Midnight Draws Near

[stoutfellow]

I took Murphy to the vet today to get his bordetella shot, preparatory to kennelling him during my August vacation.

After looking at him, the vet agreed to give him that shot, but said that there was no point to giving him a DHP shot. His weight loss over the last year suggests kidney trouble. Worse, the particular way in which he has trouble walking indicates neurological damage; a brain tumor heads the list of possibilities.

They took a blood sample; I'm awaiting the lab results, but it looks very likely that I will have to have him put down, probably before I leave for Madison.

I can't stand this.

Comments

[kattsune.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry. Please let me know if there's anything I can do to make this time easier for you.

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I appreciate the offer; I just don't see that there's anything to be done.

[allyra.livejournal.com]

*hugs* I am so, so sorry. This is a terrible time for you.

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Honestly, I don't know how I'd get through this without the support you and others have given me.

[allyra.livejournal.com]

If there is anything at all I can do to help, please let me know. I haven't said that before because of distance, but naturally, if there's anything I can do from here, just say the word.

[gryphons-lair.livejournal.com]

the particular way in which he has trouble walking indicates neurological damage; a brain tumor heads the list of possibilities.

I lost the first cat I raised from a kitten to what the vet first thought was a brain tumor. It was something more obscure, but still untreatable, so the result was the same. I had her put down when her eyes stopped looking confused and started looking afraid; I couldn't justify keeping her alive after that, no matter how much I didn't want to let her go.

((((hugs))))

It hurts to lose them, but sometimes it's the only right thing to do.

[cynthia1960.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear. I am keeping all of you in my thoughts in this hard time.

[al-zorra.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry. This is so difficult.

There just aren't words.

Love, C.

[mawombat.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear that. My sympthies.

[(Anonymous)]

I am sorry for what you and the pups are going through. I love to read this: http://www.kentcreativeweb.com/journey.html every once in a while to put things in perspective. It always hurts like hell to lose a pet but our lives and theirs are always better for the short time we get to spend together. Cherish every memory and every moment you have left.....

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

I said this over on the Bujold list as well, but I am thinking about you and Murphy, and Ben, too. I am so glad you gave them such good lives. And are continuing to do the best you can for them.

I wish there was something I could do, too.

[sunlizzard.livejournal.com]

Oh, no. Just... no.

I don't know how you can bear this, but if the prayers of those who understand--and who weep with you, even though at a distance--are a comfort in this time, you know you have mine.

Be strong. You are a great and wonderful steward of these companions of yours, and you will do what's best for them, I know.

I am so, so sorry.

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

Thank you, dear friend. They are a comfort, yes.

[norabombay.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry. I don't even know what to say, but losing your beloved companion is just misery.

[threeringedmoon.livejournal.com]

I am so sorry. We recently euthanised our very old Dalmatian. She was falling down, and increasingly needing help to get up, and we are both gone for long periods on work days. I couldn't cope with the idea of her being trapped for hours waiting for us to come home.

[subcreator.livejournal.com]

I’m sorry to hear that.

We had to put down Stinky back on April 11th. It still hurts.

Last weekend, my wife pulled a blanked out of the hall closet, and said, “Pew, this smells like dog.” I took a whiff, and broke out in tears.

I’ve got a bunch of pictures and stories about our life with him that I want to put together on a LJ post, but it’s still too soon.

Sorry - Peter

[ndrosen.livejournal.com]

I can't stand this.

I've felt that way at points in my life, but somehow we do get through the bad times. Don't be ashamed to weep for your old friend. Then go on. What did Harra say in Memory? You go on. There's no trick to it, and no way to make it easy. You just go on.

[countrycousin.livejournal.com]

Been through this. I ache with you. May Ben's and Murphy's journeys be eased. May your memories bring you comfort with the sadness.

[neonnurse.livejournal.com]

I wish there was something someone could do to make things different. You know your friends would if only they could.

[bibliotrope.livejournal.com]

I'm really sorry -- it's horrible enough that one of your dogs should be so ill, but *both*...

Hugs to you and virtual petting to Murphy and Ben both.

[dan-ad-nauseam.livejournal.com]

Extraordinarily deep sympathies.

[filkferengi]

I'm so sorry.