Ever heard of a dog grieving itself to death?

This is not exactly the same.

I had a mtn cur that was cut bad enough that I took him to the vet. The dog had lost some blood so I let him drink all the water he wanted. The vet said it wouldn't be a problem and the dog would be fine.

The dog got surgury and spent the night at the vet and I was supposed to pick him up the next day.

That night the rest of my dogs started howling very mournfully around 1 am. I woke my wife up and asked her to listen to the dogs. I told her that RedMan died at the vets office because the dogs are howling mournfully. The next morning I called the vet and he said RedMan drowned after surgury from water coming up backwards from his stomach into his lungs.