Just because you didn't have any rat poison didn't mean that your dog didn't eat a rat/mouse that had ingested it. We all know how easily they get inside.
Or you could have been completely screwed over and they used that as an excuse for their surgical mistake?
I just want to say how sorry i am.It is something though that i would want answers for.What did your vet say about the results that you got?Is there anyway that you could get a copy of your vets log book on the meds they give and see if he was given any of those meds.They are supppose to keep track of all of that in a log book.If you need to talk i am here.May God Bless You.You will be in my prayers
I'm not a vet, so cannot give you a really professional answer. All I can say is firstly...I am so sorry about your dog. What happened was horrible, shocking (considering he was only having cataract surgery) and confusing, as you cannot find a proper answer.
Warfarin (or Coumarin) is used as a medicine, but also as a rat poison.
So there are 2 options it seems: One, that he was accidentally administered Warfarin while in the hospital? In which case, that would be malpractice and/or negligence.
Two: is that he got access to rat poison or to a rat or mouse, or other rodent, which had been poisoned. As far as I know (and I do not know a lot about this) -but if a dog ingests rat poison, or eats a poisoned rat or mouse, the symptoms CAN take some days, even a week or more, to come on.
Please help, anyone who knows more about this...
I wrote about my dog dying in the care of a prestigious upscale Pet Hospital in Thailand. I want some feedback on my post: Why Did My Dog Die In I.C.U. After Cataract Surgery
by mikeinthailand, Feb 12, 2010 07:26AM.
Please I am very interested in hearing opinions in this matter.
This is what the Autopsy report found: Pathology Division, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University. Final diagnosis: coumarin intoxication is suggested based on
- Diffuse subcutaneous patchy haemorrhage.
- Submucosal edema and haemorrhage of gall bladder.
- Severe splenic haemorrhage.
- Severe mucosal haemorrhage of colon.
- Severe lung congestion
Pathologist final comments: Intoxication of Warfarin/Coumarin and Derivatives.
Please comment from my first post as well as having this information you should be able to come up with a conclusion based on my story as well as autopsy report. Remember that my dog was in the pet hospitals care for 4 days happy healthy playful eating and apparantly in good spirits so what went wrong I just want the truth to come out at the end of the day.