In my family's opinion Gabriella Melendez was directly responsible for the death of our dog. It isn't her fault that Samantha got sick, but it was her responsibility to notify us that our dog was ill, it was her decision to not tell us that our dog was peeing blood until she was prompted by us noticing something was 'off', and it was her promises and assurances that our pets would be safe and cared for that makes it all so much more worse.
I notified Gabriella that Sam was dead and why. I also told her that she should have noticed that Sam was peeing blood. I told her that she should at least cover the Vet bills [$900-worth] for her negligence. She didn't respond to me, her boyfriend did - the response? 'Talk to my lawyer'.
Believe me, I would love to 'talk to her lawyer', I would love to sue her ass into the ground for Sam's loss, but we just can't afford it. We ended up having to move out of our rental home because renovations were going to take months and we didn't want to live in a hotel that long. We ended up staying in the hotel for two months and the insurance company screwed us over by delaying payment.
Between hotel expenditures, having to pay people back for the Vet bills and moving costs we are broke and still playing catch up. In my opinion not only should Gabriela Melendez pay us back for the Vet bills [$900] but she should pay the replacement cost of Samantha [$500] as well as pain and suffering.
The emotional loss of Samantha has had a major impact on our family. In a way she was a therapy dog for our one daughter that suffers from psychological disorders, her loss has been devastating to her to the point she has even considered killing herself so they can be together again.
Samantha was a birthday gift to our youngest daughter and she doesn't understand why Gabriella didn't look after Sam like she promised. Our oldest daughter doesn't talk about her, she bottles it up inside and hates the injustice of it all.
My husband has been the stoic one, trying to stay strong for the rest of us but Samantha loved him something fierce, whenever he sat down she was immediately in his lap looking for love.
Me? I cried for months. I'm crying now writing this. We miss her terribly, there is a hole in our family and we all want her back.
It's been 7-months since we lost Samantha. Things are getting easier but her presence still looms every time we go for a walk or go camping. The kids can talk about her fondly now without crying though they always end it with 'I miss Sam', we're even looking for a new puppy to give a home to, but it has to be free as we're still playing financial catch up.
We know we'll never have another Samantha. She was in our lives for only a few years but she'll be in our hearts forever. We can only hope that wherever she is she's happy and loved.
We also hope that some day Gabriella Melendez gets what's coming to her. We're big believers in Karma but unfortunately we've lost faith in justice. She didn't even have the decency to say sorry for your loss.
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