First Post... Very Sad
 

This is my first post so hello everyone.

We just lost our beloved, precious angel Yorkie, Savannah, this past Tuesday morning at 1:40am.
She was the light of my life. So smart, so sweet, so beautiful.
She was a Daddy's girl and was with me constantly, helping, sniffing, and 'supervising' everything that was happening around her.
She LOVED to play with toys and loved to tease with them.

She was 9 years old. She started hopping on three legs, holding up her left rear leg.

I took her to our Vet. Oct. 23rd and he said she had a torn ligament.

Brought her back home and she seemed to be ok other than holding her left rear leg up when she would run.
Two days later, Saturday Oct. 25th she didn't have any energy and just laid around on her blanket. Sunday was worse and I stayed up holding her all night Sunday night. The Vet. office opened at 7:30am Monday morning and I was there at 7:15am waiting for them to arrive.
She was very weak and her normally bright little eyes said she was in pain.
The Vet. kept her to try and find what was wrong with her.
He called and said we could come and get Savannah at 5:30pm and we were there at 5:15pm to get our little angel.

The Vet. told us her kidneys had stopped functioning and that they 'may' start back up. She was just as weak as when I'd dropped her off that morning.
We brought our little doll back home and she could barely stand without my help. We never could get her to take any food or liquid.
We tried to give her a little soup broth with a syringe but she wouldn't swallow it.
I had her wrapped in a towel and held her thru out the afternoom.
She became weaker and weaker every hour.
He breath became faster and shallower every hour.
I had her little body on my chest, her head laying on my neck and her little nose positioned so I could listen to her breathing.
This was her favorite position to be held.
As the hours went by her life force became weaker and weaker.
He little heart tried mightly at the end to keep her alive.

At 1:40am Tuesday morning, Oct, 28th my precious little angel breathed her last breath and her sweet little heart stopped.
Her little body went limp, her beautiful spirit that was the light of our lives, gone forever. Her beautiful eyes dimmed by the spectre of death, never to look at us again with all the love in the universe.

The only good thing to say is as the toxins built up in her blood, it seemed to dull any pain she was in.
I watched as she had the strength to move her little head. THen she couldn't even do that. THen she could blink her little eyes.
At the end she couldn't even blink her beautiful eyes.
I watched the life drain out of her precious body.
That was one of the hardest things I've ever done in my life....

I don't think she suffered since the toxins had built enough to put her little body in shock.
The last several hours of her life she seemed to be almost asleep.

I held my little baby girl doll until she breathed her last breath, just as she would have wanted me to do.

My wife and I are heartbroken.

Savannah was that one in a million of little babies like her.
She was so smart, so sweet, so cute and she loved us so much.
We can say we loved her with all our hearts and gave her a wonderful home.
But nothing can ever take her place.

PLEASE if you have a sick Yorkie, get them the best medical help you can and get it F-A-S-T.

From the time our little angel got sick to her death was 2 1/2 DAYS!!!!!
Less than 72 HOURS!!!!!

We don't have any idea what caused our baby to suffer renal failure. She had always been in good health. We thought we'd have her for several more years.
I'm here now looking for answers to what may have happened to my baby angel Savannah.
She's gone and life isn't worth living without her.

If your Yorkie is sick, get help NOW. Ask your Vet. to perform bloodwork to determine what may be the problem.
BEG them to perform whatever test may reveal a course of action that may possibly save their life.

Read on this forum and learn everything you can about the health issues Yorkies (or any canine you love) may suffer from.
If you don't have a good, knowledgeable Vet. ask people until you find one.

It's too late for our little Savannah girl. Our beautiful baby girl is gone, our hearts are forever broken........

I would have GLADLY went in her stead...... Lord, I miss her SO much!!!!

How sad!! So sorry for your loss....I hope you find some answers, and some peace here. Welcome to YT.

What a way to welcome a new member. I'm so dreadfully sorry you lost your little girl so prematurely.
I'm a very firm believer that most medical problems stem from commercial pet food, treats and over inoculating. Bottom line.
I do hope you can open your wonderful home and your hearts to another lucky little fur-kid. They brighten our lives.

