Today my beloved Pepsi finally lost her battle with her dreadful autoimmune illness,Pepsi was diagnosed with this illness 2 months ago, for anyone who has not read her thread on pet chat,on 19th sept pepsi went of her food & following day we found blood all over the floor, went straight to the vets, & they diagnosed auto immune illness the own immune system was attacking her platelets in the blood, platelets help blood to clot, because of this pepsi was bleeding both internally & out of her nose, she was kept in the vet hospital & bombarded with chemo drugs that boost platelet count in an attempt to get this disorder under control, she was put on high doses of corticosteroids & immune suppressant drugs which dampen down her immune system, so that her platelets will not be destroyed, but because of this she was open to infection, she was doing quite well, but did get infections which she could not fight off despite being on antibiotics, also her abdomen started to fill up with fluid, she had some fluid on her lungs,she also developed a corneal ulcer on her eye,she had also lost a lot of weight, which was not linked to the autoimmune disease, some cancers can cause autoimmune disease ,& her vet thinks that may be the underlying cause, but she could not be operated on because of her condition, this illness came out of nowhere, & claimed my lovely Pepsi,the vet was astounded by her sprirt, she fought it all the way & did not want to leave us, she was allways cheerful throughout her life and her tail stll.wagged right until the end. she had a hard start in life as a result of interbreeding she was unwanted, we had her from 5 weeks old, despit having thin bones & no proper knee sockets she led a full & active life & was allways the first to get to the door for her walks, it has been a priviledge to have had her for our pet, i am devastated at her loss,and she will leave a big gap in our lives.
i was hoping that she would pass away in her sleep, but she was determined to hang on as long as she could , we did not want her to suffer, she kept her dignity to the end, having said that, i am also racked with guilt as when we were in the vets i could see she wanted to get to the door, and she would nt take her beautiful eyes of me, she slipped away quite peacefully in my arms, i don't know how i will cope without her, & would like to pay tribute to her wonderful nature, kind loving, allways happy & courageous, throughout her life & illness...I will never forget her or stop loving her . bless you my dear pepsi i love you xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Tue Oct 14, 2008 5:18 pm
pepsi97 HouseTrained
Joined: Aug 20, 2008 Posts: 58 Age: 52 No.Of Pets: 9 Pet Types: dogs cats birds
thankyou for your kind messages, Lucy our elderly lurcher,who mothered pepsi as a 5 week old puppy, & her life long companion,, is missing her hasn't finished her dinner last few days since pepsi took at turn for the worse, lucy is a real foodie never misses a thing where food is concerned,so i'm worried for her as she is almost 13,i'm sure she knows, although pepsi was extremely well behaved, hardly knew she was around, the house feels so quite & empty without her,it will take so getting used to , miss her terribly
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Wed Oct 15, 2008 3:59 pm
pepsi97 HouseTrained
Joined: Aug 20, 2008 Posts: 58 Age: 52 No.Of Pets: 9 Pet Types: dogs cats birds
They have been together since pepsi was 5 weeks old, Lucy is now almost 13 must be so hard for her they did everything together, ate together walked together sat together, i feel for her too
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Wed Oct 15, 2008 4:24 pm
clareabella TopDog
Joined: May 21, 2007 Posts: 2330 Age: 23 No.Of Pets: 10+ Pet Types: Dog,cat,chinchillas,degus,mice,zebra mouse
awww hun, i bet lucy is depressed, we had the same problem when we had to have one of pur dogs put down. Im sure she will pick up again with lots of TLC xxx ____________
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Wed Oct 15, 2008 4:47 pm
pepsi97 HouseTrained
Joined: Aug 20, 2008 Posts: 58 Age: 52 No.Of Pets: 9 Pet Types: dogs cats birds
Lucy seems a bit brighter today, though she is still looking around for pepsi & looking at her place on the sofa, & so do i for that matter giving her lots of attention xxx
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Thu Oct 16, 2008 3:00 pm
clareabella TopDog
Joined: May 21, 2007 Posts: 2330 Age: 23 No.Of Pets: 10+ Pet Types: Dog,cat,chinchillas,degus,mice,zebra mouse
thankyou very much shadylady for your kind words it has been a week now since i lost my darling Pepsi , i really miss her she was such a poppet,i love all my pets to bits but Pepsi has left such a void in my life, Lucy her 'best friend' misses her too. & that's sad
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Tue Oct 21, 2008 11:06 pm
mustang Newbie
Joined: Oct 17, 2008 Posts: 7 Age: 28 No.Of Pets: 6 Pet Types: cats, dog, fish
omg. this must have been awful for you! i went through similar with my cat who i'd had since i was six so i know how hard it must have been for you. my thoughts are with you. i'm sure pepsi understood you did your absolute best for her. xxx
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Sat Nov 01, 2008 11:34 pm
pepsi97 HouseTrained
Joined: Aug 20, 2008 Posts: 58 Age: 52 No.Of Pets: 9 Pet Types: dogs cats birds
thankyou mustang for your kind words, Losing Pepsi has been extremely difficult to come to terms with, its been almost 3 weeks now, & i miss her terribly, & always will, i hope i never have dealings with an illness that she had again, she was so incredibly brave , & very special.Lucy her friend of 10 years still looks for her, which i find so sad as she is an old lady herself, i expect she will get used to not seeing her eventually.
i am sorry to hear about your cat,that is so sad
i have a little cat called Molly who has a short life expectancy we bought her home from a 'free to good home' advert, she is very tiny, virtually blind, & 3 years ago was diagnosed with a auto immune type illness but different to what pepsi had, in her case it affect the bone marrow, she has liver disease as a result of this & is on medicationto control the condition, though she is often jaundiced she;
like Pepsi is a real sweetie & very happy, she is 6 now, don't know how long she has , her vet cannot say,i hope she will have a few more years,
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Mon Nov 03, 2008 12:47 am
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