Our dog Casssie feel suddenly ill last week. Tuesday morning she was fine, happy and jumping around. Tues evening, subdued and a bit off center. We thought she had pulled a muscle romping round in the back yard, but when Sharon got home from work on Wed evening and saw her deep-red pee in the back yard, she immediately took her in.
She developed an extremely aggressive case of IMHA, an auto-immune disorder characterized by the relently shredding of red blood cells by natural antibodies. The vet said it was the worst case she had ever seen, and that as far as complications and extensions of this condition went, Cassie developed virtually all of them.
She had a stable and slightly encouraging night Wed - the vet called us around 6AM Thurs morning and said she seemed to be improving a little, after a course of steroids to jump start her red blood cell production. But she quickly turned far worse in a matter of hours, and by about noon, Sharon and I were saying our goodbyes, as the poor animal - semi-comatose and shockingly jaundiced - began having seizures. We had to let her go.
She was the first dog that I could ever call my own. Lovable, not too bright, eager to please, not a mean or sour bone in her body, and absolutely thrilled to have a family and a home...every waking minute.
We will miss her always.
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