creatingkarma
02-03-2005, 05:59 AM
I posted a few months ago about the trouble I was having with this old dog of mine. My husband refused to have her put to sleep & it was becoming a huge issue for me to take care of her. I just wanted to update you all on what has happened.
We adopted Raven a year & 1/2 ago after a friend of my mo-in-law witnessed her being pushed out of a van in traffic. My heart went out to this dog that was not wanted, so I brought her home. We immediately noticed that she had breathing problems. She always breaths like she just ran 20 miles in 100 degree weather. She didn't breathe - she panted. The vet couldn't figure out why. They first thought it was laryngitis after putting her under & looking at her throat & seeing that it was inflamed. After a couple rounds of meds, she still wasn't better. Then she got pneumonia & had to spend a week in the doggie hospital receiving iv antibiotics & fluids. She still wasn't any better as far as her breathing was concerned. Besides her breathing, Raven was half blind, half deaf, half brained & couldn't hardly walk due to arthritis. She would go outside & eat her poop then come inside & throw it up - a couple times a day. She was real hard to take care of. Anyways, she passed away on Monday. It's sad, but a good thing that she's no longer suffering. My other dog, Abe, is real sad. Raven passed away in the hall & my other dog refuses to walk down the hall. He's real sad acting - doesn't want to play & he keeps looking down the hall with real sad eyes. Poor Abe. Even though Raven was a pain to take care of, we all still loved her. She taught me a lot about myself. She made me realize that no matter how much of a pain I am to take care of - people still love me. Even though she had faults - people still loved her & she still had something to give to the world. She didn't deserve to be thrown from that van just because her health wasn't what it used to be. All she wanted & needed was love & I'm blessed to have been the one to give that to her.
We adopted Raven a year & 1/2 ago after a friend of my mo-in-law witnessed her being pushed out of a van in traffic. My heart went out to this dog that was not wanted, so I brought her home. We immediately noticed that she had breathing problems. She always breaths like she just ran 20 miles in 100 degree weather. She didn't breathe - she panted. The vet couldn't figure out why. They first thought it was laryngitis after putting her under & looking at her throat & seeing that it was inflamed. After a couple rounds of meds, she still wasn't better. Then she got pneumonia & had to spend a week in the doggie hospital receiving iv antibiotics & fluids. She still wasn't any better as far as her breathing was concerned. Besides her breathing, Raven was half blind, half deaf, half brained & couldn't hardly walk due to arthritis. She would go outside & eat her poop then come inside & throw it up - a couple times a day. She was real hard to take care of. Anyways, she passed away on Monday. It's sad, but a good thing that she's no longer suffering. My other dog, Abe, is real sad. Raven passed away in the hall & my other dog refuses to walk down the hall. He's real sad acting - doesn't want to play & he keeps looking down the hall with real sad eyes. Poor Abe. Even though Raven was a pain to take care of, we all still loved her. She taught me a lot about myself. She made me realize that no matter how much of a pain I am to take care of - people still love me. Even though she had faults - people still loved her & she still had something to give to the world. She didn't deserve to be thrown from that van just because her health wasn't what it used to be. All she wanted & needed was love & I'm blessed to have been the one to give that to her.