Bulldogs World

My vet misdiagnosed my 6 mo old bulldog this morning and I feel terrible.  My pup threw up his breakfast.  Seemed too quiet.  Called the vet, brought him in.  He had a temp of 103.  They took an x-ray, which showed what appeared to be two round objects in his stomach, just behind his ribcage.  I told the vet that he'd been chewing a tennis ball, and that he stripped the felt from it, but I couldn't find the ball.  Maybe that's what happened to it.  She said they'd first do a barium treatment, get another view which would confirm before opening him up.  The head vet came in and seemed convinced that this was a ball, possibly two.  I have to admit, they looked like balls to me, too.  I left my baby there and went home.  Was told to wait for word after surgery, which would happen betweeen 1 and 2 pm.  At four I couldn't wait any more and called.  The receptionist said my puppy is fine, came through fine and that the vet would call.  The vet took another hour.  

I think they were probably trying to figure out how they were going to break the news:  there were NO BALLS IN HIS STOMACH.  He has an elevated white count, 30,000 (normal is 16,900, she said) and his lymph nodes were enlarged and his pancreas was pale looking.  This, to me sounds like a dog with a virus or a bacterial infection...a sick dog, from who knows what...but not a dog that should have been opened up.  And especially not a bulldog. 

I said, it looks like you folks should have done the barium imaging  before cutting him open.  Her answer, "That's 20-20 hindsight."

What do you all think of this?  I am freaked out by it.