On February 22, 2019, my healthy 12 year old poodle/terrier named Jackson had a dental cleaning procedure at Dundas West Animal Hospital. This is a highly regarded animal care hospital in downtown Toronto.
A vet tech there failed to hook the oxygen tube up to the anesthesia machine. This meant Jackson wasn't getting oxygen, nor gas. Jackson went in to cardiac arrest. His heart stopped twice. He was resuscitated twice. When I picked him up to accompany him and a different tech + the hospital manager to the emergency vet in Oakville, he was a damn mess. His pupils were dilated. His tongue was hanging out. He couldn't walk or move at all. He made some squeaky sounds when he heard or smelled me (I don't know which but I'm pretty sure he couldn't see at that point). I spoke to him continuously during the drive. Promising cookies, telling him "I'm here" and "I love you, Jacky". I wasn't able to hold him because the tech needed to constantly measure his heart rate and check his gums for blood flow.
My healthy, energetic, playful and vibrant Jackson suffered major brain damage that only got worse over night in Critical Care at Mississauga-Oakville Emergency Vet. He was completely unresponsive when I saw him in the morning. His brain swelled. His blood pressure was sky high. His eyes had started moving and flicking in different directions due to his neurological damage, so there was a cloth over his beautiful eyes. I couldn't look in to those eyes that I become so familiar with during the 12.5 years he was with me. There was nothing left to do than to euthanize my boy who, a day before, was completely happy and healthy. I couldn't look in to his eyes as I said good-bye to my best friend and only family.
My heart is broken. I still cry every day. Dundas West Animal Hospital admits responsibility and reimbursed me for the cost of his care. The tech is no longer at that practice. Whether she quit or was fired, I don't know. I've been apologized to by Jackson's primary vet. The tech has not identified herself nor sent any kind of apology or condolences.
I go to therapy weekly to try to process this trauma and loss.
I miss my boy. So much. I miss My Jackson.
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