Please keep us in your thoughts, I think Holly's time is almost here...

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Thank you so much for that special prayer, I can't tell you in typed words how much it means to me. and thank you, Maida - and everyone, for sharing your comfort and experiences with me.

We took Holly in this morning and the vet confirmed what I half suspected: that she had some heart issues happening. I suspected it because she has not been putting out the fluids like she had been for the last few months. Normally, after the overnight, one of her hind legs would be damp from leaking urine during the evening as a result of using Furosemide. She has been dry in the mornings for about a week now. Her heart is not pumping out the fluids like it should and she has too much fluid buildup in her chest. On another bad note, some of her kidney numbers have gone up - in spite of being wonderful last Tuesday. The vet thinks the kidney numbers have changed because her heart is not pumping the fluids/toxins out like it should and he gave us some Vetmedin to use 2x a day for the heart, along with a slight increase in Furosemide dosage. Her numbers show she has been tolerating the Furosemide really well so far, and he thinks we can increase it a little to try to get rid of some fluid. That, along with Vetmedin, might help but we will just have to wait and see and hope and pray that she is not beginning end-stage problems :(

After we got home from the vet, she attacked her snacks - the same ones she's been ignoring for the last several days so I suppose thats a good sign at least.

We go back in a week to recheck her numbers, providing she doesn't crash before that. My husband mercifully happens to have off this week; I don't know what I would have done without him here these last few days. I am alot weaker emotionally than I thought I was. I felt like I was going to have a panic attack or nervous breakdown all weekend long. Unfortunately, he has to leave town for a day or two starting tomorrow night so I will have to think positive thoughts that I will be strong and calm while he's gone.

Holly was unbelievably great in the last part of April through early June - I really thought we beat kidney disease but maybe I was too naive, unknowledgeable or in denial about it and got carried away with false hope, but I have to pray, keep thinking positive and hope for the best because thats all I can do at this point. I think I've done it all, everything I possibly could.

Your support has been a tremendous help to me. Thank you all so much for your kindness. I'll post again once I have some news. May you all be blessed for your compassion.

Janice & Holly
 
Sending you hugs! When our pups are sick we are so defenceless because they can't talk to us and tell us what's wrong. It's enough to tear us apart!

I know that if Bacca goes off his food, even a little, I go into panic because I'm sure that he's now finally going to go into acute liver failure. Yeah, crazy, but these are are babes!

I'm sending you prayers that it all works out and this is just a momentary scare.

Take care
Barb
 
My precious girl passed away tonight. We had her in to the vet on Thursday for a day of fluids to jump start her kidneys again and afterwards, she seemed to go into a decline these last couple days. Suddenly, she was not urinating except maybe twice a day compared to 7 times a day before that since she was on subQ fluids. Today I had a harder time feeding her because the food and water (I used a syringe) just sat in her cheeks and she wouldn't or couldn't swallow. It would just run out after a short while. We tried to stand her up after a nap and she wobbled, left the room and fell after her hind legs gave out. We were starting to have the horrible discussion about how much longer we should wait if she got worse when we decided to take her out for a potty at 9 pm. My husband picked her up off the floor and carried her out to the yard and set her down. After I closed the door and turned back, she was laying down on her side, having fallen over. Tony said he thought she was dead. I thought he was just imagining it but she was really gone. My heart is broken tonight. I don't know if she had some kind of strokes, or if her heart gave out. We took her to an emergency vet who will have her cremated for us. I cannot believe my girl is gone, especially with that sort of ending.

I am going to have a very difficult time these next few days/weeks/months but I wanted to write and thank all of you from the very bottom of my heart for your support and compassion. I really believed back in April that this dog beat kidney disease and was going to be around for a long time to come. I am not even able to imagine what life is going to be like without my baby,

Janice
 
Dear St. Francis,

Last night, a dear Sheltie flew into your arms. Wasn't Holly beautiful as she ran across the green pastures of Rainbow Bridge? He fur floated in the scented breeze, and her legs flashed in the sunlight. At last she stopped to lap at the crystal waters of a gently running stream -- so cool and refreshing. As she looked up at you, your smile told her that in what would seem like the twinkling of an eye, she would see her family coming to walk with her across Rainbow Bridge to live forever with the Good Shepherd. Please comfort her family, for they miss her so.
In His name we ask,
Amen
 
thank you, your comfort has meant alot to me these last few months, especially this last week and today in particular. I miss her so much.
 
janice7920 said:
thank you, your comfort has meant alot to me these last few months, especially this last week and today in particular. I miss her so much.
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I am so sorry....my heart breaks for you. I hope that you can eventually find comfort in her memories. Stay strong.

I am going to close this thread out now.

Janice has a thread in the Sheltie Angels section where we can share our condolences for the loss of Holly
http://sheltieforums.com/showthread.php?t=11092

Hugs
Dani
 
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