So a Death and a near Death...

Imaginos · « **on:** February 12, 2007, 07:18:28 AM »

A week or two ago we had to put our beloved family dog Bruno down. He was getting on in years and had some minor arthritis that we kept in check with some natural supplements like glucosumine.

Anyway my parents went out to the desert with him and our other dog and he was acting really lethargic and was ignoring food, which is not normal for Bruno. He'd get up at 2 am if I had to use the bathroom or went downstairs to get a drink just to bum a snack off of me

. SO my parents took him to a Dr out there who said to see our home vet and have tests run asap. Turns out he had some sort of ropy growths on his spine and a few organs that didn't show up in tests run 3 months ago. He also had some internal bleeding in his stomach that they were not sure what the cause was. An operation may have saved him but as the Dr said his quality of life from such an operation would be very poor and the chances were not good for survival.

We couldn't let him suffer in pain so we had to put him to **82**. Still miss him a lot. He used to come in to my room after my operations and nudge my hand and lay down by me to make sure I was ok.

Back around Christmas a good friend of mine had his truck roll over him while he was working on it, it dragged him into a ditch and did massive damage to him. Broke his back, but didn't sever the spinal column, bruised his organs but didn't rupture any of them and broke some ribs puncturing one of his lungs. He's been kept sedated and mostly **61** for the last month till his release this last week. He will heal up ok it seems, though the back thing is going to be difficult.

So, yeah, life sucks a lot for all sorts of people it seems. Whats up with that?

The Warlock · « **Reply #1 on:** February 12, 2007, 03:44:11 PM »

Holy crap, dude, it just never ends at your place. What gods have you angered?

The Warlock

derf79 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 12, 2007, 06:39:44 PM »

Don't you know god's a member here and Imaginos banned him for posting a W3bsh0ts pic? I am only kidding. That is actually terrible news. I don't mean to make light of it. But I do feel a sadness for your situation and hope you can be alright again soon. You are a good person Imaginos and don't deserve this grief.

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prinz · « **Reply #3 on:** February 12, 2007, 07:29:18 PM »

old friend I feel your pain..I have 4 of my old samoyed pals buried in the side yard... My original dog sled team are all gone now and we are on the 2nd generation..I miss them all.. condolences to you

TheHerald · « **Reply #4 on:** March 02, 2007, 07:13:04 PM »

I'll add my opinion that you and yours have had enough bad things happen to them. Makes me almost believe you've been cursed and your friends and family are included.

..and by family, I definately include Bruno. I've had at least a couple pets that have died in my past and it "wrenched my soul" more then some of my relative's deaths.

Imaginos · « **Reply #5 on:** April 25, 2007, 05:30:08 AM »

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Holy crap, dude, it just never ends at your place. What gods have you angered?

The Warlock

Sometimes I wonder that myself. I keep asking myself "what lesson am I supposed to learn from this?" but have yet to come up with a concise answer.

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Don't you know god's a member here and Imaginos banned him for posting a W3bsh0ts pic? I am only kidding. That is actually terrible news. I don't mean to make light of it. But I do feel a sadness for your situation and hope you can be alright again soon. You are a good person Imaginos and don't deserve this grief. -->

Thanks I appreciate the sentiment. I do try to be a good person, though there are quite a few times I can be just a tad cynical and sarcastic

. The grief is wearing on me though

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old friend I feel your pain..I have 4 of my old samoyed pals buried in the side yard... My original dog sled team are all gone now and we are on the 2nd generation..I miss them all.. condolences to you

I remember talking to you about this quite some time ago. Thanks for the sentiments.

Current Update

It just doesn't stop....

So my friend is finally getting better, he had a small setback with a bad fever recently but he's moving around and sounds fantastic on the phone and is in good spirits. His recovery is going well, thank God.

Another friend of mine, whose birthday was technically yesterday and 4 days after mine, recently had to have his gall bladder removed due to a very bad gal stone that the dr said would just come back. he got though that surgery ok and seems to be doing fine.

and the bad stuff...

an old family friend,who has known me since about the time I was born, had to be rushed to the hospital for some problem she had and they found a blockage in her lower abdomen/intestine and a hernia, which they operated on and saved her life. I think it was something that ruptured/bulged in her intestinal wall, the hernia just complicated things. She will probably have to go live with her son now so that he can take care of her as she's rather old.

Another old family friend of ours, who has known me since about the time I was born, and used to teach in china, had to come back to the states due to poor health and it was discovered she has cancer. She is a frail person to begin with and the cancer has ravaged her in a frightfully rapid time. She is not expected to live for more then another day or two if that as of this writing and she only came back in February.

Death is getting very tiresome/depressing and needs to go away for many many many years, and take ill health with it.

Imaginos · « **Reply #6 on:** April 26, 2007, 10:24:02 PM »

She passed away this morning. May she be happier where she is now with God.

Chestnuts · « **Reply #7 on:** April 26, 2007, 11:06:28 PM »

Again Imaginos, my sympathies. Death is part of life here on earth, halfway between heaven and hell. And the rain falls on the just and the unjust.

My grandfather died of lung cancer, but was still trying to tell jokes the day he died. He had a firm faith in what life was about and where he was going; it wasn't a matter of whether life had been fair to him.

Got a dog 14 years old, good ol' girl, brittany spaniel, lumpy bumps all over her back, back end hardly works anymore. Nicest dog in the world, but would defend our family to the death. Many pets ARE better people than people in their trust, acceptance and loyalty.

Shara · « **Reply #8 on:** April 27, 2007, 04:37:24 PM »

The Warlock · « **Reply #9 on:** May 06, 2007, 04:18:59 PM »

Very sorry to hear it, Imaginos.

The Warlock

ROUNDandHEAVY · « **Reply #10 on:** May 08, 2007, 03:15:48 AM »

I had to put my dog down as well. I think it hurts even more because you have to make the call, and no matter how much merit the decision has, it still hurts in a cruel way to have to make that decision. They trust you so much and look up to you. Although the cancer was eating him up, I stll feel shitty about having to euthanize him and wish I could have let him live a while longer. It's a horrible dilemma.

My condolences.

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