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She is such a beauty. What a special baby all wrapped up in that comfy comforter. All of our thoughts and prayers for you are just like that image.

You are going to make a super vet. With the experience that will allow you to help your clients on a different level-no learning curve for you on this ailment. You have lived it. I realize you would prefer just having read about it. But what your baby doesn''t realize she is making you a better vet.

Now do what you will be telling your clients to do. Rely on what your vet has done...have faith in the healing process...remain calm and supportive...and focus on recovery. She is going to be better than ok because of you!!!

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My thoughts and prayers are with you and your precious dog...
 
oh bee, i am so sorry your baby got sick. that must have been soooo scary and painful for you. i will keep your beautiful girl in my thoughts and prayers. try to stay strong, even though it''s so hard not to keep worrying. i do the same thing so i totally understand how you must be agonizing, but try to remember...it really doesn''t help. just enjoy your muppy and all the fond memories you guys share. hugs to you=)
 
Oh what a beautiful girl! I hope she''s feeling better and that your vet will tell you that there won''t be a repeat.

Good luck!
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thanks again Maisie, Linda, marvel, neatfreak, dks, risingsun, DaniGirl and Indie. She has been fine all evening and she ate all her dinner which is normal for her, being a retriever. I''m working tomorrow so she is going to come in with me just in case anything does happen. My parents are home all day too but I just feel safer when she''s with me. Night everyone!
 
She is such a doll!
 
Date: 11/24/2007 6:43:55 PM
Author: DiamanteBlu
She is such a doll!
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thank you! She really is!
 
bee I only just saw this. So sorry to hear that your baby''s been sick. Hope all continues to be well. Am thinking of you.

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Poor pupster! I wish her a speedy recovery and I wish you the patience and strength to get through it. My dog is my life, pretty much, so I know what you are going through.

**Hugs**
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Bee, she''s absolutely precious as well as a beautiful baby. We have two doggies.....I totally understand.

Sending you many good thoughts and hugs...
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Bee I am with you..
 
My prayers are with you and your doggie. I''m glad he''s eating something. Keep us posted.
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What a beautiful girl! I''m so sorry that you both are going through this. They really do become part of our families. I wish her a fast and full recovery!
 
Oh Bee! Biggest hugs and positive wishes outgoing from me, The Demon Dog, and Oscar the baby Monster. Your pup is lucky to have such a caring mom!
 
Oh, Bee! So sorry to here your furbaby is not feeling so hot...I live in fear of the day something happens to my two babies...
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My prayers are with you.
 
Oh your puppy is sooo beautiful. I love the pictures. I send all my best wishes for his recovery. We had a golden retriever and he was the most loving dog I have ever had. I am sure you feel the same about yours. It is funny that you were embarrassed to buy the doggie stocking with his name on it--I remember callng my hubby "daddy" as in the dogs Daddy in front of someone outside the family and felt silly, too, but that''s just how you think of them, as your babies. Good luck in vet school--I went to a university with a great Vet school and allll the freshman fresh from the farm wanted to be vets--until they encountered their first chemistry class--then the weeding out began! Congrats on getting in!
 
Oh Bee - I just saw this (I''ve been away from PS all week). Your poor sweet doggie - she looks like such a gorgeous love!! I adore retrievers
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I''m so sorry she had such a scary experience and I can only imagine how horrible it must be for you. I''m sending healing vibes out to both of you - please keep us updated on her progress!
 
How is Amber doing today? She is in my prayers. Thinking of you and your gorgeous golden.
 
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your dog. Hope she''s feeling better!
 
I wish her a speedy recovery. Did you find the cause of the mini-stroke?

She is very pretty too. All pets that i have seen on PS are too gorgeous.
 
thanks Delster, ang, susi, scarleta, gothgrrl, bigDiamonds, Dee*Jay, Amandine, HappyAnniversary, AmberGretchen, Skippy, Portia and Alienor. She came into work with me today and as we had three vets working, I got them all to check Amber out when they each came in for their shift as I wanted to see would they all say the same thing! They all still think that it was a stroke due to the damage done to her eyes, but as it hasn''t happened again since friday night they are hoping that it won''t occur again. They all said that if it does happen again, we can do more invasive tests and then we can get her medication to try and combat it, but until it does, I don''t really want to send her in for more tests. She is so much better in herself but I think that she really got a fright the other night when it happened, as although she''s always very clingy to me, she''s being extra clingy now. When we lie on the couch we each have a corner, but since she was sick, she now lies on top of my lap instead. We''ve put her on a weeks course of tablets which will help thin her blood a bit as when we spun her bloods yesterday the plasma was a bit fatty, so we''re just covering all bases. Other than that, I''m just hoping that it doesn''t happen again. It''s just so awful to see her getting older-she still bounces around like a puppy at home and anytime we walk her when people ask her age and I say ten, they think I mean ten months!

Thanks again for all your prayers and well-wishes, Amber is definitely feeling them as she looks so much better tonight.
 
Just giving you all a quick update to let you know that she''s still improving.
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Her mammy is still recovering from friday night after it happened, but she seems to have forgotten it. She''s getting her eyes tested again on wednesday so hopefully they will respond this time. But no other news apart from that.
 
