for all you dog owners out there would you?

ripley33 said:
Oh Cynthia, I am happy to say Lucy ate about 1/2 cup of brown rice with a touch of chicken broth on it and has kept it down for about 1 hour :) Let's hope that is the first sign of getting better!
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Well Lucy didn't eat it after all. I found the vomit under the bed. She is still really sick. I talked to the vet on the phone after I tried to get her out and she was BARELY able to walk. She was also panting rapidly and it's not even hot in here. I cried and realized this is so bad. He said tommorrow to phone if she has not improved and then they will have to look for WORSE things like hidden tumors etc. I am so bummed. My husband said he does not want to see her like this and maybe we should think if she is not better to put her down. On top of all this my 12 year old son started throwing up at 2 in the morning and has been in and out of the bathroom and not eating. I am chalking this up to the worst Christmas ever, sigh.
 
Laura - I am so sorry Lucy isn't doing better. Enjoy the time you have with her. It is hard when fur babies and human children are sick.

Carrie
 
I know that there is almost nothing in the world worse than having to deal with the decision that haunts you now. Been there - and it's awful! We decided to go ahead and have a $1200 surgery for a tumor removal and although our beloved Kirby did well for the first couple of days post-op, ended up dying of a post-op infection. I so totally wish we had not put her through that, but it certainly could have gone the other way. We would have felt guilt, no matter what decision we made, but it is a part of the healing/grieving process. All pet owners will unfortunately eventually have to go thru it.:(

I'm praying for a Christmas miracle for your pooch and praying that your son is better too. Maybe his illness may have something to do with the stress of what's going on with the dog?

I wish there was more I could do. Big ((((((hugs))))))

Angie
 
Oh no!

Hang in there! My little Greta had some sort of bacterial infection - in retrospect, the vet thought it might have been e. coli or something - and she was horribly, miserably sick for about ten days. Mostly vomiting and diarrhea, every hour on the hour for TEN. DAYS.

She normally weighs 12 pounds, and by the end of the illness she weighed slightly less than 8 (!!) - she lost more than 1/3 of her body weight. We had to go the vet every day so she could have fluids injected subcutaneously, because she couldn't keep a thing down.

Nobody could figure out a diagnosis, and no treatment of any kind seemed to help at all. It was horrible - not just for Greta, but for all of us - we couldn't sleep through the night with her being sick so often, and of course we were horribly worried. My SO and I went to work in shifts and one of us would stay with her at all times, because she was too weak and listless to get up.

Happily, she eventually came out of it, but for a little while at the end I thought for sure she would die. I sympathize totally, and I'm hoping so much for a positive outcome for all of you. ((((((((HUGS)))))))) and prayers coming your way!
 
R.I.P. Lucy

Well I am devested to say that we lost Lucy this Christmas morning. She was suffering terribly and the vet was completely stumped. He said whatever it was most likely going to kill her anyway and agreed the best and most loving thing to do was let her go. So she is on the other side waiting and wagging her tail...
 
I logged on this morning to see if there was an update on Lucy, and I'm so sad to hear this bad news...:( Take comfort to know she's no longer suffering. Hugs and prayers go out to you.

I also hope your son is feeling better today.
 
Oh, I'm sorry to hear that you lost Lucy this morning. My thoughts are with you and your family today.
 
Well it has been a tough day, whew. I hope you all had a great Christmas. I just wanted you all to see what a lovely dog dear ol' Lucy was. She will be GREATLY missed, but I'm sure she's chasing squirrels on the other side of rainbow bridge.
 

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I would have made the same decision. It is most responsible to not let her suffer IMHO.

It takes strength to do the right thing sometimes.
 
ripley33 said:
Well I am devested to say that we lost Lucy this Christmas morning. She was suffering terribly and the vet was completely stumped. He said whatever it was most likely going to kill her anyway and agreed the best and most loving thing to do was let her go. So she is on the other side waiting and wagging her tail...
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I am so terribly sorry for your loss. :(
 
So sorry for your loss:(. I'm sure you gave her a wonderful life. Letting go of a beloved pet is the hardest thing to do. So sorry.
 
Laura, I am so sorry for your loss :(

I logged on tonight hoping to read Lucy came out of whatever was ailing her.

It just doesn't seem fair for our fur babies, they can't talk and tell us what hurts or how they are feeling :(

My thoughts and prayers to you and family
 
I did the right thing!

As I sit here blubbering on this Christmas 2009, I know I did the right thing for my baby. The vet phoned and told my DH that she had a bladder tumor that was inoperable. You wouldn't have access to it at all as a doctor. It was her time and last night as I lay sleeping and felt her rub up against my foot hanging over the bed, she was letting me know. I am so relieved and so sad at the same time. I hold comfort knowing though, it was the right thing to do. I thought I should let you know. Merry Christmas all.

Laura
 
You did the right thing Laura. Even though it was hard, you did what was best for Lucy. Hang in there I know how hard it is. :(
 
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