I am so sorry for your loss Susan. What a difficult situation for you and for your daughter's friend. How lucky you are that she was able to make the best decision for your beloved Teigan as any further suffering would have been worse. I too had a vet that was very loving and caring but had no clue as to what was really going on with our sweet baby girl "Lucy" She had been diagnosed with Hemangiosarcoma and three days after stitches were removed from her second surgery her paw began bleeding profusely. The vet said she had pulled out a claw and things just went downhill from there. We felt we couldn't NOT try to get her through this as she already had gone through two surgeries and recovered, or so we thought. After two weeks of the paw bleeding when the vet changed the bandages, the toe was amputated and bandaged again. My husband and I felt like we were literally in hell. Needless to say it was NOT just pulling out a claw. It was the cancer spreading and when we took her to an emergency vet late one night when she was sneezing blood and had a mass around her tooth he told us it was "gravely serious". That's when we couldn't bear for her to go through anymore and made the heartbreaking decision to put her to rest.
Don't be too hard on yourself, remember you did what you thought was best with the information that you had. Your love and devotion to Teigan is what gave him the strength to go on. Maybe it would have been too hard for Tiegan to have seen you upset when all this happened and it was actually a blessing that someone else was there. Hugs and God Bless!

Hi Susan, I know just how you're feeling and wish that you didn't have to feel that way. We had to put our beloved dog,Talon, of 13.5 years down 4/25 and even just now, I'm sitting here missing him and sad to the core. It is very terrible that your vet missed something that is so life altering in a pet. How old was your dog? Its just simply devastating to lose an animal that is a part of you so much so that its like you were two threads of a woven blanket. I'm sure that God chose this way for things to happen and that you were providing the very best care for Teigan that you possibly could have. You will for sure second guess everything that you did or do, we all do. Talon, my love, was absolutely 100% fine on a walk with my boyfriend at 5:50 pm on a Monday night and by 6:15 my boyfriend had been to the gym returned home to us, we were calling the vet and I had to make a horrible decision and was back on my way home by 7:20. He became ill with bloat in a matter of seconds, something I had not ever heard of before, it was confirmed with an xray so we knew for sure but he was in such duress and I always promised him as any good pet owner does, that he would never had to suffer. I asked my boyfriend ten times since then did I do the right thing and he's assured me I did. Even the vet and vet tech have assured me but in some weird way even though I know in my brain I did right, my heart feels like I let him down. He lived like a king with us, was so spoiled and yet.... I just want him back. I am sure, even as I read this, you felt the same and it sounds equally as promising that if you felt under any circumstances that Teigan was ill, you probably wouldnt have left him with a babysitter. It seems as though then that if he was good in January he must not have suffered a whole lot with the cancer which is a good thing to focus on. Teigan knows how very much you loved him and what good care and love you always provided him. My doggy son had a larger than life personality that I will never get over missing.... not today tomorrow or years from now. I will share that I did one thing that has helped me tremendously (doesn't take away any of the pain) but it does help me to feel closer, my baby boy always loved the car rides, he always sat on the back right side, I took his collar and hung it off of the oh crap handle in the back seat and whenever I go over a speed bump (sometimes I seek them out) or a pot hole I hear his chains jingle, for me that is comforting, I always kiss them hello every now and again. Teigan will always be with you. Just in a bit of a different capacity. Big hugs! Steph

So sorry to hear about Lucy. It is so heart breaking to see them suffer, even for a minute. Only someone who has loved a pet and then lost them, can understand the hurt and lonely feelings. My thoughts are with you and I hope that we can both move on. We will never forget our beloved pets,and I know they are waiting for the day that we will join them. Thankyou so much for your kind words.

Dear Talons mom...so sorry for your loss. He looks like such a smiley boy! They are such a joy, but losing them is worse than anything I have experienced. I am sure you feel the same way. The day that I found out about my little guy, even though the sun was out, and it was a beautiful day, nothing seemed pretty at all. I hope we can both move on and someday smile when we think of them instead of crying. I know they would not want to see us unhappy. Thankyou so much for your reply. It makes me feel so much better to know someone understands.

So sorry for your loss. Sounds like an amazing little spirit. Glad your beloved was with you, someone who was so loving.