page where he gave permission for IV's or extraordinary treatments and he signed a DNR!!!! I've never heard anyone doing that! He told her they'd only had her for two weeks and he hadn't gotten attached... whatever happened... happened. (Some attitude!). She got a very bad feeling from the guy... said he was detached and weird.
She said the surgery went pretty normal, and after the surgery, she seemed fine. Came out of the anesthesia pretty well. But all of a sudden, she pee'd a lot of blood. Dr. knew she was bleeding into the bladder. She didn't even call them back then, She went right back in to fix it. She found a tear in the edge of what remained of the uterus (above where she stitched it closed) and it was bleeding into the bladder. (Dr. didn't know how it tore, but said the uterus was fragile and it came out easy.) She had lost a lot of blood, but she fixed the tear and it looked good. But then she had to call the guy for permission to give her IV fluids and meds. While she was on the phone waiting for him,the rabbit seizured and died. (Probably from blood loss). Dr. was flipping out. She said she knew she could have saved her if she didn't have to delay. She said she went home crying that night. She's only lost 3 rabbits in all her years of practice. And she was upset cause she felt there was no reason this rabbit had to die. (Ihave no patienceforstupid people!)
Now the woman is the one that called me, allupset. The husband isn't as upset (or that's what I gather from the emails and conversations). But they want another bunny, they're worried about their buck being alone... and I'm having second thoughts about giving them another rabbit, but I already promised her aMini Rex doe.I just know theyare not getting another Flemish from me...
Their boy looked well fed, well cared for, clean and friendly... I saw photo's of the coop area's (in their own bedroom...). It all looked so normal. I'm really ticked off now.
edited to add: when the Dr was talking to the guy after the second surgery, she told the guy that Cassie was looking OK but she wanted to give her an IV. He said no, so the Dr said she was keeping her overnight for observation. She didn't know the rabbit passed away, until her assistant came and told her. So it was a third phone call to tell them the rabbit died.
