It is with great sorrow and much sadness that I have to announce the passing of our beloved six year old Louisiana Catahoula Leopard Dog, “GABBY”. We adopted Gabby back in February of 2009 when she was about one year old. We soon learned what special dog she was with her intelligence, protectiveness and loyalty. Gabby was my best companion as she was always there for me, no matter what my mood, even if I were to shoo her away, she always came back to comfort me. I came home yesterday afternoon from work and when she was not at the door to greet me, I went to her. I found her frantically trying to stand up, trying to get to the door, trying to be there for me. It was time for me to comfort Gabby as she lay there helpless, panting and scared. Once calm, I stood her up and saw she had no muscular activity at all in her rear legs. I laid her back down, told her to stay and relax, then went to the phone to call the veterinarian. Before I could hang up the phone, Gabby had crawled, dragging her hind end, to the far side of the house to be by my side. After a number of trips to the Veterinarian in Williamsburg, the Emergency Clinic in Yorktown, and a Neurological Specialist in Richmond, Gabby spent the night in Richmond for Pain Management, IV and Monitoring, waiting to see the Dr. in the morning. We got back home at 2:00am. This morning at around 7:00, The Neurologist called us to get some information and to get our approval to proceed with the examination, x-rays and MRI. We had agreed to meet with him at 12:00. The meeting with the Neurologist did not go as we had hoped. We hoped to get surgery, re-coup, go home. Very extensive details of the MRI reviled the entire spinal cavity and disks did not look normal. The culprit of the paralysis was one bulging disk and some internal bleeding around it. The MRI also reviled damage to the spinal cord itself. With the results of the MRI, the Neurologist could only put the chance of walking again on her rear legs at 15% - 20%. With this information, knowing that Gabby might not ever be able to run from one end of the house to the other, possibly going through more procedures like this one, not able to go for the walks she loves and not running around the yard, she just would not be the Happy Gabby that we love and have grown so fond of. For the sake of Gabby’s quality of life, we decided to have the Dr. put her down. It was a very hard decision for us to make, but we realized that if we let her go on with that possible future, it would be selfishness on our part. Rest in Peace our Dear Gabby. I will think of you and miss you with every “10 Minute”
Posted on: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 22:33:44 +0000
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