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Originally Posted by LateNight
what happened to LOUIS ???  |
Two words for you....Killer Tiller.
Louis was about 16 months old when he passed away. One Saturday morning last August my husband was outside quite early walking around with the dogs. He got on his tractor, looked behind him before he started it, and noticed Louis laying on the ground. He jumped off and brought him inside to me because he was unconscious. We rushed him to the vet in Waskom because Dr. Hughes that we use in Shreveport is closed on Saturdays. We did not think that we could make it all the way to Shreveport to the emergency clinic. Louis had a collapsing trachea and we thought he was perhaps having an attack with that. The vet at Dr. Tiller's told us that his blood sugar was too high and he needed insulin. They talked me into leaving him there so they could treat him. He was FINE when I left him. He had regained consciousness and was walking around. Still a little groggy but conscious. They assured me they would call me Sunday morning and let me know how he was. I explained to them I would do ANYTHING for my dog including taking him to LSU Vet School in Baton Rouge if he needed it. No phone call Sunday. On Monday I had to call them at 7 in the morning only to find out he was having seizures, unconscious, and critically ill. Long story short...they called me Tuesday to pick him up they had done all they could and if I wanted him saved I would have to take him to the vet school. I picked him up and it was the most heart breaking site I've ever seen. He was dog paddling his feet, head arching completely backward, and unresponsive. I took him straight to Dr. Hughes.
Dr. Hughes tried to save him but he passed away later that day. We went through the records and discovered that he had been overdosed on insulin by the vet in Waskom. He went all day Sunday with a blood sugar of 21 which caused him to have the seizures which caused brain damage which led to his death. They did not go in and check on the dogs in Waskom until late Sunday afternoon. AND it was not a vet that checked on the dogs, just a vet tech.
I will tell everyone the story of Louis so that no other dog is ever taken to Waskom and has to suffer like mine did. He was the most loving and beautiful dog and did not deserve what he got. God bless him. I know that he is now in heaven though with his favorite squeaky toy having the time of his life!