We've had Goldie for nearly twelve years. [View all]
She was a rescue, who seemed extremely fear aggressive when we met her at her fosters house. Back up barking, showing teeth. My wife said yes, so we brought her home. On the way home I did my best to pet her, but I could barely reach. We stopped at the grocery to get some food, because it was Sunday night. When I ran in she started crying. When I got in the car she jumped on my lap! As soon as we got home she jumped on the couch next to and put her head on my shoulder.
Over the years weve had many adventures and walks twice a day. During one of th.e walks she fainted. We turned around and went home. I didnt know what was wrong and I didnt know what to do! The next day we went to the vet and found out she had IMHA -immune mediated hemolytic anemia- a deadly coNdition caused by a vaccine! Two and a half years later, my girl was the 1 out of 4 that - manges to survive. Immune suppression. A schedule of prednisone, mycopheolate azithromyacin and omeprozole to help her stomach. Its a costly disease that we were able to afford, and a pill schedule we could mange to keep. She got fat on the prednisone and due to the disease unable,to get excersize.
So then we effectively killed her immune system to save my Goldies life. Then she began to have repeated UTIs until she started bleeding. They said she had bladder cancer. Thankfully, it was a bad cyst. And again we figured it out.
Now she has arthritis. She can barely stand. She is eating only turkey, rice and green beans. Not all s. Just some. Our walks are at a snails pace. We have her on meds that are controlling her pain. But Im trying to process letting my best friend go. Sometimes life sucks