- Date posted
- 3y
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Hello, I am a completely broken mess. My fiancé and I lost our gorgeous, incredible dog, Gus, on Wednesday morning. He was diagnosed with an ear infection last week, he went to the vets twice and again on Monday because his balance was off. It turns out that he actually had a very rapid blood clot on his brain and we had to make the decision to put him to sleep on Wednesday morning. The thing is, I am dealing with such guilt because I checked him about 70-80 times (as always when I’m at work) on the home camera whilst we were at work on Tuesday, and he was restless and panting a bit. I instantly knew he wasn’t feeling great, but we had been told the day before that his ear was heavy and probably irritating him. Now, in hindsight, I can see he was in the midst of a severe blood clot which eventually caused him to pass away. How can I ever forgive myself for not going home on Tuesday when I checked the camera? The vet has reassured us a few times that bringing him earlier wouldn’t have changed anything, and they would still have never found out he had a blood clot until it was too late. All signs he was exhibiting pointed to lack of balance due to an ear infection. I feel like I failed him. And my OCD is latching onto this. Why didn’t I go home? Why didn’t I act on the fact I knew he wasn’t 100%? I guess I just thought he was feeling pretty pissed with his ear, but that wasn’t true and I feel so guilty. Please can someone respond I literally cannot cope. I don’t know if this is reassurance seeking or just OCD. Please reply.