Sunny

[admin]

Hi Maura
Just to let you know I will be thinking about you & Sunny every single minute. I have e-mailed you a document for your vet.
Much love to you, Sheena xxxx

[maura]

Mary and Mable,
Sunny is home and her breathing is rapid and she is not even able to walk. She looks tired of all this. It is breaking my heart. I read in my email the DIC info. Perhaps that is what this is as her eyes seem reddened. I do not know how much suffering is too much. The vet was saying it is understandable if we decide öther”options. I know what that means. I am losing my love and I am helpless to stop it?
Maura

[Vally]

Maura what did the vets do? Has anything changed with the medications? Blood thinners? I am still worried her prednisone dose is too high.

The rapid breathing could be the prednisone.

Was she able to walk before?

Sorry another million questions.

It’s 2am here and Im using my phone to write so I cant write much but I’ve been worried about you.

Love Vally

[Lynda]

Hi Maura – I am so sorry to hear about Sunny. If it is indeed DIC then it is, sadly, very difficult to reverse – the body’s balances go completely awry. But whatever happens you must decide, not the vet – and look into Sunny’s eyes: what is she telling you?
It sounds as though she is struggling quite a bit – but it also sounds as though she is fighting as hard as she can. Pour all the love you have into her right now, and then take a deep breath and think about what she wants. Sometimes the most loving thing we can do is to let them go; it may not be Sunny’s decision to do that, but you just have to open your heart to what she is trying to tell you.
For us, after months of nursing Honey, the DIC was the last straw and we did make that final decision because both we and the consultant vet felt that it was right… and I think Honey felt it was right, too.
If you do have to make that decision, be brave, for Sunny’s sake – my heart goes out to you, as I know only too well the agony it causes.
Thinking of you, Maura, and of Sunny

with love
Lynda

[maura]

Vally
They are tapering her pred by 25%. They added low dose appirin and last eve she got heparin. The added atopica.
Sunny is home (they know we haven’t the huge income ) and they know I will care for her. Although her breathing is awful the vet ststaed her o2 was high enough to be released. She is here in her little bed next to me. Things do not look good.
I have a local vet and they know of our situation. I will NEVER know when Sunny’s suffering will be too much or will be unfair to her. Perhaps there are guidelines to tell me when to do what.
I am going to try to get her to take some water off the spoon.
–Maura

[Vally]

I asked my vet to be honest with me and to please tell me when things were hopeless. I was a mess and didn’t know what was right. He was the one who said to me to wait.

Love Vally

[admin]

Hi Maura

You mentioned in your message to me that your vet thought it was probably a mini-clot – that was why they have added the anti-coagulants. I didn’t realise they had until I looked on here – sorry about that. We sent you the DIC protocol just in case your vet needed it. If they suspected it was DIC, they surely wouldn’t have sent her home with you. She is going to be poorly for a while & will need a lot of care though. Keeping her hydrated (you are doing a great job with the spoon) might be easier for you with a syringe (without the needle of course). Worzel took water better that way – I gently popped it into the side of his mouth.

I am more hopeful now I see the medication changes, but she is obviously really weak & feeling very ill. I am concerned her breathing is still so laboured. I also think she should still be in hospital as she had such a bad transfusion reaction. I appreciate that this is very expensive & it is a predicament for you. It’s hard for you, I know.

Maura – let us know how Sunny is doing as often as you want to & ask anything. We are with you every step of the way.

Loads of love, hugs & all good wishes
Sheena xxxx

[admin]

Dear Maura,
this is all so sad and difficult. Sheena is right, I don’t think they would have let you go home with Sunny, if indeed it is DIC. Do you know where the blood they gave her came from? I know this is the hardest thing for you to watch and not be able to do something. What you can do is to be with Sunny and give her all your love. I know you are already doing this and as tired and weak Sunny is, she knows you are there and you love her. To feel safe is important to her at this time when she is so weak. I am pretty sure she is not experiencing any pain, just feeling exhausted. I know that Sunny will let you know if she wants to go on or if she has had enough. I also know that you will be able to tell, because you are so connected.
Thinking of you and sending lots of good wishes,
Brigitte