how quick kidney failure happened

[conor999]

sorry posted this in another thread by mistake

hi all, came home from work on friday to find my lovely dog "pupps"(we named her pupps because it was the only name she would respond to when we took her) not looking the best, we bought her from a traveller family 12 years ago when we seen her looking at us from sitting in a puddle and her life was sealed with us from then on, she was the greatest dog anyone could ever have, she would never eat dog food and lived on steaks, ham, chicken and what ever we normally had for dinner she would have the same, she loved coffee and tea also and would always gives us the eyes when we were drinking tea asking for it which we could never say no, anyone would say she was a member of our family we loved her so much, my mam and dad loved her like a child, bought her christmas presents, birthday presents, cakes and treated her like a spoiled child, we were planning for her birthday which was yesterday (valintines day) and we had gotten her loads of treats, coats and new beds in

on friday just gone i knew she didnt look herself, she had been eating fine and using the toilet fine(never went in the house) but i knew the look in her eyes on friday was telling me something was wrong, i brought her straight up to the vet and she said she'll take blood samples and xrays and see what is wrong.

On Saturday i got the bad news that her kidneys had failed and she had only 20% of them working, the vet said that it came as quick as she ever seen before, she said it would be cheaper to put her down but that was never going to happen, i was given the option of medication that will give her another 2-6 months off quality life which was very expencive but i would of given her every penny i had for her to save her, as im sure everyone who is on this would for their babys.

i took her home on saturday and the vet said she gave her enough medication for the weekend and i was to bring her back today(monday) for her to flush her kidneys out and give more medication, yesterday i was looking up on here and read some of your stories and it brought a tear to my eye, i looked at pupps and she had gotton so bad she could not stand, she was vomiting consistinly, not eating and she looked in pain, i could not believe this had happened so quick, from being fine on thursday to be in such a state on sunday, i knew from the stories on here that last night was her final night.

at 11.30pm i had her in my arms,i couldnt do anything for her only hold her and tell her how much i loved her, i kept telling myself that the vet said she'd be fine for another 2-6 months and couldnt think about what was to follow, at 12.30am my dad and mam said their good byes and we all cried our eyes out, we kept talking to her telling her she will be ok and at exactly 2am she fell asleep for good. i cried all night beside her until 9am this morning when i had to break the bad news to the rest of my family. i completly washed her down and got a big plastic box to bury her in, i went out and bought new pink blankets and covered the box with them and i got a love heart cushin with "i love you" on it and rested her head on it. i will never forget her and it will take me a very long time to get over her.

thanks for listening to my story, its not very helpful but your stories helped me prepare for last night so i thought i would share back

[ainttoshabby]

she could of had kidney failure for a while, it just wasnt detected, onces its bad enough the other organs start to fail as well, it can be very painful, i had one of my families rescues, did in feb, my brother was complaining about this smell, and me and my mom took one  wiff and knew her kidneys, so we took her home with us, gave her her favourite things, ice capp and timbits, she spent 2 days with our other dogs, she was so happy, the third day she couldnt breath, she was drowning in her lungs, there was nothing the vets could do,  so i held her, and she died in my arms, but she had the best days before her death, and we can take comfort in that, our regret, letting my brother have her, we didnt know about the neglect, she even had frost bite on her tush, i miss her very much, last year was very hard on me, i also ened up loosing my dog, my baby, in august, she got into a horrible fight and had her eye and her face badly injured, and i was stuck a couple hours away so i talked to the vet and okayed the put down, i never got to say goodbye, i had to see her so my parents brought her to me, my baby girl, at least you were able to say bye to her, and tell her how much you cared for her before ,   i do have my memories, but i also have her daughter that was born in july, and i have my other girl buffy, who was raised with her,

its been a tuff year

[chasha33]

I am truely so sorry for the loss of your baby.As i was reading your post tears where streaming down my face.Pupps knew how much you loved her and there was no other place that she felt safer to let go than being with you.I really admire the way that you where going to do whatever it took to help her.You are blessed with all the memories of all your wonderful years together.You will be in my prayers.May God Bless You.

[Eaglesmom]

Our hearts go out to you in your loss of Pupps.   Some of us have lost our beloved friends to kidney disease.  We know how difficult it is for you.   You are in our prayers.

[conor999]

thank you for your kind comment

yes it will take a very long time to get over our lose and im sure you will too, we have another golden lab the last 6years and she will miss Pupps bossing her around the house, it was quick for pupps but i wish i was given at least a week to spoil her more before she went so bad.

i just hope people read these stories and get their dogs checked more often to try prevent this happening to their loved ones, i dont think i could ever take another dog in with the feeling i have today

[lindapalm]

I am so sorry to hear about your dog Pupps.  We lost our 12 year old shetland sheepdog last Monday, and I agree, it will take a very long time to get over them.  You walk into a room and expect to see them in their bed, or laying on the floor with a toy, eating, etc. The house is empty and quiet, even though we have many other animals.  Pupps went fast, which was good because you didn't have to make the decision of how long to let her linger, which, I think, is the hardest thing an animal owner has to ever do, and you still had a chance to say goodbye.  I'm sure she knew she was much loved.