Rip sweet angel
 

My heart breaks for you and yours. Everyday will get a little better. I think of my childhood dog all the time. They're family. They are loved and cared for like our children. You will find peace eventually. When your sad,think of the joy you brought into each other lives. When it's all of a sudden,it gives us no time to prepare. When it's slow and drawn out ,it gives us too long to suffer along with them. There are no rules to grief,just know you had a wonderful impact on her life on earth. You gave her happiness and all the love that one can give. Take care,and you will heal from this. Welcome to our wonderful website. We're here for you. Please take time and go through the motions. She was chosen to be an angel elsewhere.

Oh my what a horrible ordeal. I am crying for you, and hope that your heart heals quickly, but that you never forget your precious baby girl. I think your advice is all too accurate, these babies are soooo tiny and things can go wrong so quickly. God bless you and your family.

My heart goes out to you. I can feel your pain. It is so unbearable when we lose our angels. I lost my 7 month old to kidney failure in January after doing every thing possible and I agree they do not suffer as they are so out of it from the uremic posioning. I hope one day you will be able to open your heart for another angel to help bring some joy back into your life.

I am so very sorry for your loss. Perhaps one day you'll open your heart to another.

Please know that my heart is breaking for your loss, I"m so sorry. May you and your wife find peace in time. So sorry:cry::animal-pa

I am so sorry for your loss. I know that our furbabies are like our children. I have tears in my eyes just imagining what you went through. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

I am so sorry
 

I can't imagine what you must be feeling!:cry: I cried when I read your post, and what a way to have to introduce yourself. I know that your baby was very special to you. My deepest sympathy to you and your wife.

There are no words to express how deeply sorry I am for your loss :( Please know that all of us here understand the love you had for Savannah and just how broken hearted you are now.
Your post touched my heart and I'm crying with you.

Please find comfort in the fact that she is not suffering, but instead is waiting for you at the Rainbow Bridge.

Love and Prayers,
Tammy

The tears are pouring down my face as I read this post...I am sooo sorry for your loss and I can not even imagine your heartbreak...I can tell how much you loved her...bless you and my thoughs and prayers are with you.

I am so so sorry for your loss. The joy is that you knew her unconditional love.

My heart broke reading your first post here. Thank you for writing out your story and hopefully it will help save another yorkie. It really makes you think how fast something so awful could occur. My thoughts are with you.

This is so heartbreaking.:( May little Savannah rest in peace....Please know that we are here for you!

I couldn't read every word of this it is just to heartbreaking. I am so sorry for your loss and I will keep you in my prayers.

Im so sorry for your loss. :(

I am shedding tears as I write this. I know the pain you and your wife are feeling right now. I have (as many on here)felt that incredible, suffocating at times, pain you are going through right now. I lost my precious first yorkie to diabetes and it truly was almost more than I could bare. It's been a few years for me now, but a post like yours brings the pain back to the surface because we never forget those precious ones we have lost. It took me several years to bring myself to get another yorkie. Mainly because I didn't want to go through that pain again. I have 2 now and am so incredibly in love with both of them--a love that I never thought would be possible again. Yes, I know that I will have to face that loss again and it scares me to death but the joy I feel everyday from each of them now is so worth that risk for me.

I truly am so, so sorry for your loss. I am not advocating that you go out and get another dog right away. That is only for you and your wife to know when and if the time is right . But I share this with you because I hope that one day when you both are ready, that you can and will open up your heart to share with another dog (yorkie or other wise) It sounds like you have so much love to give.

Welcome to YT. This is a great place to be and to share your pain because we all love our dogs immensely. We understand.

Jamie

I am so truly sorry for you loss. I cannot imagine the pain you and your wife are going through. I will keep you both and little Savannah in my thoughts and Prayers.

first off i want to welcome you to YT...although under such extreme context...and i am so sorry for you loss! Time will heal all pain...

Thank you everyone
 

Thank you everyone for your kind thoughts and prayers.
I have been crying for almost a week. In a little over 5 more hours it will be one week since my little angel girl Savannah had to leave.

I wish so much I could have gone and she could have stayed.
I told her everyday she was the sweetest little thing God ever created.

