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Wednesday I had to say goodbye to my best friend. I feel so robbed..
I rescued Rufus over 14 years ago and I’m so lucky to have had him in my life. He was really one of a kind.
I recently noticed that he was have issues chewing his food so I scheduled an appointment for a teeth cleaning which included three extractions. While I was handing him over to the tech, I immediately started to cry for no reason at all and just had this bad feeling I couldn’t shake; I just thought I was nervous about his first surgery. He came back home with me and to my surprise, never skipped a meal or even showed signs of discomfort. He was only sent home with pain meds for three days and when he was done, he completely stopped eating which was very out of character for my little chonk. Two days later, I took him to the vet; they prescribed new pain meds and an antibiotic this time around. Still no eating so I was syringe feeding my poor baby. I took him back, they drew labs and would call me back two days later. Well, I got the results and Rufus had a creatinine level of 13 which the vet told me was “incompatible for life”. I was DEVASTATED. I took him back to be hospitalized and after three days, the blood work was getting worse and Rufus was now losing mobility in his legs. The vet told me as nicely as she could, there were no other options. I returned to the vet’s to say goodbye and as I held my baby, I felt his last sigh and he sounded relieved because he was just so sick and exhausted. I never expected this so soon; all his bloodwork before the surgery was PERFECT.
It’s been two days now and I can’t stop crying. I keep expecting him to come running down the stairs to greet me or to feel him curled up by me in bed. My heart is completely broken and I don’t know how I can get past the hurt. I love him so much and I can’t imagine my life without him.
Tomorrow is the weekend where we would sleep in together and snuggle and I just don’t know where to go from here
I rescued Rufus over 14 years ago and I’m so lucky to have had him in my life. He was really one of a kind.
I recently noticed that he was have issues chewing his food so I scheduled an appointment for a teeth cleaning which included three extractions. While I was handing him over to the tech, I immediately started to cry for no reason at all and just had this bad feeling I couldn’t shake; I just thought I was nervous about his first surgery. He came back home with me and to my surprise, never skipped a meal or even showed signs of discomfort. He was only sent home with pain meds for three days and when he was done, he completely stopped eating which was very out of character for my little chonk. Two days later, I took him to the vet; they prescribed new pain meds and an antibiotic this time around. Still no eating so I was syringe feeding my poor baby. I took him back, they drew labs and would call me back two days later. Well, I got the results and Rufus had a creatinine level of 13 which the vet told me was “incompatible for life”. I was DEVASTATED. I took him back to be hospitalized and after three days, the blood work was getting worse and Rufus was now losing mobility in his legs. The vet told me as nicely as she could, there were no other options. I returned to the vet’s to say goodbye and as I held my baby, I felt his last sigh and he sounded relieved because he was just so sick and exhausted. I never expected this so soon; all his bloodwork before the surgery was PERFECT.
It’s been two days now and I can’t stop crying. I keep expecting him to come running down the stairs to greet me or to feel him curled up by me in bed. My heart is completely broken and I don’t know how I can get past the hurt. I love him so much and I can’t imagine my life without him.
Tomorrow is the weekend where we would sleep in together and snuggle and I just don’t know where to go from here
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