Tom, I will add your dog in my prayers..I wrote to you on your wall just now..Check it out. Love ya, Teresa

Thank you for your thoughts, prayers and notes.  I have shared them with my family and they seem to really appreciate them.

Update:  I had doggy nursing duty last night.  She is doing okay.  On Oxycontin tid now along with a veterinary analog of Motrin.  So far, good quality time.  Will figure out more after we have to change to morphine.

Again, Thanks,

Tom

Tela (the dog) is stable on oxycontin 5 mg bid-tid.  I have also taught my kids about massage and have been able to reduce the dependent edema in the leg.  Still almost no use of leg, but at least the lymphs are not blocked-up with cancer cells.  She is comfortable and doesn't mind the extra attention.

AWE!  Hey, has there been any word on Grant?

I'm so happy about your dog..It's so hard to see them suffer.

Best of luck and God Bless you and you family..

I hope your daughter makes her date for her birth..

Hugs,Teresa

At noon today, we went into the vet and we had to put her down. Just before that: From 6am to 10am, I had given her MS 500 mg, Oxycodone 15 mg and Klonepin 1 mg. I thought that I would have overdosed her as I was giving her more and more morphine.

We were in the vets and he had put 3/4 of his solution in and lost the vein and even as he was getting another syringe to do a different vein, she didn't even fall asleep. It was after the second full syringe that she slowed down, then went down.

I felt really bad, because I could have at least doubled her dose for some relief.

Now my wife and daughter are crying almost constantly and I imagine that will go for a couple of days. I am just too damn tired right now. I have been up the last two nights solid (a week on and off before that) taking care of her, calming her, drugging her, taking her for walks and I am a wee bit short on sleep right now.

Last phase is to be at the vets next Tuesday. My wife and daughter could possibly hurt the guys from the cremation place if they throw our dog into the back of the truck. I am going to try to prevent that from happening.

Nineteen days ago we had to have our 15 yo dog, Tela. put down after having her as a pet for 12 years.

This morning, I was with my son's 21 yo cat, Sebastian, as he went into his death rattle, then ceased to exist here on Earth.  Everyone had said their goodbyes last night.  He was sick, but could still follow your face. 

My son woke me at 1 am because he could not sleep and he was concerned about Sebastians myoclonic spasms.  I gave him some liquid MS by mouth and he calmed down again (the cat).  Then, I found him still trying to hang-on at 5 am.  He stopped breathing at 5:20 am.

Thank you all for you support through the passing of both of our pets.

Thank you Teresa.

How you stated about God needing more angels in heaven and He wanted our pets out of pain, was how we tried to make my 6 yo granddaughter understand all of this emotion going on in the home.

The hardest one to deal with right now is our 1 yo barn cat, Precious. 

She came to us at 1 day old.  The vet was not sure that she would make it.  She is now about 13 lbs (a porker for her body type).  Anyway, she became attached to Tela (the dog) and because it was the only animal that did not push her away, she acted like Tela was her mommy.  She started to pick up characteristics of the dog (the way she lays down, fetching her ball, coming to us when we whitsle).

She now is wondering around the house, looking and smelling for the dog and cat, then she will come to us look at us with that look that says:  "Okay, where are they", "I want to play."  She has also been nipping and cranky because she does want her normalicy back.

Thanks again for all of your thoughts and prayers.

Tom and Family

Tom, I am absolutely positive that pet's grieve too. Precious is grieving just as you are. Maybe more because they can't relate. I think a lot more attention from the family is what she needs. I also will pray for her. 1 thing that may help is a toy from your pets that have passed.. That may give her some peace.. Pets, god love them.. Hugs,Teresa

Shonna, I think we have allhad that as a pat of our lives..I am very sorry to hear aabout Little Mary Kay...Hugs,Teresa

Very cool prophet..Hugs,Teresa

Hi Marti,

Sorry to hear about both.  Having sick animals is hard. 

I hope that you will be able to keep them stable, you enjoy them and visa versa.

I will be praying for them and for you.

Take care and God bless.

Tom