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04-27-2012, 11:44 AM | #1 |
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| kidney failure holly is 6 and a half after been sick on and off for 1 month took to to vets diagnosed with kidney failure been on drip but no improvement not eating just sleeping had speceial kidney diet wont eat lost a lot of weight is there any thing i can do |
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04-27-2012, 11:56 AM | #2 |
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| I'm so sorry you and Holly are going thru this. Did the vet recommend giving 1/4 Pepcid and Maalox (as a phosphorus binder)? Any special prescription dog food? Sending good thoughts and prayers to you and Holly. |
04-27-2012, 12:06 PM | #3 |
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| no the vet gave renalzin paste to be put over the food and then zantac syrup twice to times a day for sickness and the hills diet wet and dry the dog wont eat it at all even if i buy holly steak it might take a few bites but thats all also not very good on her feet how long can i leave it like this for is it unfair on the dog thanks |
04-27-2012, 12:16 PM | #4 |
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| I am so sorry that you & Holly are going through this rough time..I hope she gets better soon
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04-27-2012, 08:44 PM | #5 |
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| So sorry to hear of your Holly's illness. Depending on how far it has progressed so far you are in for a fight. Hopefully it was caught early enough that you will have time to spend with her. Wet food is better than the dry. Dehydration is your enemy. It is important she eats otherwise she will breakdown her own body. I just lost my Zoey to renal failure last week. We fought til her little body said it was too much.
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04-27-2012, 09:13 PM | #6 |
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| She is young for kidney failure, did you feed her any chicken jerky or chicken treats of any kind that came from China ? I will be Praying for your baby . |
04-28-2012, 05:18 AM | #7 | |
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OP- Does the vet know what caused it? Could be from Lymes or another disease or poisoning. As Lilymae pointed out she is the wrong age for kidney failure,. Generally it is the young due to genetic defects or older dogs. Wishing the best for you and your little one.
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04-28-2012, 05:14 PM | #8 |
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| So very sorry about Holly. Prayers.
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05-08-2012, 11:08 AM | #9 |
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| thanks forr all your support i would just liketo let you know i had little holly put to sleep it was gettiing too much she had ulcers in her mouth and she couldnt eat and the vet says to let her go thanks everyone for there support thankyou |
05-08-2012, 11:11 AM | #10 |
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| I am so sorry for your loss. Know that you gave her a gift of love by not letting her suffer. RIP Holly
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05-08-2012, 11:11 AM | #11 |
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| im very sorry you had to put your holly to sleep. rip holly.
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05-08-2012, 11:33 AM | #12 | |
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Very sorry for your loss, peace.
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05-08-2012, 01:35 PM | #14 |
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| im so sorry for your loss.
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05-08-2012, 02:03 PM | #15 |
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| I am so sorry for your loss. I hope this passage helps to heal your broken heart. Living Love If you ever love an animal, there are three days in your life you will always remember... The first is a day, blessed with happiness, when you bring home your young new friend. You may have spent weeks deciding on a breed. You may have asked numerous opinions of many vets, or done long research in finding a breeder. Or, perhaps in a fleeting moment, you may have just chosen that silly looking mutt in a shelter--simple because something in its eyes reached your heart. But when you bring that chosen pet home, and watch it explore, and claim its special place in your hall or front room--and when you feel it brush against you for the first time--it instills a feeling of pure love you will carry with you through the many years to come. The second day will occur eight or nine or ten years later. It will be a day like any other. Routine and unexceptional. But, for a surprising instant, you will look at your longtime friend and see age where you once saw youth. You will see slow deliberate steps where you once saw energy. And you will see sleep where you once saw activity. So you will begin to adjust your friend's diet--and you may add a pill or two to her food. And you may feel a growing fear deep within yourself, which bodes of a coming emptiness. And you will feel this uneasy feeling, on and off, until the third day finally arrives. And on this day--if your friend and God have not decided for you, then you will be faced with making a decision of your own--on behalf of your lifelong friend, and with the guidance of your own deepest Spirit. But whichever way your friend eventually leaves you---you will feel as alone as a single star in the dark night. If you are wise, you will let the tears flow as freely and as often as they must. And if you are typical, you will find that not many in your circle of family or friends will be able to understand your grief, or comfort you. But if you are true to the love of the pet you cherished through the many joy-filled years, you may find that a soul--a bit smaller in size than your own---seems to walk with you, at times, during the lonely days to come. And at moments when you least expect anything out of the ordinary to happen, you may feel something brush against your leg--very very lightly. And looking down at the place where your dear, perhaps dearest, friend used to lay---you will remember those three significant days. The memory will most likely be painful, and leave an ache in your heart---As time passes the ache will come and go as it has a life of its own. You will both reject it and embrace it, and it may confuse you. If you reject it, it will depress you. If you embrace it, it will deepen you. Either way, it will still be an ache. But there will be, I assure you, a fourth day when---along with the memory of your pet---and piercing through the heaviness in your heart---there will come a realization that belongs only to you. It will be as unique and strong as our relationship with each animal we have loved, and lost. This realization takes the form of a Living Love---like the heavenly scent of a rose that remains after the petals have wilted, this Love will remain and grow--and be there for us to remember. It is a love we have earned. It is the legacy our pets leave us when they go. And it is a gift we may keep with us as long as we live. It is a Love which is ours alone. And until we ourselves leave, perhaps to join our Beloved Pets--it is a Love that we will always possess. -Written by Martin Scot Kosins
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