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My heart is breaking, I think I'm about to loose my boy....
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We have lost many pets over the years. It never is easy. We cherish their presence, knowing that in all likelihood we will see them die. You are doing a good job tending to his last days. Don't regret anything, this just is the sad part of the companionship you have shared. At the end of the day, both of you have had a better life because of your friendship.
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Nothing worse. Love and comfort him while you can.
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another day and he’s looking better again.
Jumped up on the bed this am and slept with us for a while after he was out and did his business.
I’m just taking it day by day now and being grateful for the days he has QOL…each day, hour, minute and second is a gift. I’m not going to question that….
Jumped up on the bed this am and slept with us for a while after he was out and did his business.
I’m just taking it day by day now and being grateful for the days he has QOL…each day, hour, minute and second is a gift. I’m not going to question that….
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I feel for you. I love my dogs. They get me, better than people.. I get them better than people. Unconditional love.
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Had sebastian to the vet this morning. He’s getting a rather large abdominal edema (swollen belly) from fluid retention. A relatively common thing with this condition.
We did blood work and focused on his kidney function. All good, values right down the middle. So we’re going to up his diuretics a little bit and see if we can’t give him a little more comfort from the edema. I’ll have blood work done again in another week or two so we can develop a trend for his kidney function. Its expensive, but I don’t care about the money vs time with my boy.
Bowels and bladder still working well, eating his meals and gets up and down relatively easily. Breathing isn’t bad, but he still “huffs” a little bit, with the edema probably pushing on his diaphragm.
Its still going to end the way we think, but Sebas just keeps beating the odds. He’s a miracle as far as I’m concerned. The vet is just amazed at how well he’s doing. He can’t believe we had to carry Sebas in a few weeks ago nearly dead and now he’s up and about and bright eyed.
We only see the main Vet now, as he doesn’t want anyone else to deal with Sebas. Sebas is such a success story, he’s become a favorite patient. He had a surgery scheduled this AM and made space prior to it just to see Sebas on short notice. Everyone who works at the vet is always overjoyed to see him and vet techs in the back always come out to talk and pet him when they hear he’s coming in. He’s just been such a success story his whole life (born with level 4 murmur and only expected to live weeks to months) they all want to see him. Or maybe they just feel good seeing/touching a “miracle”.
Me? Still taking every day, hour and minute as a gift.
So its still sad, but things are going as well as can be expected, probably better.
I’m so very grateful for this extra time we have together and that he’s not in pain. I’m just enjoying taking care of him, laying with him and giving him comforting words and gentle petting.
Here he is catching a little sun yesterday on the back deck with his little bro:
And now I’ll stop typing as my eyes are beginning to well up again and its hard to see the keyboard…
We did blood work and focused on his kidney function. All good, values right down the middle. So we’re going to up his diuretics a little bit and see if we can’t give him a little more comfort from the edema. I’ll have blood work done again in another week or two so we can develop a trend for his kidney function. Its expensive, but I don’t care about the money vs time with my boy.
Bowels and bladder still working well, eating his meals and gets up and down relatively easily. Breathing isn’t bad, but he still “huffs” a little bit, with the edema probably pushing on his diaphragm.
Its still going to end the way we think, but Sebas just keeps beating the odds. He’s a miracle as far as I’m concerned. The vet is just amazed at how well he’s doing. He can’t believe we had to carry Sebas in a few weeks ago nearly dead and now he’s up and about and bright eyed.
We only see the main Vet now, as he doesn’t want anyone else to deal with Sebas. Sebas is such a success story, he’s become a favorite patient. He had a surgery scheduled this AM and made space prior to it just to see Sebas on short notice. Everyone who works at the vet is always overjoyed to see him and vet techs in the back always come out to talk and pet him when they hear he’s coming in. He’s just been such a success story his whole life (born with level 4 murmur and only expected to live weeks to months) they all want to see him. Or maybe they just feel good seeing/touching a “miracle”.
Me? Still taking every day, hour and minute as a gift.
So its still sad, but things are going as well as can be expected, probably better.
I’m so very grateful for this extra time we have together and that he’s not in pain. I’m just enjoying taking care of him, laying with him and giving him comforting words and gentle petting.
Here he is catching a little sun yesterday on the back deck with his little bro:
And now I’ll stop typing as my eyes are beginning to well up again and its hard to see the keyboard…
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