Previcox Emails
"Pepper"
Mel -- I am "so" sorry to hear about your dog Rowdy.
I, too, just lost my dog Pepper on May 6 -- and
suddenly! Yes; he had just
turned 14 years old but he had the spunk of a pup.
Some days he would run down the stairs to go out
back and some days he would walk slowly up the
stairs to reach his bed.
On Friday, May 2 he was his usual frisky
self -- but favoring his front left paw. Because I
thought he was in pain, I took him to the vet for a check up.
She examined him and agreed he appeared to not only favor his
left paw but also his back left leg. Yes; Pepper had his good
days and few bad days. She suggested
Previcox -- 1 for the next 7 days. I gave him one that night --
and he immediately went down hill.
On Saturday morning, he could hardly walk
and he was throwing up all day. I had to carry him out to
the back so he could go the bathroom. His bowels were loose and
extremely red; I concluded it was bloody. He urinated as usual.
He never ate again; he did drink water --
but threw it up. On Monday evening, I took him back to the doctor and they suggested keeping him overnight to run blood test and to start him on an IV to replenish his body with fluids. On Tuesday morning, May 6, she called me to say he was not doing good -- his temperature was still low (98) and his kidneys and liver were failing. Just like that!!!
I cried on the phone because I had to agree to have him
euthanized to "take him out of his misery" as she worded it. I
never saw my Pepper again!
I, like you, am usually slow and cautious when it comes to
synthetic drugs but I wanted Pepper not to
be in pain -- if he was. I wanted to relieve him of any
discomfort he may have been feeling -- instead I made him sicker
by not being a good "mommy!" This is something I will never forget -- while we waited to go into the examination room -- Pepper looked up at me twice. He must have known I would not see him again... |