Aww bee*, I''m sorry. I really hope she makes a full and swift recovery and am thankful that one of her vital organs were harmed. ((HUGS)).
 
I''m so glad your sweetie is still improving. I''ll be sending good vibes her/your way.

DB
 
bee*,

My heart is with you. I didn't know you were a veterinary student. I sometimes try to avoid pet threads because they are so painful. I could never in a million years be a veterinarian!

Your story reminded me of my own dogs. My last dog before my current one was a Golden. I had her since she was weaned from her mother, I guess at six weeks, and she was all mine all her life. We adopted our daughter when she was about twelve and they lived together for a year before she died. She was gentle and sweet and good. I might never have gotten another dog if it hadn't been for my daughter's wanting a dog like the one who lived down the street from her grandparents, "Dallas". Dallas would have been impossible to replicate, but she was tan and appeared to have some Lab in her. I called Adopt-a-Dog and wound up with a two year-old, male, yellow Lab of gigantic proportions and a lot of very crazy ideas.

Biscuit (our Lab) was as bad as Brit (our Golden) was good. She was an angel; he was wicked.

He didn't mean to be. There isn't an ounce of malice in him. But he felt he was supposed to guard the front door. And steps. And street...if he got loose. He bit numerous people despite our diligent watchfulness. He never, ever bothered anyone in our backyard or failed to be courteous and friendly to people entering our back door, however. He was just confused.

Biscuit is very oversized for his breed and cannot, therefore, be expected to live as long as most dogs of the breed. (One veterinarian called him a Great Dane in Lab clothing.) He is now 11 1/2. He has had a TPLO, but one leg doesn't work. He has arthritis in his knees, hips, and lower back. Because of a sensitive GI system he cannot eat regular dog food (he eats IVD duck and potato) and is permanently on Metronidazole, so regular arthritis medicines are not an option. He is on other painkillers. Because his throat was paralyzed he had a tieback. He cannot bark and now he keeps getting pneumonia.

But he is happy and not in pain. He just doesn't do the stairs anymore. I had a crisis when he had to be hospitalized and given IV medication. I didn't want him to have that quality of life, but I wanted to give him a chance to get well...which that hospitalization provided.

It was so painful to think of whether I should euthanize him that I have not shared this here. (I alluded to it once and canuk-gal e-mailed me. That's what Pricescope is like. There's always someone ot there who knows you well and catches everything!!!)

Well, now I've come clean. I, too, have an old pet whom I love more than life. I can't bear the thought of his death.

So, as I said, my heart is with you, bee*. Your Golden is a beautiful angel :-).


Hugs,
Deborah
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thanks gypsy and Db.

AGBF-your biscuit sounds like a lovable devil! It''s just awful when they get older, isn''t it? I honestly don''t think that I''ll ever have another dog like Amber-she''s just so well behaved, but still has an amazing outgoing personality. I worked in our spca for years and I was in charge of the cattery-Amber used to come up with me every day and she would sit in the middle of all the cats and lick them all to pieces. She once found a baby rabbit that had escaped and instead of trying to eat it or anything she pulled me over to it to show me. She never goes to the toilet on the lead, she''s gentle with everyone. When my friend was dying in the hospice earlier this year, Amber came in with me to visit her all the time, and for a dog who''s so hyper and active, she was so gentle with my friend-just rested her head on the bed so she could stroke her. She''s just the best dog in the world. I feel so lucky to own her. I completely understand how worried you are when they get to that age. It''s such a pity they don''t have a longer life span.
 
Your baby is so beautiful, bee!! I hope everything goes well for both of you.
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(((((BIG HUGS))))))
 
Oh Bee...I''m so sorry about your Amber, but I''m glad she''s doing better! I truly hope her eyesight is okay. Hugs from my pups to yours!
 
Oh, Bee, big hugs and prayers for you and your baby. I''m so glad to hear that she''s doing better. I know this is a terribly difficult thing to go through--I love my own furbabies more than anything in the world, and I''m so sorry that you''re going through this right now. HUGS!
 
Bee, I just saw your thread, my apologies for being so late! My heart goes out to you, and I''m thinking positive thoughts for your precious, gorgeous, Amber. She is a beautiful dog and I can tell she means the world to you. Hang in there, you are a great pet-mommy and I''m sure she''s very comforted by you because you are taking such good care of her.

DH and I have two beagles, the eldest of which is epileptic as we found out last February. Milo just turned 4 in November and has had 5 seizures, the last one took place at 3:30 a.m. when DH was OOT and I was asleep in bed with Milo attached to my side. After experiencing the first few, I thought I would always be prepared for them, but he never had one in the middle of the night before, it was scary and I felt just as disoriented as he must have! Thankfully, he doesn''t have them often enough nor do they last long enough for him to be on medication, but I am worried the day will come when they start happening more frequently and last longer in which case we will have to put him on meds for the rest of his life. It stinks, and I hate that our baby (they are our children, too, as we haven''t started trying for a human family yet) suffers at all and there isn''t much to be done for him. It really is heartbreaking, but I take comfort knowing that DH and I give him the absolute best care and do everything we can to make sure he''s leading a healthy, and happy life despite his illness.

You will make a great vet! I would trust my pets to you any day, knowing how compassionate and caring you are. give Amber a big hug for me, and give yourself one too!
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