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 A Rare Case, Jackson's death |
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 Feb 26 2005, 12:11 PM
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Group: Pet Lovers Posts: 10 Joined: 10-February 05 Member No.: 698  |
Now that he is gone, I'm doing all the wondering why and if I made the right decision. After he was diagnosed with parvo, he spent 4 days at the clinic. On Wed, he was so much better, barking at me to let him out of that cage. I took him home Thurs. afternoon, and he just crashed. He wouldnt eat or drink, and was vomiting again. I took him back first thing Friday morning, and they put him back on the fluids. His temp was really high, and the vet suspected distemper. Parvo AND distemper. She said she had never seen a dog with both. It took such a toll on his immune system, he was vomiting blood from his lungs. She told me he wouldnt make it through the night. We didnt want him to go so painfully, so we made the decision to put him down. I went to see him, but couldnt stay to watch. He looked so sad, but he knew who I was, and watched me talk to the vets. Every time I stopped petting him, he would try to get up, wobbling and shaking. It was so hard to leave him there. I am so thankful for all the kind people at the clinic, they have all known me for years, and took such good care of him. I know if there were anything else that could be done, they would have done it. But it still hurts. I wish I had a picture of him, but I refused to take one of him in his last hours. I did not want to remember him that way.
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Feb 26 2005, 12:15 PM
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 Group: Pet Lovers Posts: 641 Joined: 24-April 04 From: Mississippi Gulf Coast Member No.: 308 |
I'm so, so sorry about Jackson. It breaks my heart too. You did everything you could possibly do to save him. I'm so glad he had you to love and care for him.
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Feb 26 2005, 06:13 PM
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 Group: Pet Lovers Posts: 1,165 Joined: 31-October 04 Member No.: 538 |
I'm sorry you are feeling so guilty but you did everything in you possibly could to save little Jackson. I know how it feels to do everything we can only to have their life end. We think we could have should have done more. It makes a person feel so helpless so out of control and powerless. But even in our great love we are rendered powerless to reach beyond their sickness when there is no hope. It is indeed a gift of love to them to help them pass without terrible pain. Yet most of us feel so guilty for having done so. Then it brings us even more pain... I guess I will just end this I can't seem to keep my thoughts together. I am missing Snookie so very much and am having a bad day.
Ann -------------------- My girls went to the Rainbow Bridge 6 weeks and 3 days apart. Snookie had cushing's disease, and later developed diabetes. Both had cancer, Snookie had cancer of the liver, and Chili Bean had cancer of the pallet. Chili Bean was our son's chihuahua but we kept her often throughout her life and she stayed with us for the last 9 months of her life. Chili Bean also had asthma and heart failure. We will see you in Heaven my precious darlings. Snookie Lynn Howard 2-04-94 - 12-26-04 Senorita Chili Bean Bubbles Howard 11-05-94 - 11-11-04 |
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Feb 26 2005, 07:06 PM
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 Group: Pet Lovers Posts: 160 Joined: 9-January 05 Member No.: 651 |
SO, So very sorry for your loss.
I know the decision is painful but it needed to be done. (I know I was in the same boat) You did everything possible to save dear Jackson. Please don't feel guilty. The pain of loss is difficult as it is without making it harder on yourself. Thinking of you in your sorrow. hugs, Fran -------------------- Regency's Independence
"INDY" 7/4/94 - 12/28/04 |
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Feb 27 2005, 01:10 PM
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 Group: Pet Lovers Posts: 827 Joined: 30-October 04 From: New Mexico Member No.: 536 |
I'm so very sorry for your loss of baby Jackson.
You're in my thoughts and prayers. Kathleen -------------------- Shiloh and Hobbie, you're both gone from my arms, but forever in my heart.
Shiloh 1999 - Sept. 17, 2004 Hobbie Aug. 14, 1996 - May 30, 2005 |
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