Gwen and Morris
Active Member
I know I haven't been around that much lately, but I wanted to let my FDMB friends know that Morris earned his wings today.
He seemed fine on Monday, but by Monday evening something seemed wrong. I held his insulin that night. Tuesday morning, he had not touched his food at all - I thought he might be having another pancreatitis flare. I called the vet & made arrangements to pick up the usual bupe, pepcid, & fluids on my way home from work. This morning, my daughter (who was being his 'doctor') notified me that he did not seem to be doing well - he was looking like he had just given up. I called the vet again & made arrangements for him to go in this afternoon. As they did not have any appointment openings, they wanted me to drop him off so that 1 of the docs could see him in between their other patients. They called me & things sounded hopeful - he was too dehydrated for SQ fluids, so they wanted to give him IV fluids and his temp was 4 degrees lower than usual, so they wanted to warm him up, and they wanted to do some labwork. I agreed to this treatment plan. They wanted me to bring his meds to the office after work & get an update. About 15mins before I got to the office, he started taking a turn for the worse. I was able to comfort him & say my goodbyes. I was able to continue petting him while they put him to sleep. I then brought him home so that he can be buried outside with my daughters 2 hamsters.
I want to thank everyone here for all of the love, support, and wonderful knowledge that you have shared with Morris & I these past 2.5 years.
He seemed fine on Monday, but by Monday evening something seemed wrong. I held his insulin that night. Tuesday morning, he had not touched his food at all - I thought he might be having another pancreatitis flare. I called the vet & made arrangements to pick up the usual bupe, pepcid, & fluids on my way home from work. This morning, my daughter (who was being his 'doctor') notified me that he did not seem to be doing well - he was looking like he had just given up. I called the vet again & made arrangements for him to go in this afternoon. As they did not have any appointment openings, they wanted me to drop him off so that 1 of the docs could see him in between their other patients. They called me & things sounded hopeful - he was too dehydrated for SQ fluids, so they wanted to give him IV fluids and his temp was 4 degrees lower than usual, so they wanted to warm him up, and they wanted to do some labwork. I agreed to this treatment plan. They wanted me to bring his meds to the office after work & get an update. About 15mins before I got to the office, he started taking a turn for the worse. I was able to comfort him & say my goodbyes. I was able to continue petting him while they put him to sleep. I then brought him home so that he can be buried outside with my daughters 2 hamsters.
I want to thank everyone here for all of the love, support, and wonderful knowledge that you have shared with Morris & I these past 2.5 years.
