We discovered she had elevated liver enzyme numbers. We took her to the Specialty Clinic for more tests and discovered she had polyps in her spleen, her liver was enlarged and perhaps there was something going on with her adrenal.
It is difficult to know how far to pursue things with an older dog. She had lived a good life (really should have bought it several times due to her poor life choices). Surgery would be very invasive, life-threatening to an older dog and very expensive. So we decided to give her a good end. She was doing fine, enjoying her walks, sneaking out for visits to the neighbors almost to the end.
The second week in December she had a Vestibular incident where she couldn't walk and her eyes were tracking out of control. She recovered quickly but it's not too suprising she didn't last much longer.
Saturday, Dec 12th she was clearly going quickly and by Sunday she was not eating but was drinking in the morning. Phil stayed with her and comforted her until we came home from church and then we all sat with her and gave her love. She passed about 2:50PM CST.
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| Magpie puppy She was a character from the beginning |
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| Someone loved Christmas! Nothing better than opening gifts. Didn't matter if they weren't hers. |
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| Such a tolerant dog. |
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| I never knew an animal so motivated by food. |
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| Goodbye Magpie! |
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