Jaypot
28-12-2004, 11:39 PM
In the early hours of this morning – at 2.55am – our beloved Camille passed to the Rainbow Bridge after suffering heart failure :cry: No words can really express how we feel – we are stunned, we are shocked and we are so very, very sad.
We had only had Camille for 9 days – in that time she had bonded with Duke immediately, she had settled so well it was as though she had been here forever, she had so much love to give to Duke and to us and she will be so dearly missed by us.
Up until the day before yesterday she seemed fine – she went off her food a little and her poops where a little smaller and harder than usual – we gave her some Infacol and some metoclopramide and she seemed fine. She was still a little quiet yesterday and still a bit fussy with her food so we popped her along to the vet for a check up. Her tummy was fine if a little empty and she was bright eyed and alert – the vet thought that maybe she was having a bit of pain from her spine so she had some painkiller and a Vitamin B12 shot to stimulate her appetite. She wanted mainly foods from the garden so John kept going out and picking her some which she ate with relish.
We had both been checking on her constantly and making sure she was comfortable – she seemed fine if still a little quiet but we where not overly concerned about her. John went to bed just before 2am and he went in to cuddle her and make sure that food was available for her and Duke – he was snuggling her when her breathing changed. He came and got me as I was still up in the kitchen – I went to check her and brought her straight out – I didn’t like the way the breathing was. Camille did not want to be held upright and she seemed to be having problems getting her breath. I gave her to John and rang the vet – he listened to her breathing over the phone and told us to get Camille to him in the next 15 mins and he would have the oxygen set up.
We got her there but in the car she started to gasp for breath and a clicking noise started :cry: As we pulled up at the vets John came around to take her from me and I said that I thought she was going :cry: Camille was rushed into the vet who took her off us immediately and as he placed her in the oxygen Camille left us :cry: The same vet had seen her in the afternoon and was so shocked at the change in her – he said that he would have bet his mortgage on her being better and not this happening to her.
Everything pointed to heart trouble – the way that she had to lay over something all the time and keep her body upright – she was always laying over a door snake that came with her from her foster mum as this is what she like to lay over as though keeping her chest more upright – we all thought it was to do with her spinal problems.
A post mortem was carried out this afternoon and it showed that Camille suffered a massive heart attack and that nothing could be done :cry: It seems that she had a heart condition which could maybe have been from the time that she was dropped and has been there ticking away like a time bomb – or she could have been born with the defect. Whichever way, it was not detectable and there is nothing that could have been done :cry:
Dearest Camille, you where with us for such a short time yet we had been waiting for you for a long time – you came to us and trusted us right away – we could have drowned in those beautiful eyes of yours. You loved Duke immediately and just took to life here as though you had been born here.
We are heartbroken and so very sad – you had such a lot to live for Darling and we had so much love to give you. We hope that you where happy here baby girl for the short time you where home with us.
We truly hope that you are binkying around the Rainbow Bridge with a perfect back and legs again – to us you where perfect anyway – but you did struggle on those legs so now you will have good legs and lots of friends to play with.
We will miss you for the longest time Darling Camille – we are so truly sorry that you had to go and we will always, always remember and love you.
Binky free in the eternal sunshine baby girl – we love you.
Mummy, Daddy, Duke and all your brothers and sisters of the Hairy Mob xxxxxxxxxx
Our most sincere thanks to Anna and Sam who cared for Camille when she was rescued. We are so dreadfully sorry :cry:
We had only had Camille for 9 days – in that time she had bonded with Duke immediately, she had settled so well it was as though she had been here forever, she had so much love to give to Duke and to us and she will be so dearly missed by us.
Up until the day before yesterday she seemed fine – she went off her food a little and her poops where a little smaller and harder than usual – we gave her some Infacol and some metoclopramide and she seemed fine. She was still a little quiet yesterday and still a bit fussy with her food so we popped her along to the vet for a check up. Her tummy was fine if a little empty and she was bright eyed and alert – the vet thought that maybe she was having a bit of pain from her spine so she had some painkiller and a Vitamin B12 shot to stimulate her appetite. She wanted mainly foods from the garden so John kept going out and picking her some which she ate with relish.
We had both been checking on her constantly and making sure she was comfortable – she seemed fine if still a little quiet but we where not overly concerned about her. John went to bed just before 2am and he went in to cuddle her and make sure that food was available for her and Duke – he was snuggling her when her breathing changed. He came and got me as I was still up in the kitchen – I went to check her and brought her straight out – I didn’t like the way the breathing was. Camille did not want to be held upright and she seemed to be having problems getting her breath. I gave her to John and rang the vet – he listened to her breathing over the phone and told us to get Camille to him in the next 15 mins and he would have the oxygen set up.
We got her there but in the car she started to gasp for breath and a clicking noise started :cry: As we pulled up at the vets John came around to take her from me and I said that I thought she was going :cry: Camille was rushed into the vet who took her off us immediately and as he placed her in the oxygen Camille left us :cry: The same vet had seen her in the afternoon and was so shocked at the change in her – he said that he would have bet his mortgage on her being better and not this happening to her.
Everything pointed to heart trouble – the way that she had to lay over something all the time and keep her body upright – she was always laying over a door snake that came with her from her foster mum as this is what she like to lay over as though keeping her chest more upright – we all thought it was to do with her spinal problems.
A post mortem was carried out this afternoon and it showed that Camille suffered a massive heart attack and that nothing could be done :cry: It seems that she had a heart condition which could maybe have been from the time that she was dropped and has been there ticking away like a time bomb – or she could have been born with the defect. Whichever way, it was not detectable and there is nothing that could have been done :cry:
Dearest Camille, you where with us for such a short time yet we had been waiting for you for a long time – you came to us and trusted us right away – we could have drowned in those beautiful eyes of yours. You loved Duke immediately and just took to life here as though you had been born here.
We are heartbroken and so very sad – you had such a lot to live for Darling and we had so much love to give you. We hope that you where happy here baby girl for the short time you where home with us.
We truly hope that you are binkying around the Rainbow Bridge with a perfect back and legs again – to us you where perfect anyway – but you did struggle on those legs so now you will have good legs and lots of friends to play with.
We will miss you for the longest time Darling Camille – we are so truly sorry that you had to go and we will always, always remember and love you.
Binky free in the eternal sunshine baby girl – we love you.
Mummy, Daddy, Duke and all your brothers and sisters of the Hairy Mob xxxxxxxxxx
Our most sincere thanks to Anna and Sam who cared for Camille when she was rescued. We are so dreadfully sorry :cry: