Susan Capuano
I guess you are right ...these might be the circumstances when euthanasia might be necessary. That is why I spent 3 hours in the vet's office consulting with our homeopathic vet by phone desperately trying to determine what to do; running tests to try to figure out what was going on. Very reluctantly did I agree to euthanasia...I was told that Abby might die at home that night if I took him home. I was very afraid of prolonging my pet's agony. When the anesthesia was administered, my sweet Abby died quickly. The vet told me that quick death from euthanasia is what happens when death is imminent. So maybe I could have given pain meds and then my sweet Abby would have died naturally a few hours later.
My biggest regret is using that terrible Virbac shampoo misnamed Episooth on Abby which was described as to me as an "oatmeal" bath. I am normally very careful about products but I was in a very fragile state myself from the stress of caring for an ill pup. I trusted the rehab vet to give me reliable information because some of what she was recommending seemed holistic - i.e. pet cancer diet, massage therapy, putting yoga mats down (I bought 12 mats that I now don't know what to do with) ...only to find out Episooth should be identified as a carcinogen...it probably contains less than 1% of soothing oatmeal; 2 of the first 3 ingredients are variations of DEA. After Abby's death, when I googled this Virbac product, I found the article by California Vet, Patrick Mahaney, describing this as a carcinogenic product. Given the sores on my poor Abby's head that appeared after using this product, it seems plausible that Episooth is a carcinogenic product that should be banned. Would any decent person recommend using a carcinogenic product on an animal battling cancer under homeopathic treatment? I have to believe that this is a product that is being heavily marketed to veterinarians. I am thinking of filing a lawsuit for infliction of emotional distress...no company should be able to profit at the expense of the health of our wonderful companions.