My sweet little Sierra
 

I already posted this in the proper forum, but I wanted to make sure you are all aware of the pitfalls out there and not make the same, fatal mistakes we did:

My sweet little Sierra passed yesterday. It was a long, terrible death! The day before, we took her to the Vet because she hadn't been eating very much for about a week. He did a blood test and said she had acute kidney failure. He said there was no hope except for a miracle. But we wanted to bring her home and pray for a miracle! He gave us some tranquilizers and advised us how to euthanize her ourselves. The next day, after a restless nite in bed with us, she became very agitated and started crying....a moaning from deep within. There was nothing we could do. We gave her pain meds and it did nothing. So we gave her the meds for euthanashia (sp) and it DIDN'T WORK! All it did was practically paralize her body, but she was still crying out continuously in pain. We were beside ourselves. We live 70 miles from town, and took her in. He gave her the shot and she was at peace at last! What a horrible way to go! She was only 7 years old! We thought we'd have a lot more years with her. She was our baby! We have her sister, still, and she is sad and looks around for her sibling.
Now, one of the worst parts about this whole thing is this. And, I'm telling you all this so you can be forewarned. About 6 mos ago, she started having VERY bad breath. We thought it was her teeth. So we took her to the Vet and he said she has tartar on her teeth and gave me some stuff to clean them with.
Come to find out, now, that the breath was a BIG symptom of kidney disease. If he would have discovered that, we could have treated her and postponed her demise.
We are sooooo sad for her loss. But at least she is now out of pain. She was such a little cutie and didn't deserve such a horrible ending. I blame the Vet for telling us how much med to give too. That just made it all the more worse..
After the lethal injection, we brought her home (we have a few acres of land in the country) and had a regal funeral for her. We wrapped her still little body in a favorite blanket of hers, and put her in her favorite stroller and strolled her out to our pet cemetary (we have lived here for 25 years and many pets have come and gone in that time). The funeral procession included our 5 outdoor, big dogs, her Yorkie sister, and her best friend housecat in a crate so he could watch. It was VERY touching. We were all crying, to say the least.

Rest in peace, Sierra......1999-2007 We will miss you!

I am so sorry for your loss and hope that your little one is resting in peace now.

Oh, I am so sorry. Your story made me cry, it's so heartbreaking to lose one of your babies. Thank you for the warning though that may save others in the future.

Thank you all for your kind thoughts. We are slowly healing, although there will always be a hole in our hearts for her.

We will always love you, Sierra! We miss you so! See ya' on Rainbow Bridge someday!

Sierra 1999-2007 RIP our love

I'm sorry for your loss.. :(

I am so sorry for your loss. As hard as it was, thank you for posting this as another warning sign to look for in our loved ones. Sending prayers and hugs your way.

im soo sorry for your loss and thank you for posting

we are so sorry for your loss. My the good menories of your little one be with you for a lifetime.

I'm so sorry for your loss. The funeral was a very nice idea.

I am so sorry for your loss. I know how it feels.. My mom and I lost our female yorkie in the end of May of this year. We had gotten her from a breeder. on the way home her breathing was terrible. so we took her to the vet to find out she had collapsed trachea and her heart was enlarged. so they put her on prednisone it helped for a few months. then she got worse. she was having more and more trouble breathing. so they upped her prednisone and put her on water pill. and in the end we had to put her down. because there was nothing more they vet could do. we took her to our house and buried her. i miss her terribly. R.I.P. Toddie 2005-2007

I am so sorry for your loss. It is never easy to loose one but when they are young it just doesn't seem fair.

I am so sorry to hear about your baby, Sierra. RIP sweet baby!

I am so sorry for your loss...
Thank you for sharing her story with us and letting us know about the bad breath...Hopefully it will help others in the future.

I'm so sorry for your loss, but thankful that you shared your story with us. I didn't know that bad breath was an indicator of kidney problems.

RIP sweet Sierra

I am sorry for your loss

I'm so sorry for your loss :(

I can't believe the vet gave you drugs to euthanize her yourself. I'm pretty sure that is actually illegal and definitely very unethical. Those drugs could have gotten into the wrong hands, been accidentally used on a person, and like in your case not work and cause more pain... I'm sorry you had to go through all that.

I am so sorry about your little girl. That is so hard to lose one when they are still young.
~Melody

I'm so sorry for your loss::rbyorkie: :rbyorkie: Thank you for the info will remember it always.

I'm so sorry for your loss, I just lost my Boston terrier about a month ago and she went quick and was only 6, I know how awful you must feel! It is so heartbreaking.

:rip: :justahug: :angelyork :crying: :littleang

I can't imagine the agony you must have went through after giving her the meds and it did not work...my sympathies.