Sunny – Page 27 – Second Chance AIHA Dogs

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Dearest Maura, Jill and Mike,

I just watched Sunny Funnies and was laughing out loud! Jill, you are a precious little girl (or should I say, young lady). I love your videos and shhh…..I won’t tell mom you took her brand new Crocs to feed to Sunny. But Sunny did turn her nose up to the Crocs for the ball (from PetSmart you say?!) , even retrieving it in the shoe! Well, that was just way too cute and I think you have a profession here, movie producer. :)

It’s definitely the ‘letting go’ that is the hardest. I wish there were words to immediately help you feel less pain and sorrow, but I know they are hollow now. We love our pets so much. They are our sole mates and our best friends. I think of all here, on this forum, that have lost their beloved fur children and it brings me to tears each and every time.

Today, I took Sadie to the vet for her PCV check. She did well, thank goodness – Sadie is one of the very lucky ones. But while there, a gentleman walked in with one of the most beautiful little cocker spaniels I have ever seen. She is a party color, black and white, with the longest Mabeline eye lashes I have ever seen. She is ever so small and ever so sweet. Lucky Girl is her name. She is 1 1/2 years old, bought from a very notable breeder here in Florida. Sadie and she hit it off immediately. But all I could think of other than her beautiful look and her beautiful disposition, is that I prey she never, never has to deal with what my Sadie has had to deal with over the last two years. The Cocker Spaniel breed is 33% statically known to come down with AIHA/IMHA. And Lucky was in for a vaccination. I wanted to grab her, say “no” – don’t do it. But I couldn’t. After all, I was at the vets where they make $$ doing exactly this. How is this man to know? Who will tell him? Does he need to be told? Will his Lucky Girl, be lucky indeed?

Maura, I left there crying. Crying for you and what you went through with your Sunny. Crying for all the beautiful animals we have lost to this dreaded disease. Crying for all that just don’t know how to intercept AIHA/IMHA. It’s unacceptable and we will continue our fight. Please, when you are able, share your story of Sunny and what you have gone through. It’s a work in progress here and your story will undoubtedly help others.

Writing Sadie’s story, even though she is still with me, was really hard for me to do. It brought back so much anger about her relapse and her long battle. But it also helped too, to put all in perspective. And most of all, writing Sadie’s Story helped me realize how very much I wanted to help other fur parents and fur children dealing with AIHA/IMHA. It was beautiful Chance that brought Patrice here to start this forum. Sadie, and all the others here, is now a piece of the Second Chance forum puzzle and we’re putting the pieces together in hope of helping anyone, anytime, in any way.
In time, join us here, you, your family and Sunny’s story, will help join the pieces of this puzzle. It’s what we can do to be positive and move forward.

I am so thinking of you with much love, Linda and Sadie

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