Pepper Joplin Heald, my 13 year old Shi Tzu, has perhaps a day at best says the veterinarian. "Don't even bother feeding him." "We've done all that's medically possible."
Holding and brushing Pepper only does so much. He's barking because of pain that's hard to nail down. Some of it is his difficulty moving, a lot internal. At least the growing death howls let us know he's still alive. Even though one can't help but just wish he could be out of pain -- the family has decided against induced "sleep" -- which prolongs the pain and sorrow for us. I've been brushing and petting him and occasionally trying to interest him in water. Can't tell whether I'm helping or annoying the dog -- who's starving to death, and bleeding from his spleen, anemic, and having his red blood cells eaten by his immune system Most communication is a barking whether he moves or tries to get up ... and a pained one at that, but at least we know he's alive (sort of.) At the moment it's a cross between a smoke detector and a barking seal. And I'm on jury duty in 24 hours, so that should be fun. Neither the dog or I can sleep. Though if no barking for an hour, I worry. So he can't eat or breathe and seems to have some manner of canine AIDS, at least in some kind of completely compromised immune system. It was suggested a few days ago, he might have eaten a poison. So we've no idea whether he licked his paws and ingested some of the melted road de-icer or swallowed a dropped pill for one of the family ailments. So that's a compounding freakout on top of everything else. I've started a playlist (I guess in tribute?) at http://blip.fm/tomalhe --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
