Today, I was suppose to be blogging about the projects I have been working on, but there is something sad going on in our house today...
A couple of days ago we noticed that Lily (our oldest dog) was walking into things. She would walk into things like Aiden's fire truck, and huge box that our TV came in. Lily doesn't like walking in the snow she hates it. She basically stays very close to the house when she goes out. Last night I couldn't find her. She was laying down by our little pond. When I called for her she went up to the top deck and kept walking into chairs up there. When I went up to get her she followed my voice and slid down the stairs. She has a hard time going down steps now a days. I told Tommy last night that I was worried about her because she does not seem herself. She seems dazed and confused. I even asked if dogs could get Alzheimer's, that's what it seemed like to me. We just put it on the back burner.
Tommy took her to the Vet to see what was going on with our Lily. They did some blood work and took some x-rays. The x-rays showed nothing and the blood work did not sure much. They said that it could be one of three things: Renal failure, Malignancy, or inflamed spleen. They need to do more tests and hydrate her. She has been vomiting so the dehydration is to be expected. Two of the things are treatable and the other is not. So we have to wait almost 7 days to find out what is wrong with Lily. Her blindness could be due to cancer or high blood pressure. It must be something in the air because I had my blood pressure taken on Saturday and it was very high. Hmmmm, I wonder what it could be?!?!?!?
So now we wait and see, which is the worst part of all this. The one good thing that came out of the trip to the Vet is that we found out that Lily no longer has Lyme's disease. (Tommy thought this might be what was causing all of her problems).
This is a picture of Lily and Tommy almost exactly 10 years ago. We bought Lily home the first March that we lived here, it was right around Easter which is why we decided to call her Lily. Like the Easter flower. We instantly fell in love with her when we picked her up from SPCA. She has been a great dog. She is so good and loving. She has taken good care of us. I just feel so horrible that we have not showed her as much attention as we us to or should have. She has been so good with the kids, just a little nervous. I think that she is afraid of hurting them.
When I was pregnant with them she would always smell me and cuddle with me always near my ever growing belly. I knew that she knew I was pregnant. It was because of Lily I knew I was pregnant after a few days of my IVF egg implantation. She was acting crazy weird around me. Dogs know things!!
I sit here now wondering if we are doing the right thing. Is she in pain? If this is her end should she be at the vet or here with us. How will our other dog Bing be with out her. I don't want her to be in pain!! I just want her to be at peace. Please keep "our Lily" (which is what Aiden calls her) in your thoughts and prayers. Thanks!!!
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