We were so blessed to have her for the last 9 years. The house feels so quite and empty without her. She would be sitting in Daddy's lap right now.
Sorry, I'm crying too much to write........ this hurts so bad.

There are not words that can express the pain and sorrow I am feeling for you right now. Many of us know that pain and we cry with you. I lost my father and my Pommie 1 day apart. It hurts. And we never, ever forget. My prayers are with you and your wife. You are now the mommy and daddy of an angel. Joanne

I'm sooo sorry. We also lost our little Yorkie this week, too. She died during a dental. It was so very painful. I know how you must feel

I found this forum that night after she died. I was in so much pain and anguish. Everyone here was so supportive and it really helped. I hope we are able to help you get through this.

I am so sorry, I have tears in my eyes as I read about what happened. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

My heart is just broken for you and your wife. I am so terribly sorry for the loss of your beautiful Savannah. May God comfort you both and heal your broken hearts.

Again, so sad..
 

Jim this is my second post to your thread....I'm crying for you and your wife i feel your pain and my own with the loss of our Julz.... i so miss the pitter patter of her footsteps on our wood floors.
I've been told "time will heal" i gotta go with it.....Just know we are here for you as they have been for me you found a great support group here!!!!
Teresa

I'm so sorry about Julz. I know how you miss that beautiful face and those big brown eyes.
May GOd heal your heart.... and mine.

I too lost my little girl in may to kidney failure. Her hip got dislocated and 3 weeks after her surgery she too went into kidney failure within 3 days she was gone. I will forever wonder if the stress of the leg was the start of the kidney failure it just seemed to coincidental. I dont know. But Im am so sorry for your loss, it really is tremendously painful. I still cry daily and will miss her forever. But now sometimes I can think about the good times with her and smile. My thoughts are with you and your family.

I am in tears reading this...my heart and prayers go out to you....we all love our babies sooooooooooo much and to lose one is harder than words can express....Hope that in time your heartache will lessen... May you rest in peace Lil Savannah.... God Bless You All....

Wish there was something I could do or say...
 

I feel so horrible for you, and I know firsthand what it is like to lose a precious little baby like that.. I lost my 11 year old Australian Terrier a few years back to Renal Failure and there isn't much I can attribute it to except his being on prednisone frequently when we lived on the East Coast. He had a condition called Flea Allergy Dermatitis, and i worked hard to prevent any fleas from getting introduvced to our household. If he just got one flea bite from somewhere, he would fight the condition for a long time and the treatment to stop a very vicious itching skin disorder consisted of shots of cortisone. I truly, to this day, believe that those shots are what damaged his kidneys.

It seemed that out of the blue, one day he just didn't want to eat. He refused food and I tried everything including hand feeding him one kibble at a time. I took him to the vet and some tests were run. Hobbes came home with us until we got the results. I tried to make him as comfortable as I could. The next morning at work, I got the phone call with devastating news. I will never forget my friend handing me the phone and telling me it was the animal hospital, and hearing him tell me "we have renal failure". My mind searched for the meaning of that word Renal, as on any other day it would have been very clear to me that he was referring to kidneys; but on this day, I couldn't grasp it and had to ask him to explain himself. I made an appointment to bring him in, and my husband and I were there with him when our vet, lovingly known to us as Dr. Larry, prepped him to take away his pain. It was not an easy choice but for us was the only choice. It's as clear as if it were yesterday, and this was in 2003. My poor little boy, who had gone hiking with me, camping, even to work, was my constant companion for 11 years, was slipping away, but was not suffering. He will always be in my heart, my little Hobbes, my little boy. tho he wasn't a yorkie, he was a little terrier, with a great big terrier heart and soul. I have his ashes in a beautiful box and what was tough is that when I brought the box home, my fox terrier who was his buddy sniffed at it and wagged her tail and pricked her ears up and wouldn't leave the box alone. I took comfort in that but cried all over again. I have some of his ashes in a little waterproof vial and he comes with me when we hike and camp.

I've got a huge lump in my throat and I am crying as I type this...as i can honestly say I feel your pain.

I've asked him recently to find Bobo and take care of him, now I will ask him to do the same for your Savannah. I hope you find it a little easier day by day, but we are always here for you to talk to if you don't. Our thoughts are with you.