Carolyn wrote: 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.
Dear Carolyn, Let me start by expressing my sincere condolences at the loss of your Susie. Secondly, I want to thank you for your post, as I have been extremely worried about my girl - Addy. Addy also had a c-section 3.5 weeks ago. On top of the first c-section (done at 1:27am), she had to have another operation four days later, when some of the first stitches didn't hold and ahh shall I say "things" were working there way out. After the second operation, Addy never seemed bounce back. If you know my Addy it is hard to keep her down. Anyway, last night I became more concerned because she was really listless and her gums were not as pink as I thought they should be. My first thought was eclampsia because of the three monster puppies I wrote previously about. My second though was an infection because she hasn't been herself since the second operation. To make a long story a bit shorter, after reading your post, I started her back on antibiotics and am in the process of tracking down my vets partner, we don't have a 24 hour clinic and my vet is out of town. My heart is with you Carolyn and I thank you for spurring me in to immediate action. Susan Susan K Platt Claymoore Cavaliers Grand Blanc, MI 810 695-8979 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.usol.com/~claymoore ----- Original Message ----- From: "Floyd & Carolyn Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 8:20 AM Subject: [CKCS-L] Death after c-section > 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]?bodyto start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body > 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. > > ========================================================"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. 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