[bwhelpton]

Sorry for the test message yeaterday. I had trouble loggin on.
On May 4 2010 I posted a message on Sick and Injured forum about Sassy's condition. Within a period of 10 days Sassy our 4 1/2 yr. old Yorkie went from a happy, fun loving Yorkie to a dog that could only go in circles, head tilted to left, partial eyesight, and partially paralized mouth. We took her to the NC State university Vet Teaching Hospital where she had an MRI and a CFS analysis.
She was diagnosed with inflammatory encephalitis, a horrible brain desease.
She was given a Cytosar infusion and sent home with Prednisone and Cyclosporine. She was to continue her Cytosar with shots at the local vet.
Her condition stableized for about a month and she had some quality of life.
Because of the paralisis of her mouth she had dificulty eating, then last week she could not open her mouth enough to eat. She had bloodly stool and had two seizures. We took her to the vet where she had another seizure while with the vet. They stableized her but later on she had another seizure while at the vets office. At that time we all decided it was time to let her go. While she was seated on my lap the vet gave her her last shot. As she laid in my lap I watched her take her last breath. It was the hardest thing I have ever had to do in my 70 years. (Excuse me while I wipe my tears so I can see the keyboard.) I have had many dogs over my lifetime but never one like Sassy. She followed me whereever I went and wanted to be involved in whatever I was doing. She loved to play and would greet me at the door with a ball in her mouth. If I was sitting and looked to her like I wasn't busy she sould fuss at me until I would play with her. She had several games she would like to play and she would decide which one to play. Thank you for letting me share Sassy's story.
Sassy's Dad