The Next Day   The story continues

This page continues the family's documented timeline

of events surrounding Joey's death. All information

is family provided and may involve disputed details.

The goal is transparency, accuracy, and accountability.

 

I. September 04, 2025

After spending the whole night with my deceased Joey,

wanting answers as to what happened, we took Joey

to another pet hospital and had an X-ray taken. It

took a couple of days to get the digital image sent to us.

Not understanding why there was a delay for a digital

image to be emailed to us.

 

Later we learned that veterinarians watch out for

other veterinarians just like people doctors do.

We made the mistake of telling this pet hospital that

another clinic had killed the dog.

 

II. The X-Ray

 

CLICK HERE to see larger Picture

CLICK HERE to see a larger Picture

 

When we got the x-ray image we sent it to a friend

who is a radiologist at Dallas Medical Center.

 He  had the image for only 15 minutes when he text

us back asking "What happened to this dog?" He

pointed out the dark tube from the lung area to the

throat and said that is the windpipe the dark color

means it is air. He then told us this dark tube should

go up to the nose but this one stops at the throat. 

He told us this is very disturbing and indicates the

dog was choked or held by such force that it has

crushed the dogs trachea. With the trachea

crushed and flattened this dog could not breathe. 

He also said the neck looks suspicious

for possible neck fracture.

 

III. Took the x-ray image to Club Hill

for an explanation
 

After getting the X-ray image we took it to Club Hill

Animal Clinic for an explanation. We asked for
Dr. Atwal and was told he was handling an

emergency and couldn't be disturbed. So we

 asked for Lizbeth, the Practice Manager.

 

She came out and we asked what had happened

the day Joey died. She had no explanation. We then

showed her the X-ray and asked that she tell us

what she saw in it.  Knowing she couldn't give us

a good opinion as she is not trained in this area.

 

She told us the image looked normal and then told

us the black tube from the throat to the chest was

the air pipe and when we asked doesn't it look

abnormal since the air pipe stops at the throat.

She then used her phone to pull up a image

of a normal x-ray of the same area.

 

Not realizing she just gave away that there is a

problem here as the two images are very different.

 

She refused to acknowledge that Joey's x-ray

showed damage to his throat. She offered to

do an autopsy on Joey to help determine the

cause of death. There was no way I would let

them touch Joey again. And if they did do the autopsy

I wouldn't trust them to give us to the true results.

But Joey had been through enough and I wouldn't

let anyone cut him up now.
 

IV. Started Searching for Outside Help

We started calling and making reports to several

agencies to hopefully find someone to help us since
Club Hill was not accepting that they killed Joey.

Below is a list of places we contacted an the results.

(1) Garland Police Department to file a abuse case.

They took the report and called just a few days

later to tell us they would not be filing any criminal

charges. That decision was made after they

made as phone call to the clinic for their side

of the story. The Police decided to believe the clinic.

(2) The Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.

I filed a formal complaint, #CP26-0023. And after 11

months of investigating my complaint I was told

they have decided to dismiss my complaint

because they found no wrong doing. I am appealing

that decision.

(3) After hearing the Board's dismissal decision

I notified and wrote to each Board Member
expressing my feelings that this was total crap.

(4) I notified Congressman, Senators, and Governor

Abbott, The Texas Attorney General. So far nobody

wants to admit that this clinic is responsible for

Joey's death. This is so very sad.

 

Allegation: The family reports that communication and decisions made during Joey's visit did not meet the expected standard of care.

 

 

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