Relaxing at home, chill in the air. Evan williams whiskey and egg nogg, thinking about fall, and what happened to me last night. My older dog titi started acting strange, she’s 15 and i’ve been sort of waiting for her to die, enjoying her company while she lives out her last years or days. She peed her bed, puked and was restless, whining, crying, could not sit down or be consoled. After 3-4 hrs of this, i realized i had to do something to help her. There is a 24 hr vet in my town, and driving over there at 3 am, i thought i’d likely need to say goodbye to my friend to end her misery. She was quiet, i thought she might die on the way. I was bawling of course. She is my best friend for a good 13 years. The doc checks her out, she has a seizure in the clinic. But the doc says instead of putting her to sleep lets watch her overnight and run some tests. I’m skeptical but say ok, go back into the clinic and say goodnight to her. Maybe for the last time?
But it wasn’t the last. She had low calcium. She had a parathyroid gland removed two years ago. And we were giving her tums for awhile. I stopped the tums a few weeks ago, her lab tests had indicated she was ok without it. I guess not though. She may have cancer on the brain, we don’t know. But with anti seizure meds and continued calcium, she is with us for awhile longer.
Ready for the holidays, glad to have her back home if even for a short while. She seems fine now. We’ll see if it lasts! I’m just thankful to have her back for even a little while.
