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It's just been a rough day.
I lost my other dog today. :c She was my baby, and it really hurts that I wasn't able to physically be there. I was able to video chat, so there's that. It just sucks.
I was having a good day.
As a funny side note, she really did like the needles. One of the vets that saw her noticed a considerable change in her behavior (she got really, very friendly with them) after she had to draw blood. It was hilarious. In the past, she'd been given sedatives because she was, or would have been, a bit bitey. Weirdo.
Pet tax:
Photos are courtesy of my sister - she's got a good eye for them!
I lost my other dog today. :c She was my baby, and it really hurts that I wasn't able to physically be there. I was able to video chat, so there's that. It just sucks.
I was having a good day.
As a funny side note, she really did like the needles. One of the vets that saw her noticed a considerable change in her behavior (she got really, very friendly with them) after she had to draw blood. It was hilarious. In the past, she'd been given sedatives because she was, or would have been, a bit bitey. Weirdo.
Pet tax:
Photos are courtesy of my sister - she's got a good eye for them!
Arrr! Only th' Devil an' I know th' where'bouts o' me treasure, an' th' one o' us who lives th' longes' should take i' all.
@CapnBrigantia
30-Apr-2021 22:57:43
Ohhh no
Really sorry to hear that Brig, I know the heartbreak.
*more hugs*
Really sorry to hear that Brig, I know the heartbreak.
*more hugs*
Le Chat Guerrier
Bwian's Towel & Grief Shop
01-May-2021 11:06:41
Yeah
It certainly wasn't what I wanted to do, but she was in a lot of pain. She had a tumour in her abdomen that'd been diagnosed back in October-ish, and since then it got a lot bigger. I'd really hoped for a bit more time, so we'd tried managing it with prednisone but idk that it did very much.
She was trembling yesterday, and hasn't been super interested in food the last few weeks (probably due to lack of room in there, because this dog loves food) and overall just not acting quite right.
The vet said that she was really tender in that area and that it might have been hemorrhaging even, but it was really painful for her.
Ultimately, the only solution was surgery so we declined the bloodwork and xrays and decided it was time to let her go. For a dog her age, surgery for something that size would be traumatic and she probably wouldn't have handled it very well. At best, it would buy a year or two max if she managed to make it through that anyway. Wouldn't have been fair to make her go through all that.
She turned 10 back in February, so she'd had a pretty long life for a dog her size.
Literally the worst part of having pets.
And now we have a cat who has outlived four dogs lol
It certainly wasn't what I wanted to do, but she was in a lot of pain. She had a tumour in her abdomen that'd been diagnosed back in October-ish, and since then it got a lot bigger. I'd really hoped for a bit more time, so we'd tried managing it with prednisone but idk that it did very much.
She was trembling yesterday, and hasn't been super interested in food the last few weeks (probably due to lack of room in there, because this dog loves food) and overall just not acting quite right.
The vet said that she was really tender in that area and that it might have been hemorrhaging even, but it was really painful for her.
Ultimately, the only solution was surgery so we declined the bloodwork and xrays and decided it was time to let her go. For a dog her age, surgery for something that size would be traumatic and she probably wouldn't have handled it very well. At best, it would buy a year or two max if she managed to make it through that anyway. Wouldn't have been fair to make her go through all that.
She turned 10 back in February, so she'd had a pretty long life for a dog her size.
Literally the worst part of having pets.
And now we have a cat who has outlived four dogs lol
Arrr! Only th' Devil an' I know th' where'bouts o' me treasure, an' th' one o' us who lives th' longes' should take i' all.
@CapnBrigantia
01-May-2021 12:05:02
That's always it, isn't it? Always swear to never have another one, and yet we do anyway.
Masochism at its finest haha
The right decision in those circumstances is always the hardest to make.
As much as it kills me that I wasn't able to physically be there, it ended up working out for the best because had things gone differently, I wouldn't have been able to afford anything that we've done for those dogs to help them as much as we did. So all in all it worked out for the better, even if it totally sucks.
They'll both always be my girls. <3
Masochism at its finest haha
The right decision in those circumstances is always the hardest to make.
As much as it kills me that I wasn't able to physically be there, it ended up working out for the best because had things gone differently, I wouldn't have been able to afford anything that we've done for those dogs to help them as much as we did. So all in all it worked out for the better, even if it totally sucks.
They'll both always be my girls. <3
Arrr! Only th' Devil an' I know th' where'bouts o' me treasure, an' th' one o' us who lives th' longes' should take i' all.
@CapnBrigantia
01-May-2021 15:00:09
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