Doberman with AIHA

[jill]

Dear Karan I’m so so sorry to hear about Louis passing away sending you a massive hug , you know you done everything you could to help him , im typing this through tears it’s so sad ,you done everything you could to help him , he is at rest now , love and hugs to you always Jill &;Snoops xxxx

[admin]

Karyn – you had no choice but to try the leflunomide as your vet thought it might work. The side effects are truly shocking when you read them. Don’t feel bad about anything though. I swear I would have tried anything to save Worzel too. Hindsight is not always a wonderful thing – it sometimes means we over-think & end up blaming ourselves for something that is not our fault in any way. That’s because we love our dogs so very much. Love hurts.

Louis is always in your heart & he will live on in there forever.

Sheena xxxxx

[Kathleen]

Karyn–I too send you hugs and tears. I know exactly how you are feeling.

I had to put Dylan to sleep yesterday. He had a stroke in the middle of the night and then one yesterday at 1pm. He lost sight in one eye, looked really bad.

Of course I am wondering too if it was the leflunomide especially as Sheena said there were side effects (( wish I would have read up more). But my vet consulted with internal med vets at Cornell looking for a drug that wouldn’t cause side effects.

I guess this is my runabout way of saying that I had to trust him he was trying to heal Dylan and had tears in his voice when I spoke to him yesterday (he called from a wedding he was at). He doesn’t ultimately think the AIHA was the cause of Dylan’s death, that something else neurological was going on.

Love does hurt. I miss Dylan so much. And glad my journey with AIHA was mercifully short. My boy went through so much.

My vet called me a warrior, but Dylan was, and Louis was, and you are.

I’m so so sorry for your loss.

Kathleen

[Karxlee]

Oh Kathleen I’m so so sorry.
It’s just awful when they leave us.

Stefano has been in touch and said “He has been a fantastic dog and you have been incredible owners. Even though often things don’t go according to plan, it’s meeting dogs and people like you that makes it all worthwhile doing what I do”

We don’t think AIHA killed Louis, we believe it was a blood clot that finally called time on Louis.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but it’s also causing us heartache at the moment, because we knew we shouldn’t have given him that drug.

Our life’s will never be the same, yes we have Olga but she is a totally different temperament, if I could do things differently then I would.

Love to you Kathleen during this difficult time.

xxxx

[Kathleen]

What Dr. K wrote:

I am so so sorry. While we all fought hard no one fought harder the him and you

I totally agree , support and would have recommended the same

The seizure was the last straw and the question I had was would he have a second seizure or was it a one time thing. Question answered

There is no doubt in my mind the right thing was done

AIHA was always our presumed diagnosis knowing in the back our mind it could be cancer. In fact though his rbc count was close to normal it never rebounded as much as it should. He also did not pass away from anemia So a different medication would not of helped
His loss of eye reflex in his left eye and his siezure confirm a neurological event. It may of been stroke or cancer that made its way to the brain
Either one there was no more that you could of done nor anyone else. I am glad that you did not give up on him til now and embrace the decision you made as I would of done the same

You are a warrior as was he. You rescued him, loved him, sacrificed for him and cared for him and yes will now miss him

I am so sorry for your loss and will miss him as well