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« Reply #15 on: June 16, 2010, 08:10:39 PM » |
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Hugs to you..and Peace to Pugsley...  Too young to leave you..too young to have to go to the bridge..but not too young to know how much he was loved...  |
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« Reply #16 on: June 16, 2010, 09:42:06 PM » |
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My family grieves with you I'm so sorry you had to say goodbye. {{{Hugs}}} |
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« Reply #17 on: June 17, 2010, 12:24:54 AM » |
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Peg, I am so sorry to read this, I know you and Angel vet tried and tried and tried to help him. I know you are broken-hearted but just know that Pugsley knows you loved him. They know whats in our hearts. Sending lots of hugs and prayers to you and your husband.
Godspeed little Pugsley
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« Reply #18 on: June 17, 2010, 12:36:26 AM » |
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Peg a difficult decision to make but still know you tried everything possible to help Pugs and sometimes they can't be healed here on earth. May he be at peace flying high with the wings you gave him.
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« Reply #19 on: June 17, 2010, 11:14:12 AM » |
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Peg, I'm crying with you - what can I add? I read all you did & tried for him - you give so much love, all your darlings who have gone know just how much - watch over you and each other.
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« Reply #20 on: June 17, 2010, 10:49:36 PM » |
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I'm so sorry to read of Pugsley's passing. You tried so hard to
restore his health. Rest in peace, dear boy. Peace be with you
and your DH, Peg.
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« Reply #21 on: June 19, 2010, 11:17:46 AM » |
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Necropsy report came back today. Brain pathology showed many lesions and based on their location and size could be the basis for many problems.........sporadic appetite, sporadic fever, erratic behavior, forgetfulness. Last night I finally fell asleep for a bit and awoke with a start after dreaming that Pugsley came back in through the basement window. When Pugs was a baby he was in the basement window well and we pulled him into the house away from the blizzard of snow and bitter cold. In my dream he came in through the window as an adult and chirped at me, curled his long tail and scooted back out. For some reason I can't stop crying, but I think he was trying to tell me he feels much better now and is okay where he is |
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« Reply #22 on: June 19, 2010, 11:20:16 AM » |
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Big hugs to you Peg. I think Pugs was trying to show you he is happy and healthy again. I hope seeing the necropsy report helps you deal with the decision you had to make. As hard as you all tried, he just couldn't heal.
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« Reply #23 on: June 19, 2010, 12:32:05 PM » |
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I hope you're at least comfortable with the fact that there was nothing else you could have done for Pugsley - his medical problems were just not "fixable" this side of the Rainbow Bridge. Be gentle with yourself and remember he is in a much better place now, healthy and whole and never again to have the problems he faced here. And I believe with all my heart that he knows how much you love him, enough to set him free.
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« Reply #24 on: June 19, 2010, 12:43:54 PM » |
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You made the right, although painful, decision and the necropsy bears that out. He's no longer suffering. I'm sorry he had to leave so young. |
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« Reply #25 on: June 19, 2010, 01:19:53 PM » |
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I believe too that Pugsley came to tell you that he is well and at happy now. A beautiful dream of reassurance!
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« Reply #26 on: June 19, 2010, 04:34:35 PM » |
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My mom watched an episode of 20/20 last night where they interviewed people who had lost loved ones in 9-11. They all reported strange things happening shortly after that devastating day. I truly believe everything continues on and that they have a window of time where they can contact those that love them on Earth. Most do and I don't think it's any different with our beloved furry family members. They know we love them and I think they will miss us as well and they stop by to give us a little message that they're OK and there's nothing to be sad about.
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« Reply #27 on: June 19, 2010, 08:57:33 PM » |
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I feel that Pugsley really did visit you last night. Dreams are a way to come back to communicate, I believe that.
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« Reply #28 on: June 19, 2010, 09:43:31 PM » |
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Yes, it sounds like he very much was telling you he had to go and thanked you for caring for him and loving him. I'm glad you got some answers on what happened to him from the necropsy. Do they know what the lesions were from?
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« Reply #29 on: June 19, 2010, 10:28:45 PM » |
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petslave, the suspicion is that the lesions were from the bartonella. Because the infection was not found until July of last year, the suspicion is that the bartonella penetrated organs in his body and had gone untreated for a very long time. The reason he was tested was because of what Rufus died from......Rufus had all the symptoms of a full blown murderous bartonella attack and yet at his necropsy, there were no tissue samples that pathology had that contained the bartonella. The bartonella dies with the host. Pugs also had slight splenomegaly.
From all of my research, this parasite can lodge itself in an organ or multiple organs and when doing a blood test, the blood may not be bacterimic, but infection is still present. Pugs was treated with 3 different and powerful antibiotics but I guess it was too late.
That horror hospital that misdiagnosed Rufus and never tested Pugs for bartonella during his neurological workup is no longer in business.
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