My little Maggie Bear!!

[Aggie_Ama]

Well the good thing about being Aggies is we have a friend that is a DVM. He isn't local but he told my husband he had time to discuss Maggie tonight. The DVM was my husband's roommate and a groomsman in our wedding. He will shoot us straight but also has the education to understand what the vet is saying. My husband and I both just wish the vets said "the best thing at this point is to put her to sleep". Maybe they do and she isn't quite to that point. We have an appointment this evening to discuss her current condition with the vet since it is hard to relay it to my husband when the vet calls.

Before she got sick she was eating and pottying. She doesn't play since she is blind but until the past week or so she would come and ask for attenion. It is so hard because even as bad as she feels she is happy to hear our voices. Of course when they take her off that IV how good will she feel? That is where the vets are pessimistic, what will happen when she is off the pump and fluids.

[Brandi]

(((((hug)))))) to you ! It is hard when the kidney and liver are giving out. I have gone through this myself with a furry friend. it was hard but all they wanted to do to her to keep her alive was to much. Yet she was 18 yrs old so as you can understand she was very old and I didn't want to keep her around just for us. I thought that was being selfish. I hope your furry friend let's you know when enough is enough. Ours did and i respected that and let her go. But your is still young so things could be much different for you then it was for us. Good luck and thank you for keeping us so posted.

[sundial]

My first gsd died just 3 days after her last frisbee toss. She let me know when she was ready to go. I had the greatest sense of peace when we spent the last hour together. I will always be thankful for that.

[jesvetmed]

AGGIE: I really hope your hubby's friend was able to help you guys figure some things out. It's hard for us as vets to give up, too. And we hate to push you there if there is even a small chance that things could come out ok.

If you need any clarification on anything, feel free to ask me -- I can do my best to answer your questions, as a DVM but "not YOUR DVM"... it's always much easier from the outside of the situation.

Otherwise, just know my thoughts are with you guys. However it goes, you know you will make the right decisions for Maggie. Hang in there.
Jes

[Aggie_Ama]

Jes- Our friend concurred with our vet which made us feel more confident. He said the same thing as you, unless he knows there is nothing he can do he always gives the option. He himself had to recommend an owner put their schnauzer/lhasa to sleep yesterday and he said it really stunk for him.

See our vet's office has grown and the founder is the one we have always seen but Maggie got assigned to a newer guy Friday so it was a little stressful with her being so sick. With my husband's buddy saying the same opinion as the vet it made us more confident in the new vet. Didn't hurt to warm us up the new vet is a proud product of the Aggie Vet School, the founder of the practice is not an Aggie.

Maggie's levels (BUN, CREA and PHOS for those who know about these things) are still elevated the BUN is 3x the normal value but we are giving her two more days to try to bring them down. The vet said he put her at about 35-40% chance given her levels. He said we weren't at "a shot in the dark" she would improve but we need to keep realistic expectations. She did pig out while we were there so that is an improvement. We will just see what happens when they pull the blood values tomorrow, if they are still not dropping it likely means she cannot be sustained off the IV and we will have to discuss putting her to sleep which stinks because on the IV she is our normal little bear but I know she was very sick without it. Thanks for all the warm vibes and support, I just wish our kiddos didn't have to go through so much!

[ClockworkOrange]

Thanks for the update Aggie.

Please whisper to her, that people the other side of the world are sending her lots of love and good wishes.

Am thinking of you too.


Clock

[badger]

that's so crap you all have to go through this (including Maggie, of course!)

So many of us here have gone through similar things and obviously have so much empathy for you.

I know no words made me feel better when my puppy died. It hurts like hell, and will for a very long time afterwards, but know that if/when Maggie needs to go and you've had time to grieve, your heart will open for another Maggie who needs you!