[Dailydrool] My little gurl Pw Angel graces the calendar tomorrow on her third birfday and what a three years its been (PART 3)

[Norma]

> Hi everyone, first let me say drool and prayers to each and everyone 
> who has a four or two legger that is sick.
> As promised, here is part 3 and the final chapter of my little gurl Pw 
> Angel;s life .
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> It happened last September when I was in the kitchen and Pw Angel 
> walked in and dropped a dead baby vole at my feet. I was horrified, 
> and at that time was not prepared for what happened next. The next day 
> Angel was passing blood, I thought maybe she had picked up a bug, so 
> I  watched when she went to the toilet. It was horrendous so we went 
> to the vet. They also thought it was a bug and gave her some meds and 
> we came back home. The next morning she seemed to be doing better, so 
> we thought yes it was a bug of some kind, but by teatime she went 
> downhill quick again and
> back to the vet.  They did blood tests and scan and such and 
> discovered she wasn't clotting and had been poisoned with warfarin, 
> was severely dehydrated and anemic.  I was in shock, this could not be 
> happening to my sweet little gurl, it was awful. The vet said it was 
> best  if they kept her overnight and she took her home to her house so 
> she could keep watch on her. Very early  the next day I was waiting 
> for the phone call which the vet promised she would make and the phone 
> rang.  The vet said Angel wasn't doing good, that she wasn't happy and 
> it was best for Angel to come home.  The next 48 hours were critical 
> and she would do better at home if she had any  chance of surviving.  
> Angel came home about 11pm  that night. I  thought for sure I was 
> going to lose her, I was frantic and was on the phone to Susan Green, 
> I was emailing Bev, anyone that could help me.
> There was no point in me going back to the vet, she had all the 
> medication and instructions, the vet said Angel had to fight, and home 
> was where she could do that best, around her family.  I  screamed for 
> hubby to help me because I needed to move her and she wouldn't open 
> her eyes.  I tucked her up in a blanket, hot water bottle, and just 
> cradled her and spoke while I was holding her, willing her to fight, 
> the tears streaming down my face, my heart breaking.  As the hours 
> passed her breathing seemed to get a little bit better, then it 
> happened.... she opened her eyes and gave a little flicker of her 
> tail, she was fighting back.  Over the next few months she got better 
> and better, the vet said she was very lucky to survive. and it didn't 
> look as though she had any permanent damage.  As the months passed 
> through to this year my happy little mischievious imp was back.  Then 
> February this year she started passing the blood again, lots and lots 
> of it.  Back to the vet we went and they gave her a barium scan. Then 
> the phone call from the vet, it was bad news, could i go down. I was 
> told that Angel had three masses and with medication, if I was lucky,  
> I would have her for maybe 8 months at the most.  My heart once again 
> was broken, this was the damage from the warfarin.  I relayed what the 
> vet said to Susan Green and then to Georgie Fraser.  They in turn 
> spoke to Sandy Gaston, who just had a gut feeling that something was 
> wrong here, that things just didn't add up.  She did a piece on her 
> show about Angel and I was introduced to Dr Al and Martha Norwalk.  I 
> was advised what food and supplements to give Angel,  they were 
> absolutely wonderful. I communicated with Sandy and asked if I  got 
> Angel's records and x-rays and sent them across would this help me 
> with Angel.  She said yes, and while this was going on my little gurl 
> was changing in front of my eyes. She became bad tempered and 
> listless, didn't want to know anyone, 4 or two legger.  This was due 
> to the drugs she was on.   I waited for news from Sandy and followed 
> all her and Dr Al's instructions.  I slowly weaned Angel off the 
> steroids.  Then the news came from Sandy,  she did NOT have masses.  
> What had happened was the barium had wrapped itself round her poop, so 
> basically she was just full of cr at p .  But that she was still a very 
> sick gurl with ulcerative colitis which has to be managed and 
> supervised very carefully.  But with the right food and supplements 
> there was no reason why Angel couldn't live to an old age.  I shudder 
> as I think of how she was, and if I could have let Angel live the rest 
> of her life being angry with everyone, or if I would have decided to 
> have her pts, this being a real certainty I would have considered if 
> Sandy hadn't stepped in. So now you can see why I think I
> have to tell Angels story, of her getting to celebrate her third 
> birfday tomorrow, which if not for the friendship of Susan and Georgie 
> my little gurls life would not have been saved by the most amazing 
> person, Sandy Gaston.  As for now we have our little setbacks where Pw 
> Angel bleeds, but now they are just little mole hills we have to climb 
> instead of mountains. She is drug free except for supplements and 
> herbals, is on a special diet, is happy, full of energy and mischief, 
> still trying to roll in stuff,  and has her Ma's and families  heart 
> full of love for her. So on her special day we would like to thank my 
> sister Anne for giving me this special brave little Scottish girl. to 
> my very good friends Susan Green and to Georgie who but not for them 
> we wouldn't have met Sandy Gaston, who has a special place in our 
> hearts as well, for if it had not been  for her tomorrow might never 
> have been possible.  Thank you to all  that take the time to read Pw 
> Angels story, as you can see she is very very special little Basset 
> gurl, a full Pw.  HAPPY HAPPY 3rd BIRFDAY MY ANGEL from one very proud 
> Ma Norma&Family Dad  John,Charlie,Ellise,Charles,Kara,and brothers and 
> sister Bruno,Lucky,and her pawtner in crime Razor and Blade atb
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