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Such a painful loss, so close to the holidays
Well, the title says it. Yesterday my dog had had 7 seizures in less then 24 hours. We called out regular vet. She had had seizures before, but never this bad. Our regular vet had said previously it could have been polyurethane that we were using on the floors the triggered them last time. So we stopped. And no seizures. Well she started having them again Monday night. And into Tuesday. So we did as the vet said to do. And took her to the emergency vet. After examining her, and asking us many questions.. They said it was either water on her brain, brain abnormalities, the liver not filtering her wastes and toxins correctly, or a combination of any of the above. And she very likely had brain damage after these 7. The vet said, that there is no treatment for what was happening here. That is was def not epilepsy.. And they couldn't do anything. They could hospitalize her, but it would be just buying her time. A day or so. It broke our hearts to here this. At 2 years old, nobody expects to lose there dog.. And we had to make the choice, to let her suffer and have more till they killed her, or to let her be put to sleep. We asked what the vet would do if it were her dog. She said, "I would put her to sleep. It's better a day early, then a hour too late and to let them become extremely miserable and in pain." We said okay.. We got to spend some time with her.. We cried and cried and held her. She fell asleep from a sedative they gave. And knocked on the door after our goodbyes were said. We stayed with her through the processs.. And petted her. I rested my hand on her head and told her how much I loved her and how sorry I was and then her heart just stopped.. My heart broke into a million pieces.. And I couldn't stop the tears.. They wrapped her up all nice in a blanket and sent her home with us so we could bury her. This is by far the most painful thing I have felt, and hardest choice I have been through. Man.. This is wearing heavy on my heart. Home feels so empty now, even though we have other pets. Last night I swore I could here her whining and barking then running around along with her collar dinging.. I jumped out of bed just to see her grave outside the window and her collar in my room. I guess my mind was playing tricks on me.. I am just taking it a day at a time. RIP Aby, your life was way to short and I will always miss you. Oct. 8, 2012 - December 23, 2014.
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