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« Reply #25 on: April 30, 2014, 01:38:19 PM »
Took Murphy back to the Vets today. Deteriorating again.
Tying 14 days worth of anti-inflammatories for his arthritis and Valerian drops for his anxiety.
Poor Old boy.
He fell asleep on the Vets floor whilst we talked so that obviously doesn't stress him out!  :(
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10 years of half a life
3 years HD 1st transplant Feb 08 failed after 3 months
Back to HD 2nd transplant Dec 10 failed after 11 months
Difficult times with a femoral line and catching MSSA (Thank you Plymouth Hospital)
Back on HD (not easy to do that third time around)
Fighting hard (two years on) to do home HD ... watch this space!
Oh and I am am getting married 1/08/15 to my wonderful partner Drew!!!
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« Reply #26 on: April 30, 2014, 08:27:40 PM »
Yeah! Poor Old Boy! Bless him!
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« Reply #27 on: May 01, 2014, 12:27:23 AM »
He's very sleepy today... I am so worried I am going to lose him and I don't know how to prepare myself.
He's been in my life and by my side for my ten years of kidney failure plus two good ones.
It's so hard ....  :(
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10 years of half a life
3 years HD 1st transplant Feb 08 failed after 3 months
Back to HD 2nd transplant Dec 10 failed after 11 months
Difficult times with a femoral line and catching MSSA (Thank you Plymouth Hospital)
Back on HD (not easy to do that third time around)
Fighting hard (two years on) to do home HD ... watch this space!
Oh and I am am getting married 1/08/15 to my wonderful partner Drew!!!
The power of optimism over common sense :)
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« Reply #28 on: May 01, 2014, 02:05:35 AM »
Quote from: Sugarlump on May 01, 2014, 12:27:23 AM
He's very sleepy today... I am so worried I am going to lose him and I don't know how to prepare myself.
He's been in my life and by my side for my ten years of kidney failure plus two good ones.
It's so hard ....  :(
I wish I knew how to help, but I think you know that there's really no way to prepare yourself emotionally. It will hurt lots and will take a fair bit of time for the pain to ease.

So sorry, Sugar. Just give him loads of hugs.
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« Reply #29 on: May 01, 2014, 09:54:52 AM »
My little buddy has been with me for 13 years - 11 off D and 2 on D (strangely enough, even my dialysis years are "good years").   When I wake up before him, I find myself looking carefully to make sure he is still breathing.
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« Reply #30 on: May 01, 2014, 11:31:19 AM »
G;ad I am not the only one Simon.
Yesterday he was in such a deep sleep I was convinced he was dead!  ???
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10 years of half a life
3 years HD 1st transplant Feb 08 failed after 3 months
Back to HD 2nd transplant Dec 10 failed after 11 months
Difficult times with a femoral line and catching MSSA (Thank you Plymouth Hospital)
Back on HD (not easy to do that third time around)
Fighting hard (two years on) to do home HD ... watch this space!
Oh and I am am getting married 1/08/15 to my wonderful partner Drew!!!
The power of optimism over common sense :)
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« Reply #31 on: May 03, 2014, 12:56:54 AM »
Good news  :cheer: He is doing well on the painkillers and valerian drops already !!!
Definitely happier and moving better so-fingers crossed!!!
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10 years of half a life
3 years HD 1st transplant Feb 08 failed after 3 months
Back to HD 2nd transplant Dec 10 failed after 11 months
Difficult times with a femoral line and catching MSSA (Thank you Plymouth Hospital)
Back on HD (not easy to do that third time around)
Fighting hard (two years on) to do home HD ... watch this space!
Oh and I am am getting married 1/08/15 to my wonderful partner Drew!!!
The power of optimism over common sense :)
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« Reply #32 on: May 03, 2014, 04:30:31 AM »
My faithful companion "Stosh" is almost 14 years old now. His fir is shiny and glistens but I can tell he has trouble hearing and seeing. Also his hind legs give out on him at times. Never the less, his passion is going for a walk or going to the dog park where he tries to keep up with the younger pups. What a good friend he has been over the years. What an amazingly loving creature he is.
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« Reply #33 on: August 01, 2014, 11:34:05 AM »
Very sadly, Murphy collapsed today with massive internal bleeding and vets couldn't realistically do anything. Too old for major surgery and even if they tried, if it was a tumor or growth they couldn't have saved him.
Making the decision to agree to have him put to sleep was toughest call ever. I held him in my arms, whispered goodnight in his ear as he died.
RIP Murphy, you were the best.  :'(
He had been with me for my entire kidney failure "career" (12 years) and always gave me a reason to get out of bed when the going was tough,

 :grouphug;  :grouphug;  :waving;
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10 years of half a life
3 years HD 1st transplant Feb 08 failed after 3 months
Back to HD 2nd transplant Dec 10 failed after 11 months
Difficult times with a femoral line and catching MSSA (Thank you Plymouth Hospital)
Back on HD (not easy to do that third time around)
Fighting hard (two years on) to do home HD ... watch this space!
Oh and I am am getting married 1/08/15 to my wonderful partner Drew!!!
The power of optimism over common sense :)
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« Reply #34 on: August 01, 2014, 12:25:33 PM »
Quote from: Sugarlump on August 01, 2014, 11:34:05 AM
Very sadly, Murphy collapsed today with massive internal bleeding and vets couldn't realistically do anything. Too old for major surgery and even if they tried, if it was a tumor or growth they couldn't have saved him.
Making the decision to agree to have him put to sleep was toughest call ever. I held him in my arms, whispered goodnight in his ear as he died.
RIP Murphy, you were the best.  :'(
He had been with me for my entire kidney failure "career" (12 years) and always gave me a reason to get out of bed when the going was tough,

