It's late, but I can't sleep. Raffie's been in hospital since Saturday, and today he was diagnosed with hereditary heart failure. He was already sick when we got home from Japan on Friday. Sang's mother said he had been sick for several days. At first we thought he had eaten something bad again, like last time..
Took him to the vet on Saturday, and they said he might have pancreatis - a serious illness for a dog.
He wasn't any better this morning, so they took an x-ray. The x-ray showed his heart valve clogged up, so very little air was coming through. His heart was pressed back into his spine, and there was fluid in his lungs too. His stomach was all swollen. The vet said his organs are basically failing, and his body is just exhausted, and collapsing.
They're keeping him for a few more days, and if he doesn't get better, then they're recommending we put him down. They said it's very rare for such a young dog to get this; usually it occurs in much older dogs, and there was nothing we could have done to prevent it. They're waiting for him to pee out all of the fluid in his lungs, so I'm praying and praying that he gets better.
It's not fair. He's only 20 months old, and he's the cutest little puppy in the world.
It was heart breaking seeing him in so much pain today. He couldn't lie down because he couldn't breathe properly if he did, so he was sitting up, but his body was exhausted, and all he wanted to do was sleep. We held his head up with his fluffy duck so he could rest his head while sitting, and he slept like that for a few hours.
Finally, he was able to find a comfortable position lying down, so he slept.. and we left him to sleep. I'm just hoping he gets better.
I'm a mess. I can't stop crying. The thought that he could be gone, and I would never see his cheery little face again is just.. terrible. And yet, when I see him in so much pain, I don't want to prolong his pain more than neccessary.
He's just a puppy. He shouldn't have to go through this.
Please let him get better.
Please.
Took him to the vet on Saturday, and they said he might have pancreatis - a serious illness for a dog.
He wasn't any better this morning, so they took an x-ray. The x-ray showed his heart valve clogged up, so very little air was coming through. His heart was pressed back into his spine, and there was fluid in his lungs too. His stomach was all swollen. The vet said his organs are basically failing, and his body is just exhausted, and collapsing.
They're keeping him for a few more days, and if he doesn't get better, then they're recommending we put him down. They said it's very rare for such a young dog to get this; usually it occurs in much older dogs, and there was nothing we could have done to prevent it. They're waiting for him to pee out all of the fluid in his lungs, so I'm praying and praying that he gets better.
It's not fair. He's only 20 months old, and he's the cutest little puppy in the world.
It was heart breaking seeing him in so much pain today. He couldn't lie down because he couldn't breathe properly if he did, so he was sitting up, but his body was exhausted, and all he wanted to do was sleep. We held his head up with his fluffy duck so he could rest his head while sitting, and he slept like that for a few hours.
Finally, he was able to find a comfortable position lying down, so he slept.. and we left him to sleep. I'm just hoping he gets better.
I'm a mess. I can't stop crying. The thought that he could be gone, and I would never see his cheery little face again is just.. terrible. And yet, when I see him in so much pain, I don't want to prolong his pain more than neccessary.
He's just a puppy. He shouldn't have to go through this.
Please let him get better.
Please.
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