n Saturday night. They called my mom about 3pm yesterday and told her that she had kidney failure and there was nothing that they would be able to do for her. So in the end it was decided to just put her to sleep rather than make her suffer. Then the doctor asked my mom if they could do a autopsy to see exactly what caused the kidney failure. The doctor thinks it was either from Lymes Disease (which she would have got from ticks) or possibly from drinking stagnate(sp?) water. So in the meantime mom is also having the water tested at their farm. Because if it was in the water humans can suffer from it too. The college isn't going to charge her for the autopsy since it will be a learning experience for the school and students. Its really sad though she had had Pepper for about 5+ years. And my mom and step-dad went absolutely no where without the dog and my mom also used Pepper as her running partner. She was crying yesterday telling me she probably wouldn't get another one because she didn't want to go through this again. And it was funny how you got so attached to a animal. But then she said Gary said having Pepper around was good protection and he thought they would get another one. I mean not replace Pepper, but I see no reason in not getting another dog. Especially if they decide to get one from the animal shelter. Saving another life would be worth it. Its going to be really strange going to their house this weekend and Pepper not being there. Sad. I really hate it for my mom. I know what it feels like to lose a animal. Especially to a disease. So anyways....here is a picture of me and Pepper about 4 years ago. She was such a great dog. We will miss you Pepper!
Monday, June 29, 2009
R.I.P Pepper
My mom's black lab, Pepper, has been really sick for a few weeks. Throwing up and just laying around. She stayed several days at their local vet, they couldn't find anything wrong with her, gave her meds and sent her home. She was home for maybe 2 days and started throwing up again. My mom said six times in one day. She took her back to their local vet and they wanted to keep her overnight again. Her pancreas was running a temperature of 105.6. They called my mom and told her they were sending her to the Veterinary college in VA because they couldn't figure out what was wrong with her. She was there over night o
n Saturday night. They called my mom about 3pm yesterday and told her that she had kidney failure and there was nothing that they would be able to do for her. So in the end it was decided to just put her to sleep rather than make her suffer. Then the doctor asked my mom if they could do a autopsy to see exactly what caused the kidney failure. The doctor thinks it was either from Lymes Disease (which she would have got from ticks) or possibly from drinking stagnate(sp?) water. So in the meantime mom is also having the water tested at their farm. Because if it was in the water humans can suffer from it too. The college isn't going to charge her for the autopsy since it will be a learning experience for the school and students. Its really sad though she had had Pepper for about 5+ years. And my mom and step-dad went absolutely no where without the dog and my mom also used Pepper as her running partner. She was crying yesterday telling me she probably wouldn't get another one because she didn't want to go through this again. And it was funny how you got so attached to a animal. But then she said Gary said having Pepper around was good protection and he thought they would get another one. I mean not replace Pepper, but I see no reason in not getting another dog. Especially if they decide to get one from the animal shelter. Saving another life would be worth it. Its going to be really strange going to their house this weekend and Pepper not being there. Sad. I really hate it for my mom. I know what it feels like to lose a animal. Especially to a disease. So anyways....here is a picture of me and Pepper about 4 years ago. She was such a great dog. We will miss you Pepper!
n Saturday night. They called my mom about 3pm yesterday and told her that she had kidney failure and there was nothing that they would be able to do for her. So in the end it was decided to just put her to sleep rather than make her suffer. Then the doctor asked my mom if they could do a autopsy to see exactly what caused the kidney failure. The doctor thinks it was either from Lymes Disease (which she would have got from ticks) or possibly from drinking stagnate(sp?) water. So in the meantime mom is also having the water tested at their farm. Because if it was in the water humans can suffer from it too. The college isn't going to charge her for the autopsy since it will be a learning experience for the school and students. Its really sad though she had had Pepper for about 5+ years. And my mom and step-dad went absolutely no where without the dog and my mom also used Pepper as her running partner. She was crying yesterday telling me she probably wouldn't get another one because she didn't want to go through this again. And it was funny how you got so attached to a animal. But then she said Gary said having Pepper around was good protection and he thought they would get another one. I mean not replace Pepper, but I see no reason in not getting another dog. Especially if they decide to get one from the animal shelter. Saving another life would be worth it. Its going to be really strange going to their house this weekend and Pepper not being there. Sad. I really hate it for my mom. I know what it feels like to lose a animal. Especially to a disease. So anyways....here is a picture of me and Pepper about 4 years ago. She was such a great dog. We will miss you Pepper!
1 comment:
I'm so sorry to hear about their (and your) loss! It's always hard to lose a pet, but at least Pepper lived a good, full life and she was well loved.
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