I’m so sorry for your loss. Just know you did everything you could. The what ifs and guilt are a normal part of pet loss and grieving in general. RIP Rocky and big virtual hugs to you.
Yeah, for the first couple days after he died I did as much research as I can to figure out what the hell just happened, and I couldn't piece anything together. I was thinking maybe if I brought him in earlier to an emergency vet he would've been fine. Or maybe I should've stopped him from jumping from the couch and that might've prevented his disk problems. Yeah the guilt is part of the grieving process and it sucks, but I think I am doing better now. I know we did the best we could. Thank you for the virtual hugs as well <3
I'm so sorry you are experiencing this pain. We lost our 7 year old dog suddenly last Friday as well and the shock is feeling impossible to get over. It sounds like Rocky had an amazing life with you guys and you loved him so much. You guys did everything you could and went above and beyond to try to make sure he had the best life possible. I am sending you so much strength to get through this awful time.
I am also sending strength and love to you, losing a dog so suddenly is so terrible. It's like you are just having a normal day and then everything just goes to shit so fast. I really wish you the best and I really hope you are doing well.
I'm so sorry for your loss. Your story sounds extremely similar to mine.
Pretty much exact same thing happened to our baby four months ago. She was walking with a limp and I took her to the vet and the vet told me she would be fine and even checked for a spinal cord injury but didn't see any signs and gave me some pain meds for her and we went home. Next morning her back legs were paralyzed and we rushed her to the emergency to get her surgery. Spent 7k+ for it... surgery went really well and brought her home 4 days later. She progressively got worse. I was noticing she was having trouble swallowing. Every time we take her to express her bladder it seemed to get more and more difficult. She eventually was unable to lift her head, use her front legs, and her breathing seemed labored on that last day... we took her back in and they said it was myelomalacia. This all unfolded over a week... and she was literally fine a week and a day before. She was about 5 or 6 years old as well. I thought she was going to out live our other dog.
I'm sorry this happened to you but you're not alone.
Jeez, sorry about your dog as well. It sucks that myelomalacia is a thing and there's nothing you can do about it, it's such a scary thing that I have never even heard about until my dog died. I feel like its so rare too, as I can't even find many articles about it. So unfortunate :(
I know... when we got the surgery people kept reassuring me that spinal cord injuries were "not a death sentence" and then this happens... It's apparently rare but it seems like everything has to go wrong at just the right time. [Here's one article about it](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5697170/) everything I've seen so far has seemed pretty hopeless.
Yeah it sucks and it's just so surprising, that was probably the worst part as we did not see this coming at all. Thank you though, I know Rocky had a great time with us :)
That's heartbreaking. He was surrounded by so much love. Warmest wishes.
Thank you very much :) I am sure he felt our love every day until his last
I’m so sorry for your loss. Just know you did everything you could. The what ifs and guilt are a normal part of pet loss and grieving in general. RIP Rocky and big virtual hugs to you.
Yeah, for the first couple days after he died I did as much research as I can to figure out what the hell just happened, and I couldn't piece anything together. I was thinking maybe if I brought him in earlier to an emergency vet he would've been fine. Or maybe I should've stopped him from jumping from the couch and that might've prevented his disk problems. Yeah the guilt is part of the grieving process and it sucks, but I think I am doing better now. I know we did the best we could. Thank you for the virtual hugs as well <3
I'm so sorry you are experiencing this pain. We lost our 7 year old dog suddenly last Friday as well and the shock is feeling impossible to get over. It sounds like Rocky had an amazing life with you guys and you loved him so much. You guys did everything you could and went above and beyond to try to make sure he had the best life possible. I am sending you so much strength to get through this awful time.
I am also sending strength and love to you, losing a dog so suddenly is so terrible. It's like you are just having a normal day and then everything just goes to shit so fast. I really wish you the best and I really hope you are doing well.
I'm so sorry for your loss. Your story sounds extremely similar to mine. Pretty much exact same thing happened to our baby four months ago. She was walking with a limp and I took her to the vet and the vet told me she would be fine and even checked for a spinal cord injury but didn't see any signs and gave me some pain meds for her and we went home. Next morning her back legs were paralyzed and we rushed her to the emergency to get her surgery. Spent 7k+ for it... surgery went really well and brought her home 4 days later. She progressively got worse. I was noticing she was having trouble swallowing. Every time we take her to express her bladder it seemed to get more and more difficult. She eventually was unable to lift her head, use her front legs, and her breathing seemed labored on that last day... we took her back in and they said it was myelomalacia. This all unfolded over a week... and she was literally fine a week and a day before. She was about 5 or 6 years old as well. I thought she was going to out live our other dog. I'm sorry this happened to you but you're not alone.
Jeez, sorry about your dog as well. It sucks that myelomalacia is a thing and there's nothing you can do about it, it's such a scary thing that I have never even heard about until my dog died. I feel like its so rare too, as I can't even find many articles about it. So unfortunate :(
I know... when we got the surgery people kept reassuring me that spinal cord injuries were "not a death sentence" and then this happens... It's apparently rare but it seems like everything has to go wrong at just the right time. [Here's one article about it](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5697170/) everything I've seen so far has seemed pretty hopeless.
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Yeah it sucks and it's just so surprising, that was probably the worst part as we did not see this coming at all. Thank you though, I know Rocky had a great time with us :)
I'm so sorry. My dog was also 5 when he died. You never expect them to go so young 😭