Its been so heart warming to watch and come along on Annas journey back to health. I am so happy for her owners Ashlyn & Mark as well. My hope is that through this journey we have all learned a valuable lesson. None of us ever would want our babies to go through this so I hope we all do our best to make sure they do not. Please understand me, I am not criticizing anybody. Anna, Ashlyn & Marks journey took me back to one of my own years ago. I had a Siberian husky that broke out with a scabby nose almost overnight. He & the rest of my kennel of 14 were just 2 weeks late on their distemper shots. I took him in & got the treatment for the scabs & shortly after, he came down with some symptoms that I immediately associated with distemper (since his shot was late) I vaccinated my other 13 dogs & took him back to the vet. My vet told me he did not believe Meko had distemper. just some virus & gave me treatment for it. In my heart I felt he may have distemper, but I didnt want to believe. I also knew he got it at the vets office. Lucky for me my head took over & he was separated from the other dogs & I did the deep bleach cleaning. His condition got worse, so I took him back to the vet who at my insistence drew blood to send it in to test for distemper...but still assured me thats not what I was dealing with & gave him more shots & meds. Like Ashlyn & Mark, I did not want to give up on Meko especially, even though I felt it, the vet said it was not distemper. What happened to Meko over the next week or so was a nightmare. The disease got worse & worse attacking his nervous system until all he could do was lay on his side & scream & have tremors. I should have never let it go that far, but I couldnt bear to let my baby go especially since the vet told me it was not distemper. Meko did die. One week later I got the positive test result for distemper. To this day, I have trouble forgiving myself & still cry tears for what I put him through. It makes me very happy that Anna pulled through, because, for me, it was like being on my journey all over again. I hope you all take my story to heart & protect your babies. Ashlyn, Mark & Anna.. Gigi & me are very happy you guys will have a long future together. Love & sloppy kisses..... (old person brain...I put the dogs name who died in as Mercy....it was Meko, not Mercy)
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 22:19:55 +0000