 :grouphug;  :grouphug;  :waving;
a sugarlump sad sad news indeed god bless you i do hope you are alright i am reading this with tears for you and your family and for murphy my mate is called murphy he also had a lab for 17 years i loved him used to play and him every day  my friend was on holls in america at the time i had to bring him to the vets everything was starting to fail nothing they could do o so sad patting him while they done what they had to do , a crappy crappy day that was keep his photos around ,  :grouphug;you will love them and laugh at them because they will make you happy i kid you not anyway good bye for now sugarlump .
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« Reply #35 on: August 01, 2014, 01:33:06 PM »
I'm sorry! I know the pain you're feeling. I'm glad Murphy was able to stay with you for so many years.
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February 11, 2014: Transplant from deceased donor. Creatinine 0.57 on 2/13/2014
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« Reply #36 on: August 01, 2014, 02:48:27 PM »

So sorry to hear of your loss.  Be assured, Murphy knew he was loved and you will always remember your time together well.

I know the pain, we lost two of our three 'Boys' this year.  Herbie, the one-eyed love bug beagle, just laid down one day.  The Vet kept him overnight for tests and found Herbie's kidneys had totally failed due to undiagnosed diabetes.  The next morning he fell into a coma and we held him as the Vet gave him his final shot to put him at peace.  Herbie was only 10.  Jack was an adult when we found him 14 years ago.  His hips had deteriorated so much that he could barely stand, but couldn't hardly move.  I refused to let him go until he couldn't control his bladder and bowels then gave in and we took him for his last ride to the Vet.  Tears now just remembering, so even tho 'they are only animals'.  They are OUR animals.
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« Reply #37 on: August 02, 2014, 06:37:29 AM »
 :'( *huggles* Sugar.
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« Reply #38 on: August 03, 2014, 04:23:48 AM »
Big hugs to you....poor Murphy, he sounded gorgeous.
Our dog Maggie is about to turn 14 and has seriously aged this past year.
She is an Australian chocolate kelpie...her sight is going, her hearing also...but come tea time she gets very excited...
I have had to change her diet to soft foods morning and night as she has a huge tumour which is pushing
her back passage across...so its difficult for her to poo :(
We'll be lost without her.....and she always keeps husband company....my sitter :)
Animals are awesome companions.
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« Reply #39 on: August 03, 2014, 06:55:28 AM »

Sugarlump, I am very sorry for your loss  ...
 
...you were very lucky to know Murphy for so many years...

Best wishes from Kristina.
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« Reply #40 on: August 03, 2014, 07:26:59 AM »
Oh, Sugar, I know what a tough decision it is, but it is a choice from pure love. You did the right thing and he thanks you for it. You're in my thoughts as you go through this sad time. (((((Sugar)))))
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« Reply #41 on: August 03, 2014, 08:59:35 AM »
 :cuddle;

I'm so sorry.
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« Reply #42 on: August 03, 2014, 01:16:14 PM »
Being told I have to go on dialysis?  No problem.

Being told PD isn't working, I need hemo, no problem.

Being told the prednisone I took for throbocytpoenia wrecked my hip and I need a new one installed, no problem.

When my 13 year old dog dies, it is going to cause hurt and tears beyond any of the above.

You did right by your dog.  Unfortunately, the laws of the country as such that nobody will be able to do right by me if I find myself in the same situation.
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« Reply #43 on: August 04, 2014, 11:05:24 PM »
So sorry, sugarlump! :grouphug;
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« Reply #44 on: August 04, 2014, 11:16:32 PM »
Condolences, sugarlump. Sadly, I know the gnawing of this pain.
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He went back to doing in-center July 2016.
After more than 150 days of being hospitalized with complications from Diabetes, my beloved husband's heart stopped and he passed away 06-08-21. He was only 63.
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« Reply #45 on: August 06, 2014, 09:04:37 AM »
Quote from: Simon Dog on August 03, 2014, 01:16:14 PM
Being told I have to go on dialysis?  No problem.

Being told PD isn't working, I need hemo, no problem.

Being told the prednisone I took for throbocytpoenia wrecked my hip and I need a new one installed, no problem.

When my 13 year old dog dies, it is going to cause hurt and tears beyond any of the above.

You did right by your dog.  Unfortunately, the laws of the country as such that nobody will be able to do right by me if I find myself in the same situation.

You know Simon, that thought went through my mind when we were at the vets. We are far kinder and humane to pets than people...
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10 years of half a life
3 years HD 1st transplant Feb 08 failed after 3 months
Back to HD 2nd transplant Dec 10 failed after 11 months
Difficult times with a femoral line and catching MSSA (Thank you Plymouth Hospital)
Back on HD (not easy to do that third time around)
Fighting hard (two years on) to do home HD ... watch this space!
Oh and I am am getting married 1/08/15 to my wonderful partner Drew!!!
The power of optimism over common sense :)
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