Today has been a very bad day! It started out as a normal day. I was cleaning the fish tank and my 3 year old son and our 4 month old chihuahua were playing outside, they play fine together and everyone comes in happy and tired.
This time however my 3 year old comes in and says that Rex died. He says this alot cause Rex will just lay down and fall asleep in the yard and for some reason he thinks he is died. But I went to check anyway. When I get to the porch I see Rex laying beside the kiddie pool. When I get closer I notice that he is wet and doesnt look to be responding. So I pick him up and try to rub him and he takes a few breaths so I call my mother in law who lives 3 houses down to rush to pick me up and take him to the vet. We make it to the vet and he listens to his heartbeat and he is already gone. Apparently he took his last breath in the car in my arms on the way to the vet. So now I have to call my husband and tell him that his dog that he just got for christmas is died. Wow that hurts. Then the whole ride back home my son keeps saying Rex is not a fish. So I gather from my 3 year old that he attempted to make Rex a fish in the pool. I didnt get mad at him cause he is just a baby and I shouldnt have let them play together in the first place. I feel like I neglected both my kid and my dog by just leaving the back door open while I cleaned the fish tank out. Though nothing has ever happened before and the only thing in the back yard is the kiddie pool now it makes me think what if that would have been Ryan trying to be a fish and not Rex. I feel like shit and I cant stop crying.
But wait it doesnt stop there when we got back I realized I never stopped sucking the water out of the fish tank. And we have one of those things that do it automatically you just hook it up to the faucet. Well I turned the water off but apparently is was still sucking? Dont know how but it was. So we have a 120 Gallon aquarium. In about 45 min. there was only about 3 inches of water left. So without thinking I just switched the nozzle over and started feeling it back up. If you have a fish tank you know that an almost 100% water change is a big no no. So now my fish are in shock from the temp change and the water quality change and Ive probably killed them to cause there swimming sideways now. So today is not my day. Ive killed all of our animals in one day hell within like 3 hours. I've cried like a baby and now my stomach hurts I would worry about the baby but I feel her moving from time to time. I just feel like I needed to vent. Ive talked to my mom and she has told me tons of stories of family members kids that have killed there animals by accident but god man I feel like this is my fault. Today is a horrible day and I wish I could stop crying but I cant. ↓
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| Name: zoey9810 | Date: Mar 21st, 2008 10:16 PM |
| Aww!!:( sorry to hear about your dog and Fishies, you really cant punish him since he is so little but make it clear to him that he is not allowed to put animals in water like that. When we were moving i was scooping the water out of the tank cup by cup, the suction tube was already at the new house, any ways i caught all the fish and they were in a bowl standing up in their bags well my cat "Glock" walks over and started swatting at the bags and popped all 4 of them, no my fish are running out of water, and i have no place to put them, so i grabbed a 5 gallon watter jug and started filling it cup by cup andi ripped open the bags and shoved them down the hole and amazing all of them survived!! ↑ |
| Name: 04nidak | Date: Mar 21st, 2008 10:25 PM |
| I'm very sorry that you've had such a hard day. I know this may sound bad, but at least it wasn't your son who got under the water in the pool. You definitely need to teach him not to put animals in the water, but it could have been a lot worse. Again, sorry for your loss. ↑ |
| Name: nicole76108 | Date: Mar 21st, 2008 10:44 PM |
Oh I am very grateful that it wasnt my son. I thanked god for that as soon as my mind came back down to reality.
