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<DIV>As I have written before, a number of years ago, I got my ex to "foster" a
pair of bassets named Gracie and Drummer. Of course, he adopted them. They have
spent a lot of time at my house including 18 months until about a year
ago after my ex had to declare bankruptcy and I let him back into the
house because of them. In March Gracie suddenly couldn't come up the one
step into the house and her back legs were wobbly. I immediately took her to the
vet and x rays showed a slight intrusion into the spinal canal near
her tail. After a couple of days on pred and painkillers she was back
to normal and when he picked them up I cautioned him to not let her do any
steps at all. </DIV>
<DIV>Last week they went with him and his fiance to her place in the
mountains. Saturday she woke up and could not use her back legs. He called
my vet who called Rx's in to the nearest pharmacy. Gracie did not respond at
all. They came home Tues and he brought her to my vet this am. Xrays showed the
vertabrae had completely collapsed. He had texted me last night about her
condition and I asked him not to be to hasty in any decisions. He called me at
work today and told me that Dr Robyn felt it was best if she was PTS and it was
over. I asked why he didn't call me so I could say goodbye but he started crying
and said he didn't want to prolong the process. So I have been crying most of
the day because they stayed with me so often they were part of my "pack". So a
safe arrival at the Rainbow Bridge my sweet Gracie girl where, Spanky, Sonny
Elwood, Buster, Rascal, Rufus and Snuggles will show you the ropes and I will
see you again some day.</DIV>
<DIV> Kathy with Crackers, Loki and Jordan who have been told she won't be
joining us in June as planned. <BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>