[Dailydrool] A new angel ATB

[Wendie L Prince]

Miss Dallas,  the first Basset to become a Bounder with Senior Houndsabound,  has left us for the bridge this afternoon.    I had taken her over to the specialists in Tampa due to some severe skin problems she was having.  This hound had the worst allergies I have ever encounters, and they flared up in a major way the last month.  I was expecting to go and get some direction on what to do to get her skin back to some level of normalness for her.  What I got was the diagnosis that she was in  end stage lymphoma.   I was stunned, shocked, disbelief.  We had just done in depth blood work in April before I had her teeth cleaned, and nothing abnormal showed up.  It runs out the vet feels like her skin issues were due to her auto immune system shutting down.  Possibly because of the cancer.  
I don't know, I am still stunned and just heartbroken.  Dallas was the sweetest little Basset.  Looking back,  the last month -6 weeks starts to make sense,  her loss of weight, the bloat symptoms that she had after every meal,  her not responding to drugs for her UTI;s that she was constantly having.  She had gotten down to 31 pounds,  and her norm was 40.  
After hearing that she was probably in some pain, with the ulcers on hers gums and tongue,  and that there was nothing they could do,  I brought her to my vet and we let her go.   We had to wait a bit,  and I knew it was right, as she just curled up in my arms on the blanket and slept, pretty much even as they injected her.  I held her, letting her know she was loved by many,  and a few hounds she should make sure she checks in with at the bridge as they could show her the ropes and most importantly, the buffet.  

Hug you babies a little tighter this evening.  The time is never enough.



Please note my new email address:
houndsabound at att.net

This will go 100%  into effect on July 1st, no longer receiving any
 mail from our old email address.



Thanks,  wen and the Bounders
www.seniorhoundsabound.org
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