14-07-2011, 23:53
we got up yesterday morning I came downstairs and new instantly that there was something wrong with sophie our little westie she could not stand her whole body tilted to the left , she was shaking ,drooling and her eyes were flickering back and forwards on top of that her little head was cocked permanently to the side. At the time I honestly thought she had had a stroke.
Took her to the vets as soon as they opened they said that they said that she had some disease but to be honest I cant even remember what they called it they admitted her gave her antibiotics steroids antisickness drugs and stroke drugs just in case and said a lot of the time this type of thing was self rectifying, they kept her over night to monitor her and just incase anything else happened that there was someone on hand that new what to do.
We phoned at 930 this morning they told us that there as no change but that she had been bleeding from one of her ears through the night so they were going to perform surgery on her ears to try and clear them (it is a very common westie problem for them to have problems with there ears which sophie did have.
The surgery and xrays that they did showed that she had 2 tumours the size of golf balls one behind each ear that was putting so much pressure on her brain that as staring to cause brain danage one of the tumours had actually burst and was seeping into her brain already according to the vet small dogs that are so loving and timid will stand so much pain that they dont want to upset there owners all they want to do is please i hate to think she was in pain and could not let us no.
Needless to say we had to have her put to sleep it was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do but she fell asleep in my arms and felt no more pain, they wanted to cremate her but maybe right or wrong I was not leaving her alone there so we brought her home we burried her tonight somehere that we know will never be tampered and she is out of pain but god it is so hard i miss her so much already keep expecting her to appear from nowhere but I no she wont
sorry for going on a bit but just had to get it out of my system I suppose and sorry for spelling mistakes but a bit upset a the minute
Took her to the vets as soon as they opened they said that they said that she had some disease but to be honest I cant even remember what they called it they admitted her gave her antibiotics steroids antisickness drugs and stroke drugs just in case and said a lot of the time this type of thing was self rectifying, they kept her over night to monitor her and just incase anything else happened that there was someone on hand that new what to do.
We phoned at 930 this morning they told us that there as no change but that she had been bleeding from one of her ears through the night so they were going to perform surgery on her ears to try and clear them (it is a very common westie problem for them to have problems with there ears which sophie did have.
The surgery and xrays that they did showed that she had 2 tumours the size of golf balls one behind each ear that was putting so much pressure on her brain that as staring to cause brain danage one of the tumours had actually burst and was seeping into her brain already according to the vet small dogs that are so loving and timid will stand so much pain that they dont want to upset there owners all they want to do is please i hate to think she was in pain and could not let us no.
Needless to say we had to have her put to sleep it was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do but she fell asleep in my arms and felt no more pain, they wanted to cremate her but maybe right or wrong I was not leaving her alone there so we brought her home we burried her tonight somehere that we know will never be tampered and she is out of pain but god it is so hard i miss her so much already keep expecting her to appear from nowhere but I no she wont
sorry for going on a bit but just had to get it out of my system I suppose and sorry for spelling mistakes but a bit upset a the minute