[Dailydrool] Veronica

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On Jan 22, 2013, at 12:34 AM, Joanne Coorlas <jolet at aol.com> wrote:

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> Last Wednesday I let Veronica go to The Bridge. She had been declining in the past 2 months. Her kidneys were hanging in there but getting her to eat was increasingly difficult. her vision had drastically declined, she could not see where I was in the room unless right in front of her and she was now running in to things. On Tuesday it was clear that she didn't feel well, very uncomfortable, would lie down for a bit and then sit up and shift from front leg to leg. I let her out Wed. morning, let her back in, ran up to shower, and found her sitting upright in the exact place she was 10 to 15 minutes earlier. It struck me that she just wan't happy anymore and that everything I needed to do to her, was not something that she understood or tolerated. Nebulizer, she'd sit still for a bit then try to push the mask off, set it up to steam in the crate, she'd bang  and cry to get out, pills, spit them out or hack them up, fluids under the skin, she'd get up and try to get away when s
> he saw me coming with the bag. If only they could understand that you are trying to make them better.
> Two weeks ago the vet gave me a high calorie "Highly Palatable" nutrient gel to give her. I told him she wouldn't eat it. He told me it'd be easy-  put it on the roof of her mouth and then rub her throat. I didn't want to laugh in his face, after all, he's trying to be helpful. Put gel on roof of mouth, Veronica refuses to swallow, waits until you let go of snooter, uses tongue to scrape gel off roof of mouth, hacks it on to floor, gives me a withering glare and stomps off while I wipe up brown slime.  When we got to the vet Wednesday we found that she had pneumonia, when she came back in to the examining room, Veronica, who was ordinarily pulling for the door, just lay down on the floor. So I lay down next to her and told her that Rosemary would be waiting for her, and to please make an effort to look happy to see her, as Rose would be thrilled and would show her around, and no, she would not have to wear a hat. So my tough-cookie girl, who would give men in sunglasses and h
> ats a  low warning Wooooo when they'd walk by, who would challenge any big dog who looked at her the wrong way, but no one smaller, who frequented the top of the dining room table when younger,who would sleep on the bed but kick you with her feet if you tried to snuggle next to her, who claimed two chairs as hers alone, and who'd grab a chew bone fling it in the air an run in circles when mamma came home, is gone. And as I probably wrote when Rosemary died, they had better be there when I get there.  All of you with sick dogs, and those who've suffered a loss, as always are in my thoughts and prayers. 
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> Joanne
> mamma to Rosemary and Veronica both now ATB, who will take some time to get some things repaired around the house, and then see who needs a home
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