Bye Old Friend Part 2

[Master Splinter]

I didn't want to hijack Sage Ninja's thread so I created my own...

Originally Posted by Master Splinter

Pitbulls are a very strong breed, they rarely will ever let you know something is wrong. My pit got a hold of an aluminum baseball bat once and broke 7 teeth, blood was everywhere but she still shook her butt like she was the happiest camper... Like the AC lady said, there was probably something wrong internally. It is definitely sad, I will keep you in my thoughts, as I love my pit and I know I will be devastated when her time comes.

You did everything you could do, don't dwell on what could have been done because you never know exactly what can be done, your love for your dog is huge and I wish you and your family the best through all of this.

-ms

It is so sad that not even one month ago I said the above in Sage Ninja's thread and last night my own pit passed away. We went swimming and she was running around like her ol' crazy self just like she always is and when it was time to come inside she came in and laid down under her blanket cause she was all wet. Nothing out of the ordinary at this point. Later in the evening my wife and I notice she is still laying there and seemed a little lethargic. We checked her out and nothing seemed wrong so we thought she was just tired from all of the fun she had, again this didn't seem odd at all, this is normal behavior for her. At around 1 in the morning she got out of bed and laid next to my side of the bed and whined. I lifted my blanket thinking she would crawl up but she couldn't. So I helped her up not thinking much of it and about 30 mins later she was whining even louder. My wife and I were really worried now because she felt colder and was staring off into nothing. So we took her to the emergency vet where they gave her some medicine to help her heart beat and put her on oxygen but it didn't help. The doctor said that her spleen had ruptured and she had bleed internally. There wasn't much that they could do other than make her comfortable. She went away at 2:30am. I am still in shock that it happened, never did I think it would happen so unexpectedly, but I guess that is just how life is.

R.I.P Baby Girl Brooke November 22nd, 2001 - July 12, 2011 - 9 years old

-ms