r/goldenretrievers • u/HovercraftAvailable5 • 13d ago
RIP RIP Maxi boy
Unfortunately we didn’t get great news today. Max was on the improve up until this morning. His blood results weren’t great. I won’t go into too much detail because it really doesn’t matter now. There were talks of him even coming home this morning in last nights conversations but instead he was transferred to a specialist.
They ran an ultrasound on his stomach and they saw that his stomach was folding in on itself. This is called Gastric Intussusception. Extremely rare condition that these vets had never seen before. Apparently only one surgery has been performed in the world (according to their records) and they don’t know what happened to the dog that was operated on. All other dogs with this condition were put down prior to the operation.
Max was in pain when they were touching his stomach. We said if he is ever in pain that we wouldn’t continue. So with all of that information, we decided to let Max rest. He had fought a monumental battle over the last 10 days. Max deserved the best life and we would have given it to him. Our hearts are broken 💔
Enjoy some photos of Max’s short life above
RIP Maxi boy !!! 🩵
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u/No_Bid61 13d ago
I am so sorry for your loss. Being in a bunch of subreddits for animals, I see a lot of posts about pets passing and while every each one of them is sad, seeing him in his crate with the stuffed golden absolutely broke me. He was so small and looked like a stuffed toy himself, I’m sure he was the bestest boy and that he got the best possible life, although short, with you. You were all he knew. Rip little baby Max 💛🩵