Midnight Draws Near
Jul. 15th, 2008 11:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stoutfellowI 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.
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.
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Date: 2008-07-16 02:45 am (UTC)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.