We took our 6 month old boxer, Summer, to get spayed on Tuesday, October 12th. At 2:30pm my brother received a call from the clinic saying that Summer passed away. We were in shock because this type of procedure is done on countless dogs every single day. When we arrived at the clinic to pick up Summer's body, I asked to speak to the ""vet"" who performed the surgery (keep in mind Summer had ALWAYS been a very healthy dog and I will let you know that Summer was in there a week before for her check up). The response I first received was that Summer's lungs filled up with fluid. Nothing was making sense to me because Summer woke up from surgery and all her vitals were great. The clinic as well does not give their animals IV's so it was not that. The vet claimed that the pets are checked on every 10 minutes when they are in the observation area. This is where things turned because I told the vet that I am a nursing student and I am very well aware of how the body works (because an animal's body is virtually the same as in a human). When I told the vet, she immediately advised me that she really was not sure and she was in shock. She could not explain to me what happened with Summer. I explained to her that even IF Summer would have had fluids in her lungs Summer would have experiences clear symptoms and there would have been enough time to actually do something for her. When we received Summer's body we noticed her belly area was swollen and bruised. Everything the vet told me did not add up and now two days later, we are asking for a written statement from her so that a vet (who we explained the situation to) can review all Summer's medical records. When we explained the situation to the vet, he said nothing added up. He will be reviewing all her medical records (including her written statement) and we will then pursue to file against the board as well as suing them. We did not mean any harm to our beautiful baby, Summer. Our hearts are broken. This was a huge injustice to such a wonderful companion because of negligence. I BEG you please do not let this happen to your companion. It is such a horrible feeling losing a member of our family like this; the best thing we can do for Summer now is make sure that this does not happen to someone else's companion
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