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Audra Rose
True Blue Farmgirl
2216 Posts
Vanessa
Brooksville
KY
USA
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 Posted - Apr 09 2016 : 7:04:25 PM
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My sweet foster boy Caruso started having bloody poops on Monday and got a lump under his throat on Tuesday. The vet discovered that he had no platelets in his blood due to his immune system attacking itself. He is at a local vet hospital where he's gotten a blood transfusion and is on other meds. We are waiting for his platelet count to increase. It's 6000 now and should normally be 150000. The sad thing is, a family was interested in him the day I took him to the vets. I visit him every day and keep positive prayers, and ask y'all to add yours.
Farmgirl Sister #6754
Doxie Mom - Everyone loves a Weiner!
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. |
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
2474 Posts
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
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Posted - Apr 09 2016 : 7:51:48 PM
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Audra Rose, my prayers are with both of you. We worry so much about our loved ones.
grandmother and orphan farmgirl |
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Audra Rose
True Blue Farmgirl
2216 Posts
Vanessa
Brooksville
KY
USA
2216 Posts |
Posted - Apr 15 2016 : 3:17:03 PM
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The blood transfusion and medicines didn't help Caruso, and the head of Dachshund Rescue and I both agreed that we didn't want him to go through more pain. I held him in my arms and sang "you ate my sunshine" as he crossed the Rainbow Bridge. Every time I sing that song I'll think of him.
Farmgirl Sister #6754
Doxie Mom - Everyone loves a Weiner!
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. |
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
6479 Posts
Debbie L.
Oregon
USA
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KristiW
Moderator/Farmgirl True
639 Posts
Kristine
MaryJanesFarm
USA
639 Posts |
Posted - Apr 16 2016 : 09:35:16 AM
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Oh Vanessa, I'm so sorry you've suffered this loss. Thinking of you...
Kristi
Farmgirl Sister #6
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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
3602 Posts
Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
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Posted - Apr 16 2016 : 09:53:49 AM
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I'm so sorry to hear this, Vanessa! It is good that you were able to be with him.
Farmgirl sister #3926
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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churunga
True Blue Farmgirl
3919 Posts
Marie
Minneapolis
MN
USA
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Posted - Apr 16 2016 : 1:00:44 PM
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What a caring thing to do my only sister. I have had to let go of 3 dogs and 1 cat in my adult life and none of it is easy. I do feel good that they no longer hurt. Two of my animals, I believe, asked me to let them go. Remember the dog and the good life you gave him at the end.
Marie, Sister #5142
Farmgirl of the Month May 2014
Try everything once and the fun things twice. |
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Audra Rose
True Blue Farmgirl
2216 Posts
Vanessa
Brooksville
KY
USA
2216 Posts |
Posted - Apr 20 2016 : 05:36:03 AM
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This sad experience has inspired me to help Dachshund Rescue monetarily.I have listed all my Hawaiian shirts on Ebay, with the sales to go to Dachshund Rescue South Florida. I even have a few ladies shirts (one is a 3X western shirt!). All are reasonably priced.
Farmgirl Sister #6754
Doxie Mom - Everyone loves a Weiner!
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. |
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Audra Rose
True Blue Farmgirl
2216 Posts
Vanessa
Brooksville
KY
USA
2216 Posts |
Posted - Apr 20 2016 : 05:37:10 AM
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Almost forgot - my Ebay seller name is vtropicshirts764.
Farmgirl Sister #6754
Doxie Mom - Everyone loves a Weiner!
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Apr 20 2016 : 11:44:20 AM
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Sorry for your loss. Hugs to you.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3309 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
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Posted - Apr 20 2016 : 1:31:33 PM
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Oh...I am so sorry to hear this. It's hard I know...My thoughts are with you.
Melody |
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MaryJanesNiece
True Blue Farmgirl
6771 Posts
Krista
Utah
USA
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Posted - Apr 20 2016 : 1:40:46 PM
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I am so sorry for your loss. What a rough thing to go through. Hugs
Krista |
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prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl
2914 Posts
Cindy
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Posted - Apr 23 2016 : 9:04:19 PM
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I am sorry for your pain. Letting them cross the Rainbow Bridge is always painful. But you did the right thing,
Cindy
"Come by the hills to the land where fancy is free; And stand where the peaks meet the sky and the rocks reach the sea.Where the rivers run clear and the bracken is gold in the sun. and cares of tomorrow must wait till this day is done"--Loreena McKennit
"In many ways, you don't just live in the country, it lives inside you"--Ellen Eilers
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Beverley
True Blue Farmgirl
2707 Posts
Beverley
atlanta
Michigan
USA
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Posted - Apr 24 2016 : 10:18:25 AM
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Oh I am so sorry for having to loss him. I had a dachshund do the same thing but it was the red blood cells and she went down really fast and only lasted 2 days after I realized and took her to the vet. My golden/lab mix had the same thing but it only affected her platelets and they put her prednasone (probably spelled that wrong)anywho, She lived for another 10 years. she was on a low dose of prednasone for a few years and then the vet felt it was so low that we could take her off of it. She always stayed at the low end of normal but she did live a good life. Ya just never know which ones will make it and which ones won't. So sorry for you. Was he on any type of heartworm meds that also had flea and tick control? We figured on the lab mix that is was the one med she was on that cause her platelet count to go wacky. the Doxie we never did know why it happened..
Folks will know how large your soul is by the way you treat a dog....Charles F. Doran
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