Coping With Pet LossThis section is a place to share stories about Coping With Pet Loss. Below are entries of those who have already shared their stories. We hope that you find their experiences helpful to your own situation. To quickly access health information from your website's browser, download My girl Zara - may she be happy in doggie heaven! On the 30th June 2007 I sadly had to lay Zara to rest. I tried with all my resources and an overflowing heart to save my girl but over the last week of her life she deteriorated to such a degree it was unbearable to watch. She had a stroke earlier in the week and this had left the left side of her face completely paralized. We continued to force feed her but had to reduce her medication of cortizone and antibiotics as she now had blood in her stools. I was so proud of her because she still got up and plodded around with me when i went to visit every night after work. I prayed that time was on my side. On the thursday night, I lay on the kennel floor with her - my heart broke and I cried because for the first time I saw in her eyes that she was tired of fighting. Angela (the owner of the hydrotherapy clinic where Zara was convelesing [convalescing]), kindly told me that in her opinion Zara was holding out for me. Friday I took Zara home She had gone from weighing 46kg to 32 kg in the 3 weeks she had been ill. I put her on the bed and held, stroked her and whispered loving words to her the whole night, wiping her eyes clear of the infection, wiping the discharge from her nose, breaking doggie biscuits into tiny pieces for her to nibble on, trying to find a position for her to get some sleep without being woken up every 5 minutes because she could not breath from the discharge in her nose, gave her water from a syringe to rehydrate her, carried her outside so that she could relieve herself, cleaning her after she messed herself with diahria [diarrhea] filled with clotted with blood. Watching Zara suffer like this for 12 hours, I took her to my Vet again on Saturday morning. The prognosis was not good. She would need to be re-hospitalized as she was dehydrated, had developed a “chewing gum” symptom and had atrophy of the muscles. Zara was so weak she could hardly stand while she was being examined by the vet. When we tried to hold up her she yelped from pain. Zara was not improving, she was slowly dying. “If it should be that I grow old and weak You will be sad - I understand We’ve had so many happy years, Take me where my needs they’ll tend, only stay with me till the end I know in time that you will see Dont grieve that it should be you The vet helped me carry Zara into the garden, she lay with her head on my lap as I quietly thanked her for the most wonderful 7 years together and that she had brought me so much happiness. And while i prayed that my late Mom was there to receive Zara into her care ….. Zara slowly went to sleep and is now no longer suffering. Zara my girl … you are so loved!! Comments
July 2007
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