If dog ate cotton ball dipped in nail polish remover is that serious?

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I am heart broken after my 15 month old dog evidently swallowed plain cotton balls and died from bowel interspersion by mid afternoon on a Sunday. I took her to what was called a "hospital" on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. They took X-rays and said her bowls were moving. I took in her stool and was told it looked like cotton balls. She would not eat but was drinking water and I was giving her Pedialyte, but the hospital was closed on Saturday and I was hoping she would get her appetite back. The vet gave me some pills to stimulate her appetite, but she only wanted to drink and threw up clear liquid.

The "hospital" was closed on Sunday so I took my dog to emergency listed on their door. There she was immediately ran back an given an IV and monitored. She needed surgery but started throwing up blood and the vet said there was no hope for her at that point. Even though I did not want to, I agreed to let them euthanize my dog since they convinced me it was the humane thing to do. As soon as they put the drug in her IV her heart stopped. Now I wish I had bonded with my dog until her last natural breath and heartbeat, since she was not showing pain. The whole episode is unbelievable. I feel the "hospital" should have removed what they knew was an accidentally swallowed cotton ball on Thursday or Friday,instead of sending me off for the weekend with what they should have known was a potentially life threatening situation. After my dog died the vet at the "hospital" told me bowel intussusception is rare. From what I read, too late, it is not rare when cotton balls are ingested. If you (like me) don't know your dog got a hold of a cotton ball by accident it will take a couple of days to notice something is wrong. Loss of appetite and throwing up clear viscous liquid was what my dog did and I would have insisted on the "hospital" to remove the cotton even though it looked like she was passing it on X-ray, had I known what I know now. Don't mess around with vets who need to go home at 5pm and don't work on weekends. Bowel intussusception happens from cotton ball ingestion and my dog needed surgery in spite of what the X-rays showed. I'm wondering if this "hospital" even performed this kind of surgery???