THE THREAD!!!

[Grollub]

G'night gents [>:][>:]

[USSAmerica]

ORIGINAL: Dixie

Bad times tithe [:(]  Our oldest BC is at the vets, she was vommiting yesterday and hasn't eaten today.  Then this evening in a 15 minute period she became unsteady and fell over.  When we got her to the vets she wasn't moving and her eyes were glazing over, the poor girl had a temperature of 45C+ [X(]  She's had more than two bags of IV fluid put into her, and either p***ed or s**t most of it out again.  Her temp was brought back down to 37 and she's a bit more responsive, but still just 50/50 chance at the moment they think.  The high temp could have caused problems as well, she was so dehydrated her blood was described as gloopy.  Low white cell count and several high readings, although the high readings could be due to the concentration of her blood. [:(]

I am sorry to hear of your troubles, Martin. Hopefully, they can find something that is easily correctable. I do know a good vet. [;)]

[USSAmerica]

Good night, Per.  I'm not far behind you.  0430 was a long time ago.  [>:]

[USSAmerica]

I just got way more amusement out of the Japanese thread in the War Room than I should have.  [:D]

[stuman]

ORIGINAL: USS America

I just got way more amusement out of the Japanese thread in the War Room than I should have.  [:D]

I think several folks did [:)]

[AW1Steve]

I hope that I gave more amusement than offense.....but so what. It's a thread that truely deserves to be taken out and shot....err....make that death by lethal injection.....make that confined to endless sessions of group therapy! (Talk about cruel and unusual punishment! )[:D]

[AW1Steve]

Good night all![>:]

[scott64]

Where did the snow go? [:'(]

[Dixie]

ORIGINAL: USS America

ORIGINAL: Dixie

Bad times tithe [:(]  Our oldest BC is at the vets, she was vommiting yesterday and hasn't eaten today.  Then this evening in a 15 minute period she became unsteady and fell over.  When we got her to the vets she wasn't moving and her eyes were glazing over, the poor girl had a temperature of 45C+ [X(]  She's had more than two bags of IV fluid put into her, and either p***ed or s**t most of it out again.  Her temp was brought back down to 37 and she's a bit more responsive, but still just 50/50 chance at the moment they think.  The high temp could have caused problems as well, she was so dehydrated her blood was described as gloopy.  Low white cell count and several high readings, although the high readings could be due to the concentration of her blood. [:(]

I am sorry to hear of your troubles, Martin. Hopefully, they can find something that is easily correctable. I do know a good vet. [;)]

She didn't make it. The vet called at 3 this morning, it looks like the high temperature she suffered caused some neurological damage. She was suffering from seizures and wasn't wanting to stand up or even respond to her name so we had to have her put to sleep. There was less than a 50% chance of her making all the way through the night and even less chance of her returning to activity even if she did.

[Historiker]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

ORIGINAL: Historiker

Enjoy the party, Torsten!

I'll be nearly the only man there [X(]

This is a problem?

No, but this ment I had to do my duty... [;)]

[thegreatwent]

Sorry Dixie, you have my sympathy

[Historiker]

Mine too. I guess a BC is some sort of pet. We had to eutanize our dog some months before. Sad thing...

[Wolfpack_MatrixForum]

Dixie,

So sorry to hear this news. I had a BC as a pet in the past and she was a great dog. Having lost some many good furry friends in my life I hope you can take solace in the great times this pet brought you and it helps you overcome this loss.

Wolfpack

[Wolfpack_MatrixForum]

Good morning all. I have been up since 3 am prepping for todays City of Oaks marathon. Looks like I will get to run in some rain. Enjoy your time in the thread today while I slog out 26.2 miles! [:D]

[Grollub]

Good morning gentlemen.

[Grollub]

ORIGINAL: Dixie

ORIGINAL: USS America

ORIGINAL: Dixie

Bad times tithe [:(]  Our oldest BC is at the vets, she was vommiting yesterday and hasn't eaten today.  Then this evening in a 15 minute period she became unsteady and fell over.  When we got her to the vets she wasn't moving and her eyes were glazing over, the poor girl had a temperature of 45C+ [X(]  She's had more than two bags of IV fluid put into her, and either p***ed or s**t most of it out again.  Her temp was brought back down to 37 and she's a bit more responsive, but still just 50/50 chance at the moment they think.  The high temp could have caused problems as well, she was so dehydrated her blood was described as gloopy.  Low white cell count and several high readings, although the high readings could be due to the concentration of her blood. [:(]

I am sorry to hear of your troubles, Martin. Hopefully, they can find something that is easily correctable. I do know a good vet. [;)]

She didn't make it. The vet called at 3 this morning, it looks like the high temperature she suffered caused some neurological damage. She was suffering from seizures and wasn't wanting to stand up or even respond to her name so we had to have her put to sleep. There was less than a 50% chance of her making all the way through the night and even less chance of her returning to activity even if she did.

My condoleances [:(].

[DuckofTindalos]

ORIGINAL: Historiker

Mine too. I guess a BC is some sort of pet. We had to eutanize our dog some months before. Sad thing...

BC = Border Collie.

Sorry about this, Martin.

[USSAmerica]

Good morning - Tithe. [&o][&o][&o]

[USSAmerica]

Martin, 

[Dixie]

Thanks for the kind words guys.  It's not the first time I've lost a pet, but it's the first time I've had to be the one making the decision.  We got her not long after CLare and I became "us" way back before we were married.  It was always Martin, Clare and Kora so her loss has hit us quite hard.  If I'm honest I wasn't expecting her to pull through despite some optimism when she managed to stand up on her own a bit later.  She suffered such a high temperature that the vet had never seen one so high.  Even in the unlikely event of her getting through last night she may have hung on for several days suffering more seizures as time went on. 

I know I did the right thing, but still...