Chloe
Chloe died last night. She started getting sick back in August just before Lily died. She began having seizures. She would tilt her head, and walk in tight circles, drooling heavily. The seizures would only last about 3 to 5 minutes, then she would snap out of it and be fine. At first the seizures were about 10 to 20 days apart, but they began to happen more frequently and with more severity. She began to get weaker, and fell part way down the stairs ten days ago. After her fall, we kept her off the stairs and Ricky put a mattress on the living room floor so he could sleep there with her. She stopped eating about 6 days ago.
We took her to her local vet 3 or 4 times since August, our local vet did not know what to do for her and referred us to the Animal Hospital at Cornell University in Ithaca, one of the best animal hospitals in the US. We took her there last Tuesday. They did some initial examination and some basic testing, and recommended some follow-up tests. They felt that she might have a brain tumor, but that was only one of the many possible causes of her seizures.
After that she had another seizure at home and apparently breathed in some of her own drool, which got into her lungs and caused pneumonia.
On Friday she had 5 seizures, far more then she had ever had in one day. I drove her back to the Cornell Animal Hospital on Saturday. They admitted her and started treating the pneumonia with medication and oxygen. She had another seizure while she was at the hospital. Last night at 1:30 AM the hospital called to tell me that her heart rate had slowed a lot. At 2 AM they called to tell me that her breathing had become very shallow and death was imminent. I feel bad that she died in a strange place, away from her home, Ricky and myself. But there was little that we could do here to help her and she was in the best possible care at Cornell.
I drove down to Cornell, a little more than an hour away, this morning to pick up her body. Johnny and Dave dug her grave, next to where we buried Lily last August.
Ricky and I are both devastated. She was only 6 years old. We will both greatly miss our little snuggle pup.
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Chloe in 2018.
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She enjoyed sun-bathing in the back yard.
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Ricky holding Chloe 14 months ago after he got out of jail. Rick and Chloe had a very close bond. She slept on his bed every night. He took her for walks in the neighborhood several times each day and spoke to her and doted on her all the time.
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Ricky did what he could to care for her while she was sick. She slept snuggled up next to him in his bedroom, and then for the past 10 days on the mattress on the living room floor.
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We took her to her local vet 3 or 4 times since August, our local vet did not know what to do for her and referred us to the Animal Hospital at Cornell University in Ithaca, one of the best animal hospitals in the US. We took her there last Tuesday. They did some initial examination and some basic testing, and recommended some follow-up tests. They felt that she might have a brain tumor, but that was only one of the many possible causes of her seizures.
After that she had another seizure at home and apparently breathed in some of her own drool, which got into her lungs and caused pneumonia.
On Friday she had 5 seizures, far more then she had ever had in one day. I drove her back to the Cornell Animal Hospital on Saturday. They admitted her and started treating the pneumonia with medication and oxygen. She had another seizure while she was at the hospital. Last night at 1:30 AM the hospital called to tell me that her heart rate had slowed a lot. At 2 AM they called to tell me that her breathing had become very shallow and death was imminent. I feel bad that she died in a strange place, away from her home, Ricky and myself. But there was little that we could do here to help her and she was in the best possible care at Cornell.
I drove down to Cornell, a little more than an hour away, this morning to pick up her body. Johnny and Dave dug her grave, next to where we buried Lily last August.
Ricky and I are both devastated. She was only 6 years old. We will both greatly miss our little snuggle pup.
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Chloe in 2018.
2.
She enjoyed sun-bathing in the back yard.
3.
Ricky holding Chloe 14 months ago after he got out of jail. Rick and Chloe had a very close bond. She slept on his bed every night. He took her for walks in the neighborhood several times each day and spoke to her and doted on her all the time.
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Ricky did what he could to care for her while she was sick. She slept snuggled up next to him in his bedroom, and then for the past 10 days on the mattress on the living room floor.
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