mommajopo
Boxer Pal
This is the first time that I have posted a thread myself, although over that past 5 years I have found unmeasured wisdom and encouragement from all of you and your Boxer babies. My heart has grown and has broken all in the same week. On Tuesday, the 16th, I opened our home to another Boxer, Drake, rescused by a friend of ours and they knew how much we love and care for our baby, Daysha. He became an instant part of our family with so much love and he has certainly adopted our children, ages 3,10, and 16, but we can see the pain of his past home inside of him every once in a while.
But as quickly as the Lord gave us another baby to love, we lost our dear Daysha at only 5 years old.
She has suffered from terrible joint and spinal arthritis for about 2 1/2 years now, on meds and warm bath therapy and LOTS of love and massages, but Saturday night she wasn't herself. She seemed sad and didn't even attempt to get up her back legs (her bottom was like lead) and I lifted her bottom and she limped into her sleeping area. She didn't eat or drink that night, or on Sunday even when I offered her food from my hand (cheese, her favorite) and she didn't get up to potty. Then on Monday morning, she was crying her heart out and with every movement she would wail in pain. Our vet came to our home and said that he was pretty certain that since both hind legs were useless to her, that it was severe spinal impingement and that surgery was about the only option (a very costly with no guarantee) and that I needed to make the hardest decision for her best intrest.
I cried for 2 hours with her and held her but with every attempt to get her up, she would cry and bite at me to stop. She had such a sad look on her beautiful face. I called the vet back and he assured me that she knew it was best. She licked my face and hands until the end and my heart is just breaking for her.
I feel her in our home still and my only strength right now is hoping that the Lord sent Drake to us because he knew how empty our home would be without our Daysha girl.
Sorry so long,
others just don't understand this loss.
Our Boxer's are our babies, right?
Thank you all.
But as quickly as the Lord gave us another baby to love, we lost our dear Daysha at only 5 years old.
She has suffered from terrible joint and spinal arthritis for about 2 1/2 years now, on meds and warm bath therapy and LOTS of love and massages, but Saturday night she wasn't herself. She seemed sad and didn't even attempt to get up her back legs (her bottom was like lead) and I lifted her bottom and she limped into her sleeping area. She didn't eat or drink that night, or on Sunday even when I offered her food from my hand (cheese, her favorite) and she didn't get up to potty. Then on Monday morning, she was crying her heart out and with every movement she would wail in pain. Our vet came to our home and said that he was pretty certain that since both hind legs were useless to her, that it was severe spinal impingement and that surgery was about the only option (a very costly with no guarantee) and that I needed to make the hardest decision for her best intrest.
I cried for 2 hours with her and held her but with every attempt to get her up, she would cry and bite at me to stop. She had such a sad look on her beautiful face. I called the vet back and he assured me that she knew it was best. She licked my face and hands until the end and my heart is just breaking for her.
I feel her in our home still and my only strength right now is hoping that the Lord sent Drake to us because he knew how empty our home would be without our Daysha girl.
Sorry so long,
others just don't understand this loss.
Our Boxer's are our babies, right?
Thank you all.
