*I am so sad and sorry about Choxi passing. but she is now in no pain and at peace--keep your memories in your heart and you always have her near.* *Hugs to all of you * *Ann * On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Mark Strassler <[email protected]>wrote:
> > Thanks Mare > > mark > ------------------------------ > *From:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thu, June 2, 2011 12:54:36 PM > *Subject:* Re: [Chihuahuas] Choxi > > > > Dear Mark > Please accept my sympathies at Choxie's passing. I am sure she is pain > free and waiting for you on the other side. > Peace be with you. > Mare In Oklahoma > > > > > *-------Original Message-------* > > *From:* Mark Strassler <[email protected]> > *Date:* 5/25/2011 10:22:42 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [Chihuahuas] Choxi [1 Attachment] > > > > Hello Group: > > It is with great sadness I have to say that Theresa and I lost our little > girl > Choxi today.She was are first puppy mill rescue. We believe she was about > 12 > years old. Choxi was diagnosed with Cushings about two years ago. Cushings > itself is not a death sentence but it makes life for your pup (and you) > hard. > We were treating the Cushings with Trilostane. It was under control up > until the > last few weeks. Choxi a month ago starting having seizures. The first one > we > noticed was after she fell down the stairs, I had a niece pick her up, she > sat > her on the ground. Choxi took about three steps and then fell over stiff. I > went > over to pick her up to see if she was OK. I held her for a minute and she > had a > bowel movement when I was holding her. Keep holding her, walk over to my > wife > and we checked her out. She seemed OK after that. I do not know if she had > a > seizure before she fell or not. This week we noticed she was not eating > that > much but still drinking. Her peeing picked up again but that may be related > to > the Cushings. Theresa took her took the vet in the morning. They checked > her > urine, stool, x-rays, blood, ...... The intestinal track was clear but > stomach was bloated more that normal. Bloated stomach is one of the signs > of > Cushings. We had a ultrasound schedule for later this week. When Theresa > left > the vet office we knew there was an infection somewhere and were still > trying to > determine what was going on after we got more information from the > ultrasound. > Later in the afternoon Choxi had a few more seizures to where she vomited > and > could not breath. Theresa took her back to the vet but even after > administering > drugs for the seizure there was nothing they could really do for her. If > the > attachment does not go through you can see Choxi at www.strassler.net -- > Choxi > at Starbucks . > > I really learned about Cushings from the CCAU Yahoo group. > > Thats all for now. I will be back in a few days > > Mark & Theresa > www.strassler.net > > >
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