As our friends and family know Kevin and I do not have any children, well of the Human kind.
We are proud dog parents. I am writing this to tell you all about something truly devastating that has happened to our family. We noticed that Maggie had been acting ill, actually it all started to happen when we went to Alaska, and she was staying with my parents. It seemed like she had an upset stomach 9we thought it was just nerves because we were gone), my mom was able to nurse her back to health and when we got home she was acting fine. However about two weeks later she got sick again (this was on a Saturday) so I took her to the emergency Vet, They did some test and they found out she virtually had no protein in her blood, The vet at the time did what he could and we had to take her to our normal vet on Monday. We had a full work up on her. Our vet feared something was wrong with her liver, they did a slew of blood tests, and we just had to wait for the results. Luckily the entire test came back normal. Kevin and I were ecstatic our little dog was healthy. However about two weeks later on Tuesday (July 15) Maggie woke Kevin and I up and seemed to be having difficulty breathing, we got up with her and tried to calm her down. The next day I took her to the Vet. When I got to the Vet he began to tell me that she was extremely critical and he feared that she had IBD (Inflamed bowel disease). It is where the fluid from her blood seeps out into either her chest or stomach cavity. He did some X-Rays and sure enough her chest was full of fluid. He recommended that we leave her there and they would do a Plasma Transfusion and try to get as much fluid out of her chest as they could (he was able to pull almost 100 cc of fluid from her chest) and we could pick her up that evening. But we need to take her to a specialist the next day in Salt Lake for a Biopsy. I left her at the vet Wednesday (July 16) and Kevin and I had planned to take her to Salt Lake for a Biopsy on Thursday. Well early in the evening (4:38pm) on Wednesday I received the call I was not prepared for. The vet was on the other line Maggie had gone into Cardiac arrest and died. We have sense learned that this disease is extremely rare and by the time the full symptoms appear it is often too late. I have learned, do not take those you love for granted Life is truly fragile and your world can be shaken in a single heart beat. Needless to say this has been an extremely rough time for Kevin and I, we are truly heart broken. We are trying to put back the pieces but it has been very hard.
We are proud dog parents. I am writing this to tell you all about something truly devastating that has happened to our family. We noticed that Maggie had been acting ill, actually it all started to happen when we went to Alaska, and she was staying with my parents. It seemed like she had an upset stomach 9we thought it was just nerves because we were gone), my mom was able to nurse her back to health and when we got home she was acting fine. However about two weeks later she got sick again (this was on a Saturday) so I took her to the emergency Vet, They did some test and they found out she virtually had no protein in her blood, The vet at the time did what he could and we had to take her to our normal vet on Monday. We had a full work up on her. Our vet feared something was wrong with her liver, they did a slew of blood tests, and we just had to wait for the results. Luckily the entire test came back normal. Kevin and I were ecstatic our little dog was healthy. However about two weeks later on Tuesday (July 15) Maggie woke Kevin and I up and seemed to be having difficulty breathing, we got up with her and tried to calm her down. The next day I took her to the Vet. When I got to the Vet he began to tell me that she was extremely critical and he feared that she had IBD (Inflamed bowel disease). It is where the fluid from her blood seeps out into either her chest or stomach cavity. He did some X-Rays and sure enough her chest was full of fluid. He recommended that we leave her there and they would do a Plasma Transfusion and try to get as much fluid out of her chest as they could (he was able to pull almost 100 cc of fluid from her chest) and we could pick her up that evening. But we need to take her to a specialist the next day in Salt Lake for a Biopsy. I left her at the vet Wednesday (July 16) and Kevin and I had planned to take her to Salt Lake for a Biopsy on Thursday. Well early in the evening (4:38pm) on Wednesday I received the call I was not prepared for. The vet was on the other line Maggie had gone into Cardiac arrest and died. We have sense learned that this disease is extremely rare and by the time the full symptoms appear it is often too late. I have learned, do not take those you love for granted Life is truly fragile and your world can be shaken in a single heart beat. Needless to say this has been an extremely rough time for Kevin and I, we are truly heart broken. We are trying to put back the pieces but it has been very hard.
4 comments:
Dear Jamie, So sorry about Maggie. What a sad post to have to start your Blog with! I hope little Izzie helps you to feel better. I hope you keep on blogging. It will be fun to check and see how you are doing up there in Clearfield! Blossom sends her condolences to you all. Welcome to the Blogoshere!
James - I'm so sorry to hear about Maggie. I know you & Kevin loved her. I'm always here for ya!
If you need help with your blog, you're welcome to come over to my house any time - seriously. Bry and I just got the internet yesterday - for the first time!!! YAHOO! I've always had to do everything on my work computer.
Anyway, I'm thinking of ya!
Love Bee
So sorry about Maggie, hope your are feeling better. Love your Blog by the way, very cute!
So, I've been reading a bunch of your posts. And wanted to say I'm sorry about little Maggie. She sure was cute! Our dogs are our kids too. :) So I can understand (to a point anyways) how hard it would be to lose one. I'm so sorry that that had to happen, I'm sure you miss her so much!
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