I just keep picturing little Rex just laying there beside the pool and it breaks my heart. Wish I could have been alittle more attentive and caught it before it go to this point. So I could still have my doggie and my fish. But I guess its a lesson that God is teaching me the hard way. I would rather lose anything then my son. The pool was empty but I guess all the rain we've gotten filled it right up. A friend of mine is already offering to buy another dog but Im not sure I want one until my unborn is probably 4 or 5 so they understand alittle better. I didnt get mad at him for doing it cause he is just a baby but I think it hit him when his puppy wasnt moving and he came in and told me. Then the rushing to the vet. He just kept asking if Rex was gonna be ok. I think he knows now that you cant do that to animals. Or atleast I hope he does. I dont want to keep talking about it cause he drops his little head and walks away but I just want it to be clear that its not ok to do that to animals. ↑ |
| Name: zoey9810 | Date: Mar 21st, 2008 11:10 PM |
well def dont wait that long to get another animal just because of this experience, think of it as a lesson, and your children need tp be around animals, i had some one who brought their 9 year old son over who has never been around animals before, and he was scared to death of my dog and it took him an hour to come in side and sit down.
Not getting another pet will just make it worse, your new baby needs to be around animals from day one!
and next time, it might seem gross, but try CPR or at least breathing Techniques. ↑ |
| Name: nicole76108 | Date: Mar 21st, 2008 11:47 PM |
| I tried breathing in his mouth as soon as I picked him up cause I could tell he wasnt in a good place. But when I did you could hear the water moving around like I was making bubbles through a straw. It was extremely sad. But he did try to take a few breaths after that but it was already to much for him. He was just a baby puppy. It will probably take awhile before we get another animal just cause of this ordeal. I dont want to threatin' the life of an animal just so my kids can be used to them. I would much rather my kids be scared then kill another animal. So maybe when my unborn is atleast 4 we can get another animal. We have lots of animals in the family so I dont think they will be "scared" of them. And maybe then to we can sit down and talk about the do's and dont's and they will understand alittle better. ↑ |
| Name: Ayame | Date: Mar 22nd, 2008 4:02 AM |
| I'm really sorry you had such a terrible day and I hope it gets better :( ↑ |
| Name: nicole76108 | Date: Mar 22nd, 2008 1:22 PM |
I think Ive lost my mucus plug now. Its been 3 1/2 years since my son so I've kinda forgotten what it looks like. Maybe if I explain it you guys can help me know if it was the mucus plug or if is just something brought on by the stress of yesterday.
It was like a whitish/yellow luggy (pardon me for any miss-spelled words.) it was slimmy. It didnt have blood or anything like that in it. If you have any questions feel free to ask Im not really embarrassed to describe much on here since I dont know you guys :) Makes it alittle easier to get into detail. :) Now if you were family that might be alittle different :) Thanks for the help guys!! ↑ |
| Name: blondiess4u | Date: Mar 22nd, 2008 1:34 PM |
First off... so sorry to here about your tragedy! I'm sure your even more emotional since your pregnant!
I just saw that you were due in may and wondering what your exact due date is? I am due May 30th with my first! It's a boy!
I have not had any problems in this pregnancy and no mucus plug yet, so I have no idea what it would look like... and I think it would be a little early for that... ask your doctor! ↑ |
| Name: Randi | Date: Mar 22nd, 2008 6:11 PM |
| At least it wasn't your unsupervised 3 year old who drowned in the pool. ↑ |
| Name: nicole76108 | Date: Mar 22nd, 2008 7:38 PM |
]]Randi: I completly agree. I thank god for that. I guess its a lesson I had to learn the hard way. I never even thought about all the rain filling the pool up or anything nor anyone getting in it. I will say for sure that i will check everything before I let him play outside again. I've beat myself up over this ever since it happened. I cant wait for the pain to become more bareable and the feeling of guilt to subside. But God will help me with that to.
]]Thank you everyone who leaves a comment. I get on her frequently and like to read what people have said. I am deeply moved by everyones heart felt apologizes for our lose. It really does suck to lose alittle companion and to lose him under my care is the hardest part to deal with. I just wanted to say thank you for your gratitude. ↑ |
| Name: lindalu | Date: Mar 24th, 2008 4:20 AM |
| I would like to first say I'm so very sorry for your loss, BUT ...on the other hand you are correct in saying it was your fault. I try... and... try to tell parents all the time to NEVER...NEVER leave their children alone with their pets. I hope your story will bring awareness to others that also leave their children alone with their pets. ↑ |
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