Just a bad week!!!

First of all, I want to thank everyone who read my story of LuLu. The well wishes really do mean alot to me and my family. It is nice to get comfort from people who know what it is like to love a pet, more like a part of the family, and to loose them. My dad made a nice cross and I went and got some nice plants and landscaped around her grave. We made a little sitting area to the side of it, so we can go visit and remember her. I was talking to my dad and told him that I wouldn't change a thing. If I knew when I got her what would happen, I still would have taken her in because the short time we had was filled with more love than some people get in a life time!! My dad just cried with me and said that maybe the reason we only had her for the time we did was because she was sooo special that God needed to share her soul with others! I thought that was a lovely thought. Last night my 11 year old DS went missing, we started looking for him and found him with LuLu. He was just trembling and crying, saying that it wasn't fair and he wish he could just wake her up. It broke my heart!! The day that we buried her. My mom picked up her play toy out of the floor. She played with this huge stuffed teddy bear, it was as big as her. At night, that was LuLu and my dad's thing to do was to play with her toy. My dad said he always tried to wear her down, playing with it but she always ended up making my dad tired and his arm would get tired!! Anyway, my mom said " I should have buried her toy with her." My dad had placed it on the fireplace hearth. He said, no, I put it there for a reason, that was our toy and I want it to stay there for awhile so I can see it. She is really going to be missed.

Well, if that hasn't been enough. About a month ago, we adopted a Powderpuff Chinese Crested from a local dog rescue.
His name is Domino and even though we have only had him about 1 month we have already formed a bond with the little guy. LuLu loved him too. Yesterday, when I woke I noticed that he had been vomiting and diarrhea all night. He was very lethargic. I had this sick feeling in my stomach because I knew what Parvo can do to a small pup. I was more concerned that he came from a puppy mill that was shut down and I didn't know what he had been exposed to. I knew that he probably didn't have any shots when we got him and we were playing catch up with him. We had given him I round of shots the day after we got him. The vet had recommended shots every 3 weeks until 6 months of age. He had an appointment to get more this week.

I called and made an appointment for him and on the way to the vet the liitle guy started having blood running from his rectum. I have never seen a little dog soooo sick. He was still alert and holding his head up so I thought that was a good sign. The parvo test came back positive and the vet began going over treatment options. I said whatever we had to do, I and the kids couldn't loose another pet in one week. I asked the vet what she thought by looking at him was the prognosis? To better asses his situation she needed to run a test to check his WBC count. She said if it was good his prognosis would be much better but if his immune system was low then it would be more of an uphill battle for us. Well the test came back and she said that normal WBC is 5,000. Low was 2,000. If the WBC was 1,000 or less he would need a blood transfusion. The first time she ran Domino's his WBC was 500, the second time she ran it on a different machine it was 700. The prognosis she gave me was 40% if he stayed there at the hospital. Of course if he came home, he wouldn't make it through the night. I have just been soo depressed with LuLu and now the possibility of loosing Domino, it is just too much!!

I called last night and checked on him. The tech said that they had completed giving him the blood and that he was actually sitting up in his cage. He does look like a fighter!!! Please keep him in all of your prayers!!! We need them more than ever. So far I haven't recieved a call from them this morning and the vet said no news is good news. Of course last night I called like 5 times before I went to bed and this morning I have already called but they aren't open yet so I don't know his condition today. Around noon we can go see him and I can't wait. This week has been just the worst week of my life.

Thank you guys again for all of your thoughts and prayers!!! I will keep everyone posted on how he is doing. I figured if we all pray for him he will have to pull through!!

Thanks my friends
~ Kristi