Sending huge hugs and love to you both, Lori
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Sending huge hugs and love to you both, Lori
Good to hear that Squirt still has her fighting spirit. Sending hugs and soft belly rubs to you and the Queen :)
Sending good thoughts to you and Squirt.
Leslie,
Squirt may have been having seizures with the yelping and whining in her sleep. They can have them while sleeping to. Also, the fainting might also be seizure activity. We had a poodle who had this type.
It seems like stopping the meds was a good idea. I'm glad that she's perked up.
Great to hear that you and Squirt continue to have some good together time. I agree the brushing sounds like it is very relaxing and therapeutic for both of you.
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin
Hi Leslie
Lovely to read your post and hear Squirt is hanging in there, that dream sounds scary though. I often wonder what goes through their little minds when they let out those sounds in their sleep especially when sometimes their little legs are pedalling away too.
***Sending you all a BIG HUG for next time you pop in***
Leslie I am so happy to hear this update on Squirt. I think about you both daily and always keep you in my prayers. The improvement you describe sounds fantastic and even miraculous. Squirt has such a strong will to live! You both are courageous, strong spirits. I'm so glad you're able to spend time together.
The episode you described last night is puzzling to me. Sometimes when Abby is asleep she will make sounds or small movements but never as profound as what you described. Are you sure it wasn't a seizure of some sort? It sounds like Squirt might have been in real pain, based on the vomiting and yelping. You know best though. I hope it was just a nightmare. Hang in there you two! I pray Squirt continues to improve!
Love and warm hugs,
Meg and Abby
Leslie: I have been reading the posts and I am so glad you have Squirt. I had CoCo at the vet the day before he died and the vet said he had congestive heart failure, but was actually walking around and looking for food on the floor. The vet did look sad when he listened to his chest and gave me medicine so i really did not expect him to be gone the next day. He woke up and was panting to breath and i called the vet and she said the only she could do was put an IV in him and give him fluid. He aleady had too much fluid in his lungs and around his heart. I just did not feel like I could stand him being by himself dying, so I chose to carry him for several hours and do everything to help him breath. I was looking for a vet clinic that stayed open all night when he slipped away from me and went to his favorite bed and I looked around behind me and he had gotten up and gone to his favorite bed. Just as my husband walked in from work. CoCo gasped and i tried to start his heart, but could not. I knew he was dead, but my husband just grabbed him and took him to the vet, but he took his last breath as he pulled out of the driveway. He still took him to the vet where they pronounced him dead and they wrapped him so i guess we could bury him. I am still grieving and believe he could have had an easier time of it if I had carried him to the vet or maybe saved him again, which i know in my heart was impossible and he died in his favorite bed with both of us with him but it is still so hard. This is the third one I have lost and I cannot seem to console myself. i know he was so sick and would still be in even worse shape if we had saved him again. He just had too many things wrong. I commend you on taking such good care of Squirt and know you are doing the right things for her. Some days I know my sweet baby did not need to live in such pain and could barely walk, but others i think I could have done more. Just praying for you and Squirt and the grief you are going through.
Love, JoAnne
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Leslie I thought of you and Squirt early this morning. Abby is having some type of tremor in her sleep but she doesn't seem to be making noise or indicating pain. Not sure how to explain it. This disease is really confusing and stressful >:-( Hope you two are holding up and doing better!
Squirt is doing about the same but Mom busted her a$$ in the kitchen yesterday morning and can hardly move. I've had a bad crick in my neck on the left side from sleeping on the floor with Squirt and when I fell, I landed solid on my right side. I can't lift a cup of coffee with the right arm, can't turn my head to either side nor up nor down very far at all, black and blue on my shoulder, arm, hip, and knee on the right side with a nice knot on the noggin to balance things out. I can't pick Squirt up now to take her outside and she is very upset about that....and I'm not too thrilled either, let me tell you. We had about 4" of snow day before yesterday that half thawed then refroze so everyone has to be carried out and back in - not happening. :rolleyes: My carpet will never be the same. So when the weather clears enough and I am mobile enough, I'll be getting a carpet shampooer of some kind. I would love to lay in a hot tub again but almost didn't make it out of the tub last time so I think I'll wait and use the heating pad instead today. :D