J.C. at the bridge....
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DiverDiva
Boxer Insane
Gary,
I am so sorry to learn of your loss of wonderful J.C. The two of you gave so much to your community with J.C.'s visits as a therapy dog. I'm sure that many people will miss him very much. I had hoped to meet you and J.C. some day at a trial or some other event. May time and all your happy memories ease your pain. Run strong and free at the bridge, J.C., and know that your family will always love you.
I am so sorry to learn of your loss of wonderful J.C. The two of you gave so much to your community with J.C.'s visits as a therapy dog. I'm sure that many people will miss him very much. I had hoped to meet you and J.C. some day at a trial or some other event. May time and all your happy memories ease your pain. Run strong and free at the bridge, J.C., and know that your family will always love you.
IluvLucy
Boxer Insane
Update
Thanks everyone. J.C. had many friends, some he never even met, The vet called yesterday with a preliminary report from the university. J.C. died from a form of heart disease that they have never seen before. They don't know the exact cause and are waiting for more test results. She sent me an e-mail explaining what they know at this point:
"Hi Gary,
Here is what they are technically calling JC's condition: "Idiopathic Eosinophillic Myocarditis" - their other technical description is massive multifocal eosinophillic myocarditis.
Idiopathic - is the term we use when we don't know what the cause is.
Myocarditis - means inflammation of the heart muscles
Massive just means large amounts of lesions.
Multifocal - means multiple distinct areas affected.
Eosinophils are a type of white blood cell - and basically these invaded the heart tissue/muscle, and caused inflammation. At this time they cannot find a cause for this invasion/infiltration - but they are doing additional testing. these cells tend to be stimulated by parasites, allergies and inflammatory processes like these -however they cannot find any evidence towards these problems.
The inflammation in the heart muscle - would have led to the heart not functioning properly, and likely causing the cough (kind of like due to heart failure) and would be the cause of his heart attack.
These lesions could not be found anywhere else in the body or in other tissues.
There was no dilated cardiomyopathy. The right ventricle was maybe somewhat dilated, but not to an extent to ever cause symptoms or death according to the pathologist."
If whatever this was hadn't taken him, he probably would have made it to a respectable old age because he a good healthy heart otherwise. She said J.C. will be kind of famous at the U for a while because they will be talking about his case for a long time to come.
Thanks everyone. J.C. had many friends, some he never even met, The vet called yesterday with a preliminary report from the university. J.C. died from a form of heart disease that they have never seen before. They don't know the exact cause and are waiting for more test results. She sent me an e-mail explaining what they know at this point:
"Hi Gary,
Here is what they are technically calling JC's condition: "Idiopathic Eosinophillic Myocarditis" - their other technical description is massive multifocal eosinophillic myocarditis.
Idiopathic - is the term we use when we don't know what the cause is.
Myocarditis - means inflammation of the heart muscles
Massive just means large amounts of lesions.
Multifocal - means multiple distinct areas affected.
Eosinophils are a type of white blood cell - and basically these invaded the heart tissue/muscle, and caused inflammation. At this time they cannot find a cause for this invasion/infiltration - but they are doing additional testing. these cells tend to be stimulated by parasites, allergies and inflammatory processes like these -however they cannot find any evidence towards these problems.
The inflammation in the heart muscle - would have led to the heart not functioning properly, and likely causing the cough (kind of like due to heart failure) and would be the cause of his heart attack.
These lesions could not be found anywhere else in the body or in other tissues.
There was no dilated cardiomyopathy. The right ventricle was maybe somewhat dilated, but not to an extent to ever cause symptoms or death according to the pathologist."
If whatever this was hadn't taken him, he probably would have made it to a respectable old age because he a good healthy heart otherwise. She said J.C. will be kind of famous at the U for a while because they will be talking about his case for a long time to come.
Abby Angel
Boxer Booster
Gary, Please accept my condolences. I am so very sorry on your loss of J.C. Our babies are so special to us,they just don't stay long enough. Your in my thoughts and prayers...Marie
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Maggie ~ fawn/white flashing
at the bridge 12/16/08
Abby ~ brindle/white flashing
12/21/08
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Maggie ~ fawn/white flashing
at the bridge 12/16/08
Abby ~ brindle/white flashing
12/21/08
IluvLucy
Boxer Insane
Thanks again everyone. I got the final report from the University today. The bottom line is they never did find out what caused the white blood cells to invade his heart tissues, so I will never know what the real cause of his death was. The only thing that helps is that I have the peace of mind of knowing that we did everything we could. I also think I gave him a good life for the five years that I had him, certainly better than the life he had before he was rescued. I still miss him every day and I probably will for a long time.
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