[exDemMom]

C sections are performed on women all them time.

Not without anesthetic on the kitchen table.

Prior to modern surgery techniques, many women did not survive C-sections. Often, the goal was just to save the baby because the mother was already beyond help.

[driftdiver]

Nor with steak knives.

Vets don’t work for free. If she did this out of cruelty then she should pay. If she was trying to help the dog then I’d give her the benefit of the doubt.