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Posted: 05-09-08 12:18pm


Homer and Love_Pink I'm sending lots of prayers your way. I hope your babies recover, its so devastating when something when something happens to one of your furbabies.

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Posted: 05-09-08 12:40pm

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Posted: 05-09-08 12:41pm

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Homer and Love_Pink I'm sending lots of prayers your way. I hope your babies recover, its so devastating when something when something happens to one of your furbabies.

thanks lele...i'm still waiting on the doc by 1:00 if they havn't called i'll call them back. I know they are busy and they had to fit my baby in.

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Posted: 05-09-08 13:05pm

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My baby is still in hospital...the vet said she is able to stand on her own 4 feet a little... pray

please,God, let her be OK and pull threw this...I thank you all. luvcomp

I know exactly how that can be. My kitten just got out of the hospital and was in there for over a week. *hugs* hang in there. I hope she gets out soon.

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Posted: 05-09-08 13:07pm

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homerx wrote:

My baby is still in hospital...the vet said she is able to stand on her own 4 feet a little... pray

please,God, let her be OK and pull threw this...I thank you all. luvcomp

I know exactly how that can be. My kitten just got out of the hospital and was in there for over a week. *hugs* hang in there. I hope she gets out soon.

what was wrong with the kitty??? Is she all better? thank you for the post...

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Posted: 05-09-08 13:12pm


Homerx and love_pink, i hope everything gets better for you rpets. It is so sad when an animal gets sick like that. I feel so bad for them, but there is not much you can do its just a waiting game now to see how it turns out, but i will pray for both of you and your pets. I hope for a speedy recovery!

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Posted: 05-09-08 13:24pm

homerx wrote:

PenguinsRus wrote:

homerx wrote:

My baby is still in hospital...the vet said she is able to stand on her own 4 feet a little... pray

please,God, let her be OK and pull threw this...I thank you all. luvcomp

I know exactly how that can be. My kitten just got out of the hospital and was in there for over a week. *hugs* hang in there. I hope she gets out soon.

what was wrong with the kitty??? Is she all better? thank you for the post...

He went into the hospital because of severe dehydration, weight loss, and diarrhea. It took a week to get him out of the hospital but even then he wasn't very stable. We had to give him constant care, 4 hour feedings, fluid under skin, medicine 10x a day...but now they know what it is! He has exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. That is when the pancreas doesn't produce enough digestive enzymes. He couldn't digest his food so he didn't get nutrients and kept getting dehydrated from getting sick so often. Now he's stable, gaining weight, and on medicine two times a day and a special diet (both of which he will most likely have to have for life).

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Posted: 05-09-08 14:21pm


Glad he is getting better...the symptoms you describe are the same as my poor babies...

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Posted: 05-09-08 14:30pm


Thanks! Do they know what is wrong with her yet? If not, I would recommend asking them to check for that because they said its much more common in dogs than cats so maybe its something she has.

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Posted: 05-09-08 14:33pm


They haven't said yet but i will ask...thanks so much.

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Posted: 05-09-08 14:52pm

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FYI y'all ... we're thinkigna bout starting and Animal and Pets Forum... do you think that it would be good in the "Relationships" section of the site?

yes that would be a great place for it. many of us have a relationship with our animals--they are our babies

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Posted: 05-09-08 17:37pm


yep

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Update on Roxy Posted: 05-09-08 21:13pm


Seems to me something going around affecting our pets. The doctor said she had and bacteria infection that caused the diarrhea. She been kept over night to be administered fluids through and iv. I'm glad it's nothing serious. I can pick her up in the morning. yay because I really miss her. Thank you all for your prayers. I really do appreciate it. On the flipside, I'm soo worried about how much my bill will be. My fiance and I are trying to move within 2 weeks and it may jus wipe out our savings. I had to put $100 emergency deposit it down and I sure do hope that goes towards the bill. I've just never had and emergency with her so Idk what to expect.

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Posted: 05-09-08 21:44pm


I'm not sure about prices where you live (I'm assuming they're more expensive here because everything is more expensive in the city, ugh) but Taco's stay in the hospital was 3,000. This was for 7 days, so it works out to one night being about 425 dollars. However, this also included tons of blood work ontop of the fulids and medicine, so if your baby got no blood work it will prob be even less. I'm so glad to hear her infection is getting better and she will come home tomorrow!!! I hope it doesn't break the bank. If you need help there are actually certain credit companies that are made specifically for vet purposes. I can send you the info on it; let me know.

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Posted: 05-09-08 21:54pm


Well she did get blood work done. I sure would love to look at that info. It may just help! Thanks in advance!

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Posted: 05-10-08 08:58am


My baby puppy didn't make it thank you for your prayers...but she died last night.

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Posted: 05-10-08 12:09pm


Homer I'm so very sorry. I know how painful it is to loose a pet, its absolutely heartbreaking. My thoughts and prayers are with you, during this terrible time. Just try to find some comfort knowing that your baby in at peace in the Rainbow Bridge. Once again, I'm so sorry for your loss.

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Posted: 05-10-08 12:17pm


thank you...I cried my eyes out, layed in bed surrounded by my other 6 and am beginning to feel she is going to be OK in the next plane...it sucks for me but she was bound for higher ground...Good Bye ,sweet baby girl...I wont forget that little face and that eternal puppy breath ...you know, its so weird, I cry, I feel resolution, I feel spiritual and then I cry again....I guess I will be a mess for a while but I believe it was some how her destiny...even though I hate that.

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Posted: 05-10-08 13:09pm


I am so sorry homer, that is terrible. I feel so bad for you, when i read that, i actually started crying a little bit at least now she is out of her pain and in a better place. At least you have the other puppies to keep you company and get your mind off it a little bit. I will keep you and the rest of the little ones in my prayers and thoughts, if you ever need to talk just pm me, i know how hard it is to lose pets and sometimes talking helps.

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Posted: 05-10-08 13:29pm


thank you...my friend Mson from another thread let me to a website that had this poem that I shared with them but I want to share here as well.. Creation When God had made the earth and sky, the flowers and the trees, He then made all the animals the fish, the birds, and bees and when at last He'd finished not one was quite the same. He said I'll walk this world of mine and give each one a name. And so He traveled far and wide and everywhere He went, a little creature followed Him until it's strength was spent. When all were named upon the Earth and in the Sky and Sea, the little creature said, "Dear Lord, there's no name left for me." Kindly the Father said to him "I've left you to the end. I've turned my own name back to front and called you DOG, my friend". Author Unknown Thank You for your kind and comforting words,my friends..

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