Sunny

[Tamara]

Maura and family, I thought of you all day yesterday and woke up thinking of you today. Continuing to send love and hugs and so much sympathy.
tamara xoxox

[admin]

Hi Evryone
having trouble today. I just wonder what went wrong : was it DIC , was it pancreatitis, was it just this vile disease. My mind is spinning. But my baby is gone. I am just wondering why? What if I had known more –
Love your friend ,
Maura

[Vally]

Maura I’m so glad you wrote. Know you’ve also been constantly in my mind and in my prayers.

As to what happened in the end, you may not ever know. I know that’s hard.

I hope in the times ahead all the wondeeful and fun memories of Sunny help to overtake the memories of this last month.

How is Jilly going?

Love Vally.

[admin]

Hi Maura,
I too was glad to see you came to the forum and wondering how Jill is doing. While you might never know what exactly happened in the end, the pancratitis and DIC would certainly be a result of the AIHA.
Your house must be so quiet and dark without Sunshine. Don’t feel you are not loyal to Sunny if you are thinking of getting an other dog. She would want you to be happy and maybe an other sunshine in your house could do that. Some people have to wait for quite some time, some need to have something furry rather sooner than later. You will be the judge and what ever you decide for you and your family will be the right thing.
Best wishes, thinking of you,

Brigitte

[Claire]

Maura, I am so , so sorry to read this. I am a periodic visitor to this site, having suffered the devastation IMHA can cause. It was the end of 2012, but with every loss of someone’s best friend on here, I feel it all again. Please, please know that you did all you could – I know the absolute dedication we all have to our dogs and your love for Sunny is so clear in all your posts. Words feel so useless and empty at this time but I am thinking of you . So very very sorry. x

[maura]

Dear everyone on this blessed site ,
It does comfort me to know that others ‘know “this awful disease- i wish I could know you all on other circumstances. I can survive , I suppose, as sadly as it is, to know that others with the GREAT love of a special dog have endured this. It will be a long time before I could ever imagine the thought of being without Sunny. When Jilly and I first went to look at puppies after we saw her , the John Denver song played on 2 different radio stations on the way home and that was her name.
My 13 year old is doing fair. She broke down deeply a few times-she grew up with sunny’s precious love. I have to keep up my Sunny smile to help her go on and look forward to all the things she loves : dance art and photography of dogs. You should see the photos she snapped of Sunny.
I am a talker , I too will HAVE to talk about AIHA and the triggers so no other precious loved ones have to go through this disease.
I had 6 years of PURE JOY from Sunny.
I am convinced it was the vaccinations that triggered this.
I thank all of you for your continued support . I have sometimes in my life lost faith in the goodness of people but in this crisis I have seen the best people pour their hope to me–that means a lot.
After Sunny was gone, I laid in the parking lot of the clinic and a stranger named Barb came out to comfort me. She said how Sunny was my family and I will grieve and I will someday see her again. I have joined “the bridge” and I will begin the process of this grief.
I have taken a xanax tonight to help me sleep. Forgive my rambling .
Your new friend ,
Maura

[admin]

Hi Maura,
If you read Kahlu’s story under “Our Stories” you will see that I too over vaccinated him. Does that mean if I would have known what I know today, he would not have gotten ill and died? I don’t know. I know however that there are many other triggers for this disease. Lawn chemicals, some medications, even stress. My vet told me once, there is something in these dogs and no matter what eventually they will get it. She even knows of a dog they suspect got it from taking antibiotics. An other one I know got it after taking seizure medications for a while. Believe me I know the feeling knowing that you over vaccinated and possibly caused it. But then I did the best with the knowledge I had at that time. I wanted to protect my precious puppy. I am so glad to hear you say you are a talker. It will be hard but good at the same time to educate people about over vaccinating and AIHA. I can tell that you are devastated but also very strong. This is an experience you will never forget, but like you said, there is also good things that come out of it. I can’t start to list the things I learned about veterinary medicine through this ordeal, things that I now can pass on to others. You are part of a very exclusive club Maura. I have many doggy friends, but no one that understands what I went through, like the people on this forum.
I wish you a restful night,
Brigitte

[Vally]

Maura, there’s no such thing as rambling here. Talk as much as you want. Brigitte is right, no-one understands as much as the people on this forum.

Lots of love
Vally