My Pug Scoop (Precious Scoop has passed... )

Sending hugs and prayers Vicki, one day at a time, that's all any of us can do, your a great Momma!

Vicki HUGS!! You did everything humanly possible to give Scoop the best chance of any to live as long as possible. He had a wonderful home provided by you and he loved you.
I think guilt is a part of the grief process and that most people end up feeling guilty for things that were completely out of their control.

Don't blame yourself for trying to help Scoop.
hugs,
Sharlene

Hugs to you today Vicki - please do not second guess all you have done! You exemplify a wonderful mama - if only all pups had someone who has been so attentive to everything as you have been.

Saturday hugs to you!

xoxox,
Kerry (Millie's Mama)

Thank you so much everyone!
Hugs to all of you!!

Hi Vicki

You went to the ends of the earth to find treatment to help your precious! I am so upset for you that it did not work out better for Scoop, but reading all you have posted there is nothing I could see where you let him down at all... quite the opposite. Aspiration pneumonia is always a risk with procedures involving anaesthetic, or tubes it would be hard to know how it happened it could have just been something that occurred naturally as well. There was so much going on for Scoop, I remember you posting his tummy had been giving trouble for ages. I think if you did nothing with the growth of that nasty tumour you would have lost him anyway. You tried Vicki, you threw everything you could at that tumour to try and beat it so you can rest assured you did not cause Scoops passing by the decisions you made. Big hugs for you xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Thanks to all my wonderful friends.
Your words mean so much to me.
It's been a tough week and I don't see it getting any better any time soon.
Reading all your posts does help.
Thank you again.
Hugs to all.

Yesterday I got a call from someone from the IMS's office. She told me about a lady who comes there every so often and a group meets to talk about their loss. I am hoping to be able to join them tomorrow(Monday). It is right at the hospital where Scoop passed away. I hope it brings me some comfort for I am feeling pretty down and just horrible right now. I miss my Scoop so much and it hurts so bad.
The lady from the doctor's office also told me that the test results they are waiting on have only come back as a partial as of yesterday. She said the blood culture so far hasn't grown anything. The pancreas is suspicious but she said it could all change. I am so confused about what happened to my Scoop. I am afraid I will never know what took my sweet Scoop from me. I am hoping to talk with the IMS and I hope she can at least give me her opinion about what she thinks might have happened. Not knowing makes it even worse for me. I know it doesn't change anything but I feel this need to know what happened to my sweet boy Scoop.

Hi Vicki
So glad you found a meeting-I hope it makes you feel a little better.I looked all over for one in this area and never was able to find one.I do hope you find out what happened to poor Scoop so that it can ease the guilt that you are feeling.I never found out why Fella died.They didn't have an answer for me,just kept telling me all the things he DIDNT have and how he was such a good candidate for the surgery-very frustrating!!!You and your Scoop are in my thoughts quite often.I hope you are able to find the answers you are looking for from the vet.
Love,
Patty

Vicki, that is really good that they have a meeting that you can attend to help deal with the grief. Sometimes humane societies will have one set up, but all too often, people seem to just brush off the death of our furbabies as if it isn't as important or something. That is so not true as all of us here know and understand.
Grief for any reason, can take a huge toll on the body, on the mind, on your spirit over all.
I hope that this and talking to the IMS will help you.

hugs,
Sharlene

I think the support group is a wonderful idea. Sometimes, maybe we have to think that Medicine is not an exact science and sometimes the doctors can hypothesis but without an autopsy, they may not know for sure what causes a loved one demise.

I know that does not make it easier for you, Vicki.:(

Sending much love