It’s been two months since a water main break and gas explosion forced Rose Romero from her home and created a mystery about the whereabouts of her service dog, Ivy.At first, it was thought that Ivy had run off and was lost. But soon, there was speculation that the dog was still in the garage, the roof of which had partially collapsed. But it was some time before Ivy’s lifeless body was, indeed, found in the garage by a concerned neighbor. Now, Romero finally has some answers about how Ivy died from a necropsy performed at the Petroglyph Animal Hospital,”Ivy actually died of asphyxiation,” Romero told KOAT, and the doctor who did the necropsy said there were no broken bones and the advanced decomposition of her body indicated she died quickly.Romero is fairly certain she knows what happened.”What that means is, when the garage exploded, that’s what killed her — the gas. She had no bruising, nothing. She just couldn’t breath from the gas, I think,” she said. “It doesn’t say that in the autopsy, but there’s nothing else, no other reasoning that makes sense,”The smell of gas just outside the garage was strong when the garage exploded, Romero said. “Imagine what it was like inside.”Romero said she is glad Ivy didn’t suffer, but the fact that the city’s first responders didn’t do more to determine if Ivy was in the garage is a sore point that has given birth to a grassroots campaign to bring “Justice For Ivy.” Romero is still waiting to hear whether her house will be demolished or rebuilt. She is temporarily living “out of a box” at a house next door to her former home. In the meantime, she is trying to see that similar situations will be dealt with differently in the future.”We’re trying to focus now on Ivy’s Law,” she said, “to create something to help service dogs, to take further steps to save the dog, not presume the dog is dead.”She is not suggesting that first responders should have put themselves in danger, and she understands that restoring water service to retirement community apartments next door was a priority.”I understand that was important,” Romero said. “But when they did that, they completely shut the door on looking for Ivy.”The support she’s gotten from her neighbors has been uplifting, Romero said, and she is on a waiting list for a new service dog, which she expects to be delivered in a year or less, free of charge.
It’s been two months since a water main break and gas explosion forced Rose Romero from her home and created a mystery about the whereabouts of her service dog, Ivy.
At first, it was thought that Ivy had run off and was lost. But soon, there was speculation that the dog was still in the garage, the roof of which had partially collapsed. But it was some time before Ivy’s lifeless body was, indeed, found in the garage by a concerned neighbor.
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Now, Romero finally has some answers about how Ivy died from a necropsy performed at the Petroglyph Animal Hospital,
“Ivy actually died of asphyxiation,” Romero told KOAT, and the doctor who did the necropsy said there were no broken bones and the advanced decomposition of her body indicated she died quickly.
Romero is fairly certain she knows what happened.
“What that means is, when the garage exploded, that’s what killed her — the gas. She had no bruising, nothing. She just couldn’t breath from the gas, I think,” she said. “It doesn’t say that in the autopsy, but there’s nothing else, no other reasoning that makes sense,”
The smell of gas just outside the garage was strong when the garage exploded, Romero said. “Imagine what it was like inside.”
Romero said she is glad Ivy didn’t suffer, but the fact that the city’s first responders didn’t do more to determine if Ivy was in the garage is a sore point that has given birth to a grassroots campaign to bring “Justice For Ivy.”
Romero is still waiting to hear whether her house will be demolished or rebuilt. She is temporarily living “out of a box” at a house next door to her former home. In the meantime, she is trying to see that similar situations will be dealt with differently in the future.
“We’re trying to focus now on Ivy’s Law,” she said, “to create something to help service dogs, to take further steps to save the dog, not presume the dog is dead.”
She is not suggesting that first responders should have put themselves in danger, and she understands that restoring water service to retirement community apartments next door was a priority.
“I understand that was important,” Romero said. “But when they did that, they completely shut the door on looking for Ivy.”
The support she’s gotten from her neighbors has been uplifting, Romero said, and she is on a waiting list for a new service dog, which she expects to be delivered in a year or less, free of charge.
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