My heart is shattered as I write this. Zimmer passed away early this morning. There was nothing unusual about yesterday, he went for his walk and was the happy dog he’s always been. About 8pm he vomited and became very lethargic. When he was able to stand, he would drink water and lay down. He wouldn’t lift his head and had no interest in food. About 10pm I took him outside, he came in and collapsed in my hallway and was sick again. He just laid there & I knew he was not well. After a while I said “bye bye car”, he got up and went into the car & off to the emergency vet we went. He was having head shakes on and off in the car but he was able to walk into the vet office. He collapsed again on the floor. We spoke with the vet & agreed to keep him overnight where they would do xrays, IV fluids, bloodwork and monitor him. They wheeled him in for us to kiss him goodnight, he was much more alert and his tail wagged for the first time in hours. I hugged him tighter than ever. I had a bad feeling about this. At 3:30am they called and said everything looked good and hopefully he’d be going home later. At 6:30am they called and said he had gone into cardiac arrest. By 7am he was gone; they were unable to revive him. Last year in October he had surgery to remove a tumor in his anal gland. He bounced back from the surgery great, he was like a puppy again. His biopsy report was not good, they had given him 6-9 months to live as that type of cancer is aggressive and has a high reoccurrence rate. He had been taking chemotherapy medication since. Zimmer beat the odds, he lived over a full year. He turned 11 years and 6 months old on October 14. I am extremely blessed to have had all of that time with him. Last year I put his pumpkin costume on and thought hed never make it to this year. I took this picture just 2 days ago. Zimmer gave me the best time of my life I could have ever asked for. He taught me patience, love, responsibility and now courage. He filled our days with laughter and love; he was my best friend and shadow, following me everywhere I went. He touched so many lives in ways I never dreamed possible. Death leaves a heartache no one can heal. Love leaves a memory no one can steal. Rest in peace my sweet boy. If love could have saved you, you would have lived forever.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 16:26:45 +0000
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