An update for those who remember this thread...
We had to put Chase to sleep a couple of hours ago. /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif
She had been going rapidly downhill over the last week and
to be honest I don't know what was keeping that dog alive.
Love and Loyalty I guess. She had not had a drink of water
in over seven days. Real food in weeks. She was nothing but
the litteral skin and bones.... /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif We thought we would
have to put her to sleep on Tuesday but she pulled some
energy from God knows where and kept on going. The vet
hydrated her on Tuesday but that was the last "water" she
could keep on her stomach. She had been puking as regular
as a clock for the last couple of days and today she just could
not get up to do it anymore. It was time.
We had guessed that Chase would get to this point today. We
managed to get our child out of the house, she is just to young
to understand, and schedule of all things a vet visit to the
house. I did not know vets would make house calls for
these things. Course its better than having the owner mourn
in the office I suppose...
The vet and an assitant came to the house which made things
so much easier for everyone. It was much better than having
to carry Chase to the car and into the office.
Its sad/scary/relieving that the drug does its job so quickly.
One second Chase is here and the next she is running after
her tennis balls in doggy heaven with her pain finally gone.
Chase was always a Lady in live and even at the end she
still was a Lady.
My wife had found a dog cancer list on the Internet and it has
been very helpful. A great group of people. They took a
posted picture of Chase and had it put on a mouse pad.
Chase is watching me now. They have even called long
distance to see how things are going.
I think the group is one of the reasons Chase lived as long
as she did. I reread my origional post and its been nine
months since the surgery. I was talking to the vet after
Chase had passed and the vet practice has been amazed that
Chase has lived this long. My wife has been fighting to keep
Chase alive for months with the help of the cancer group.
None of the vets thought Chase would live more than a
month or so.
There have been three different practices helping Chase and
they have all been great.
My dog Kelly, the GSD, kinda went bonkers during the
procedure. Kelly is a vocal dog, she constantly whines but
she knew something was up and really was not happy. She
settled down after Chase had passed. Somehow Kelly knew
through whatever mechanism that dogs have for such things.
Our daughter is the next concern. We have been telling her
that Chase is very sick, not like how we get sick and get
better. She has known and can see that Chase is not doing
well. When her grandmother was leaving with her she said
good bye to Chase and that she would see her tomorrow....
She is not staying at Grandma's tonight, she just thought
she was, so we have to deal with how she is gong to handle
Chase's passing....
Its a danged good thing that Dogs provide some much danged
Joy, Loyalty, and Love because it just hurts to $%^&*() much
when the have to leave us....
For those who like to tip a glass or two, give a toast to Chase,
The Loyal Lady.
Thanks,
Dan McCarty
We had to put Chase to sleep a couple of hours ago. /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif
She had been going rapidly downhill over the last week and
to be honest I don't know what was keeping that dog alive.
Love and Loyalty I guess. She had not had a drink of water
in over seven days. Real food in weeks. She was nothing but
the litteral skin and bones.... /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif We thought we would
have to put her to sleep on Tuesday but she pulled some
energy from God knows where and kept on going. The vet
hydrated her on Tuesday but that was the last "water" she
could keep on her stomach. She had been puking as regular
as a clock for the last couple of days and today she just could
not get up to do it anymore. It was time.
We had guessed that Chase would get to this point today. We
managed to get our child out of the house, she is just to young
to understand, and schedule of all things a vet visit to the
house. I did not know vets would make house calls for
these things. Course its better than having the owner mourn
in the office I suppose...
The vet and an assitant came to the house which made things
so much easier for everyone. It was much better than having
to carry Chase to the car and into the office.
Its sad/scary/relieving that the drug does its job so quickly.
One second Chase is here and the next she is running after
her tennis balls in doggy heaven with her pain finally gone.
Chase was always a Lady in live and even at the end she
still was a Lady.
My wife had found a dog cancer list on the Internet and it has
been very helpful. A great group of people. They took a
posted picture of Chase and had it put on a mouse pad.
Chase is watching me now. They have even called long
distance to see how things are going.
I think the group is one of the reasons Chase lived as long
as she did. I reread my origional post and its been nine
months since the surgery. I was talking to the vet after
Chase had passed and the vet practice has been amazed that
Chase has lived this long. My wife has been fighting to keep
Chase alive for months with the help of the cancer group.
None of the vets thought Chase would live more than a
month or so.
There have been three different practices helping Chase and
they have all been great.
My dog Kelly, the GSD, kinda went bonkers during the
procedure. Kelly is a vocal dog, she constantly whines but
she knew something was up and really was not happy. She
settled down after Chase had passed. Somehow Kelly knew
through whatever mechanism that dogs have for such things.
Our daughter is the next concern. We have been telling her
that Chase is very sick, not like how we get sick and get
better. She has known and can see that Chase is not doing
well. When her grandmother was leaving with her she said
good bye to Chase and that she would see her tomorrow....
She is not staying at Grandma's tonight, she just thought
she was, so we have to deal with how she is gong to handle
Chase's passing....
Its a danged good thing that Dogs provide some much danged
Joy, Loyalty, and Love because it just hurts to $%^&*() much
when the have to leave us....
For those who like to tip a glass or two, give a toast to Chase,
The Loyal Lady.
Thanks,
Dan McCarty
