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Canine Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA & IMHA) - Why the Torture?
| It's been 1 month since I lost Rocco, and it hasn't gotten any easier. Why are our dogs being punished with this diseaese? I'd rather suffer than to see my Rocco dying with an IV in his paw. Give me the disease. At least I would know what was going on and deal with it. Our poor babies are home one day and in the hospital the next, and they don't know what's going on. Do they think we abandoned them for no reason? Do they think we did this to them? I can't believe how many of us have to deal with this pain. The stories on this website are so unbelievably bad and painful. I know I'm stating the obvious, but we have to figure out what's causing this. |
| Glenn NJ |
| It will take time, Glenn. You will never get over losing your baby...I will never get over losing Stormie 6 years ago. She was fine and then she was sick and then gone. I so wonder what I could have done to help her more...but I had never even heard of AIHA. Take care of yourself. You did all you could for your baby. He is well now as is Stormie. Mrs. Gates |
| Mrs. Gates Michigan |
| Glenn, I'm so sorry for your pain and loss of Rocco. We are all thinking of you, and all of the others we've lost. melissa and tiggs |
| melissa slc |
| Glenn, I think exactly as you do. I can only hope that our babies know or feel that we are trying to help them. This disease is so painful for us to endure. I'm really sorry for your loss. I know for you it will get better eventually. It's just painful trying to get to that point. Plus you almost don't want to get to a point where you feel better as you feel like you are betraying your baby. But I truly feel our babies that have gone to the bridge WANT us to get better as in life they never liked it when we were sad. I believe they want us to deal with the pain on our own terms, in our own time, however long that might be, and then move on to love and care for another, kind of like in their honor. That's how I looked at Brandi. I got her in honor of Cassie who I had lost to cancer. She quickly stole my heart and it was because of Cassie that that happened. It's the circle of life. I'm really sorry for your loss and I totally get what you're saying and feeling. I'm right there with you. Teresa |
| Teresa OK |
| It's been 3 months for me and I feel the same way too. Every day I continue to light a candle for my dear baby. Hang in there. |
| Courtney SLO |
| Dear Glenn -- I am so sorry for your pain. It is so hard to lose a dear dog to this disease. Most of us never even heard of this disease, and when we did, we had to deal with the shock of the knowledge and the reality of the disease at the same time. I lost my dear Wiley 3 1/2 years ago, and it is still hard. But as hard as the pain remains, I do try harder to focus on the positive side -- I would rather have had the 10 1/2 years with her than never to have had her at all. I've tried hard to be grateful for the blessing that she was -- that the Lord thought we were good enough to take care of her, for just a while. I also think that Wiley was a happy, ful-loving beagle who lived life to the fullest, and it's unfair to think of her in sorrow; to sum up her wonderful life in that last painful week of her life, when we had years of fun, loving weeks before it. Right after Wiley died, I began a journal, and it has helped with my grief. First, the journal provided a way for me to keep my memories. I wrote of everything. Second, it was a place where I could take my grief and feel free to express it. Just being able to pour my heart out into the journal helped relieve the pain. My heart goes out to you. Please take care and know you're not alone. And think that you did the best that you could to help Rocco, but it was not meant to be. But you still had a wonderful life, and he knew to the end that he loved you. I'll be thinking of you. Please let us know how you're doing. This forum's members have been a great comfort to me, and they can help you too. |
| Brenda VA |
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