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Hey peeps, dog update
Waving hi to y'all! I haven been around much, but have tried to lurk and post when I can.
Brace yourselves for tl dr....
I know some of y'all were keeping up with what has been going on with my dog, Bandit. Unfortunately, things have gotten worse for him at a rapid pace. The meds his vet put him on helped for awhile, but recently I noticed that he was struggling a lot more with walking and even more disturbingly, seemed to be unable to not only control his bladder, but pee at all. I took him back to the vet and they started him on an IV of steroids and antibiotics due to a UTI and to see if any inflammation could be reduced to help his walking. He had some more improvement and actually walked to me on his own the first night back, but he quickly has gone back to not being able to walk, stand or urinate on his own. I have been having to express his bladder around the clock and his urine is so concentrated, it's killing the grass. I don't give a damn about the grass...I worry about what that is doing to his kidneys. In the past 24 hours, he pants non stop but will drink very little water.
DH and I talked last night, and we feel it is time to give Bandit mercy and put him to sleep. He turns 14 tomorrow, and we are scheduled to go through with it Monday evening. I am so upset about his decline, but I know this is the right thing to do for him. He's lived a good life and I did everything I could to try and help him.
If you made it this far, kudos. Just want to ask for some thoughts and prayers for strength for me as Bandit as we go through this next week.
Brace yourselves for tl dr....
I know some of y'all were keeping up with what has been going on with my dog, Bandit. Unfortunately, things have gotten worse for him at a rapid pace. The meds his vet put him on helped for awhile, but recently I noticed that he was struggling a lot more with walking and even more disturbingly, seemed to be unable to not only control his bladder, but pee at all. I took him back to the vet and they started him on an IV of steroids and antibiotics due to a UTI and to see if any inflammation could be reduced to help his walking. He had some more improvement and actually walked to me on his own the first night back, but he quickly has gone back to not being able to walk, stand or urinate on his own. I have been having to express his bladder around the clock and his urine is so concentrated, it's killing the grass. I don't give a damn about the grass...I worry about what that is doing to his kidneys. In the past 24 hours, he pants non stop but will drink very little water.
DH and I talked last night, and we feel it is time to give Bandit mercy and put him to sleep. He turns 14 tomorrow, and we are scheduled to go through with it Monday evening. I am so upset about his decline, but I know this is the right thing to do for him. He's lived a good life and I did everything I could to try and help him.
If you made it this far, kudos. Just want to ask for some thoughts and prayers for strength for me as Bandit as we go through this next week.
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Re: Hey peeps, dog update
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I'm so, so sorry that Bandit and your family are going through this. Watching a pet suffer, and ultimately losing a pet - a member of your family - is incredibly difficult.
We lost our gorgeous 8-yr old lab/beagle cross two months ago to an illness that snuck up on us all very quickly. I watched her pass away on the kitchen floor when DD was just 3 weeks old. It was an awful day.
It's tough to determine what the "right" thing to do is, so I understand what a heartbreaking situation you find yourself in. We wrestled with the decision to put her down or not ("What if she recovers from this? What if she still has an adequate quality of life?") and DH had actually left work earlier that day to come home in order to do just that (he was en route when she passed). She just went downhill so fast, in the matter of five hours.
You're not alone. Big hugs to you and Bandit.
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Thank you, I appreciate your support. I have been sick with sadness all weekend from it. But he has no quality of life anymore...I have to express his bladder for him to urinate, he cannot stand up or get up from lying down, much less walk. He is bedridden all day. I just don't see how he could be happy anymore.