So, where to begin.... My brain is just scrambled right now so please excuse me if this post is a pile of shit because I am having a hard time putting this to words. I'm venting to you guys because I dont have many friends beyond my immediate family and I just want to scream right now into the void. I had to put my best friend to sleep today unexpectedly and I feel carved out. Hollow. She was the best dog I ever had. She was sick, wouldnt eat, lethargic,got worse, puking. It all happened over about 4 days, the vet thought it was addisons disease. Said that she would need steroids daily and a $200 shot monthly. For the rest of her life. We were fine with that because she would at least be ok. She wanted to keep her for a few days on an iv to let the meds help and she should be fine in a few days. She told us we could come visit her. That was yesterday. Today we went to visit her(brought the kids too) and the vet called as we were about to arrive.
We told her we were on our way and would be there in a few minutes, she said she would wait to talk to us there. We get there, they carry her in and she looks worse than she did last night. She tells us that the test came back negative for addisons. She ran more tests and discovered she had lyme disease and that it attacked her kidneys and there wasn't much to do... We went in there thinking she would probably be coming home tomorrow, only to watch her die. My kids, especially my son are fucking sad as hell. She slept in his room everynight with him. Hug the furry ones in your life. At least we got to be with her when she passed. She was a part of our family. Her name was Bailey. Thanks for reading.
paul_neri 12 points 1.7 years ago
Pets dying is just too awful.