Our poor Jack

[Vally]

Oh Wade I am so very sorry you’ve lost your Jack.

I think the vet should have realised the seriousness of Jack’s illness and passed him to an emergency clinic for 24 hour care but that won’t bring Jack back. An emergency clinic was no guarantee either. You did the right thing by taking Jack to the vet. As Brigitte said we do the best we can with what we know.

Jack must have been enjoying life too much with you to show any obvious symptoms.

Your sadness is a sign of your love.

My sincere condolences.

Vally.

[admin]

Oh Wade

I’ve just seen your sad news – this disease is truly evil & can take hold very quickly. Some dogs don’t recover, no matter how hard we fight. Jack would have been very, very tired & just gone peacefully to sleep. I can’t even imagine how devastated you are right now. Please know I am thinking of you & your family & sending my deepest sympathy.

Much love & sincere condolences from my family to yours

Sheena, Phil, Worzel & Ollie

[admin]

Dear Wade,
you and your family must be so upset and sad about loosing Jack. When this website was created I wrote an article called “the bridge”. You find the link to it at the top right of the page. I thought it might help you a bit in your sorrow.

https://www.secondchanceaihadogs.com/the-bridge/

Best wishes to you and your family,

Brigitte

[Wade]

Thank you everyone. The bridge was nice to read. Today is one of the toughest and saddest days of my life (My wife as well). We are heart broken. Everywhere we look, we see Jack. I hate that disease and at times today I have wished I didn’t love Jack so much. I even try to think of only the things he did that made me so mad lol. It doesn’t work because I would take him back right now even if he only came back to drive me crazy. I just want a couple more minutes with my buddy. I hate this.

[admin]

Dear Wade

I am so sorry to hear of all that has happened for you in the past few days and the loss of dear Jack. This is a horrible disease and some animals very sadly don’t make it. I lost my cat Molly to it around a year ago. I remember being told that the speed of it taking hold can relate to the outcome, so animals who have a slow progression cope much better with the anaemia than those in which it comes on quickly. It sounds as though it developed very quickly in Jack and I really don’t think there is any more you could have done. Please, please don’t blame yourself. You did all you could do for Jack.

I know you and your family are hurting very deeply right now, and I totally understand your feelings about wishing you hadn’t loved him so much. But I am glad you did, because it means that Jack had the most wonderful life living with people who loved and cared for him. Grief can be hard to bear, but it is the price we pay for love, and I can see how much Jack was loved.

Please know that you (and your wife) will always be welcome to post here if and when you feel like it. We all understand how hard this is.

My sincere condolences to you and your family.

Mary and Mable x

[Linda]

Hi Wade. I am crushed to read that you have lost your beloved Jack. My heart and thoughts are so with you and your wife.

I am so sorry I have not been with you until now. It is the ultimate crush of his horrible disease, and I so wish I could take away your sorrow.

Although I had not responded previously, I knew you were in good hand deling with advice and treatment. This for is incredible And in reaching out, your love and diligence was so obvious. Jack was so lucky to have your love.

Sending my most sincere love and deepest condolences,

Linda

[Tamara]

Wade, I am so very sorry that you have lost your Jack and am sending condolences and hugs to you and your wife. We are with you and thinking of you. Your love for Jack is so apparent — it would be so much easier if we didn’t love them so much. We all understand.
tamara

[admin]

Hi Wade

Please stay on here with us if you & your family would like to. Sometimes, it is comforting to talk to others about what has happened & we would like to help you as much as we can with your grief. The price of deep love is deep pain when we lose our pets & I know you are all hurting. Jack was fortunate to have such a caring family around him. Whenever you feel you want to come on here, now or later on, we will be here for you. This evil disease changes each & every one of us forever in so many ways. Many of us find that no-one outside this group really understands that.

Love to all of you, Sheena.