Hello To All, I usually find myself lurking on the list but I felt I needed to share the passing of our Susie. I hope my experience might help someone else. Our Susie died about 3 weeks after she had a c-section. She gave us 8 wonderful, healthy puppies and everything seemed to be going fine. She was on antibiotics for 5 days after the surgery. She was eating well and the puppies were doing fine. On Saturday before she died the following Friday I took her back to the vet to have her stitches taken our. I discussed with her a smell that Susie had and a discharge she had. She put her on antibiotics just in case there was still a problem. On the following Thursday night I did not like the way she was breathing so I decided I needed to take her to have her checked. The vet was not alarmed that anything was serious. She did blood work and found out that her white blood cell count was high. She couldn't understand this because she was on antibiotics and was about finished with them. She said she would recommend that we leave her for the night and return in the morning for her. They would watch her breathing and get her started on some new antibiotics that were stronger. We agreed and went home to feed the babies.
Early the next morning we were called to let us know that Susie had passed away. Shocked is not a strong enough word to describe our feelings. Never did we expect to get that news. The vet had tried to call us several times during the night but kept getting a busy signal. The autopsy showed that she died from a bacterial infection. My regular vet did not do the surgery. It was done in the middle of the night at an emergency clinic. My vet felt they would do a good job and told me to use the clinic as she had been out of town. From this experience I have learned that it is necessary to do post c-section blood work to make sure there is no infection from the surgery. I feel if I had we would have caught the problem in time. Susie did not appear to be sick. She was nursing the babies, eating good and seemed very happy. In fact an hour before she died they were taking her for a walk to go to the bathroom. It is with a very sad heart that I share my experience. I hope by sharing it may save someone from going through the heart break of losing a very special friend. Susie was very healthy and had never been sick. She was heart clear before breeding and the autopsy showed no problems with any of her organs except her lungs. The infection had spread through her body and she only had 10% use of her lungs. Susie left us with 7 little boys and 1 little girl. We called them our Snow White and Seven Dwarfs' litter. At the time we had not idea how true the name would become. We also have her daughter who is so much like her and one of her granddaughters. Her true Cavalier spirit will always be with us. Thanks for letting me share our grief in the hope that it will help someone. Carolyn Adams LEWISWOOD CAVALIERS 2929 Lewiswood Lane Tallahassee, Florida 32311-1800 (850) 421-8552 ========================================================"Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author.
