I posted last week about about my 9 month old puppy with haemolytic anaemia
He was on steroids and had a 2 unit transfusion which picked up his haemocrit to 27 . He was allowed home but we thought he had deteriorated so brought him back in the Sunday when his haemocrit had dropped to 15.9 . The vets double his steroid and gave cyclosporin but we got the call no one wants at 1 am to say he had deteriorated further and his haemocrit was 1.7 . He couldn’t eat or drink and was tachycardia and breathless. They said they could give a transfusion but the only unit was over an hour away and they weren’t sure it would make a difference. He would have to had had a central line in as well .
We chose to put him to sleep which has broken all of us.
I suppose I just wanted to ask if it would have made a difference.the vet on that night was lovely but seemed to say it was up to us and didn’t really say on one or another . I understand that he was trying to give us a choice but it has made it harder as now I am home I keep thinking would it have made a difference?
From a haemocrit of 1.7
I know I can’t change anything but I feel really guilty like we gave up on him which we would never do as he was the loveliest boy ever and I miss him terribly .
I had hoped the case vet would ring so I could ask him but not heard and not in at our local vet
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FelicityBennett · 14/01/2020 13:02
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