[Dailydrool] Sad day at the house: Abbie Mae to the bridge

[Esther Strom]

I'm so sorry, Karrie. I was lucky enough to meet both Sadie and Abbie (and
your parents) at a Basset Buddies event a few years ago. She was a very
sweet girl.

-Esther, Basil, and Waldo ATB

On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 8:54 PM, Karrie Kuecker <
wandereroftheworld at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> Mom called last Friday evening to let me know that their
> notafosteranylonger 'buppy' (who was 12 yrs old), went to the Rainbow
> Bridge. It was quite a shock, as they didn't even expect to be taking her
> to the vet, so doing that & having her put down was a bit much to process!
> Abbie is the 'fur real buppy' of their other notafosteranylonger hound,
> Sadie Mae (who's 15!), and had Cushing's Disease. They fought with the
> Cushing's for nearly 2 years, and Abbie was doing pretty well when I was
> home last month; it took her a bit to get up, and her hind end definitely
> was having issues, but she was eating with gusto! (In fact, I nearly lost a
> finger a few times giving her biscuits!) But, apparently she was slowing
> down a bit for a few days, and Friday just kept vomiting & was having
> difficulties standing up, etc. Mom & dad took her to the vet thinking maybe
> some blood work & anti-nausea meds would help, but the vet said she had
> some mouth sores (she'd developed some odd bumps that would occasionally
> break open), and said that was a sign that poor Abbers was increadibly
> immuno-suppressed & that even if they did all of that, my parents would
> probably be back in 2 days max, and Abbers would be worse... So, they made
> the heart breaking decision to send Abbie to the bridge. It was just time;
> she gave the Cushing's a good fight, but was just way too tired to keep
> fighting! Thankfully, Sadie, her momma hound, was at the vets as well (for
> a UTI) and was present when her buppy made her final journey. Dad said
> Sadie actually put her head between him & the chair, facing the wall just
> as the vet said she was administering the shot! Seems she knew what was
> going on! But, it was probably best for her, so she was able to tell what
> was happening, instead of Abbie just 'disappearing' on her! Mom said that
> Sadie seems to be gravitating towards her a lot more now, but they think
> she's grieving & healing pretty well. They did put Abbie's collar out for
> the others to sniff; only a few did, but mom said they seemed to kind of
> know that she was gone & wasn't coming back...
>
> Speaking of coming back, mom said that they think they've had 2 instances
> of 'Abbie sightings' since she passed! That night, one of the smoke
> detectors went off twice in a row, like 'beep, beep,' like the battery
> needed changing, but then it never happened again. Abbie, a.k.a. Abbie
> Gabby van Basset (after 'Dear Abby,' as she was a HUGE talker) ALWAYS
> barked in twos! Like 'woof woof,' no clue why, it was just part of her
> innate 'Abbie-ness'! So, it seemed weird that that happened. Also,
> mysteriously the internet went down, and when dad went to investigate, he
> noticed that somehow the connection to it was unplugged! Now, this was
> unusual as it required a ladder to get to it! We're now questioning if she
> really *did* get wings when she arrived at the bridge! No reason why that
> would have happened! Our babies still send us messages, even when they
> aren't actually with us!
>
> So, please hug your houdies tight tonight! Especially those seniors! They
> really are some of the coolest & easiest ones to care for! Abbie was a cool
> hound; and HUGE! She was much bigger than her momma dog, Sadie, we never
> saw her as a buppy, but she must've been one big MOOSE of a buppy!
>
> --
> -Karrie, momma to Joey & Emma, with Slater (ATB), Aunty to Checkers,
> Domino & Crispin (wb)
>
>
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