This article was taken from Stomp . It was posted on the 23 Feb 2007. A tragic story that happens to a healthy dog when he was taken to a grooming salon. Read the full story at Stomp.
Remember Prevention is always better than Cure!
A grooming session at a pet shop on 9 February 2007 turned very wrong when Nicky, a 7-year-old Maltese (shown above) collapsed during the blow-drying session and was rushed to Mount Pleasant Animal Hospital.
Nicky was pronounced dead upon arrival.
His eyes were found to be wide open and his tongue was purple and sticking out of his mouth.
The vet told owner Alinda Lim, a 27-year-old civil servant with the Ministry of Defence, that possible causes of death were lack of oxygen or heart failure.
When contacted by STOMP, the vet relayed the same story she told Alinda, "Even if a post-mortem was done, there would be no guarantee that the exact cause of death can be determined. There were no external injuries on the dog."
Alinda was too traumatized by Nicky's death to approve a post-mortem at the hospital, and requested for him to be cremated and notified when the ashes were ready for collection.
"The groomer was very defensive at the hospital when I asked him what happened to my dog," Alinda shares, "he said that my dog probably died of old age. He also suggested that Nicky had an undetected illness."
Alinda was doubtful of this being the truth as Nicky was only 7-years-old with no medical history. Nicky's last vet check-up was in December 2006, and the vet declared him healthy.
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