Tuesday finally arrived and everyone survived. It was back to school and life. However, Ginger has a vet appointment to see what was up. In the past 2 weeks she started running into things. Could hardly make it up & down the stairs. She was having a terrible time making it on our daily walks without sitting down. All day I have been worried about what we were going to find out. Ryder & I loaded her into the car we are off.
She is really lethargic today. Time to weigh her before going into the exam room. She has pretty much refused to eat her dog food since we changed it and removed table scrapes from her diet. I wasn't definitely no prepared for what was to come. She weighed in at 67 pounds!!! Not possible!! That is close to 30 pound difference from October. The initial exam showed possible diabetes. We discussed treatment plans and what the next steps. The first step was a glucose test to confirm.
The diagnosis was confirmed her glucose levels were off the charts. How did this happen. Why didn't we catch this earlier? There no sign of this at her last appointment in November. Her levels are so high that they were concern about her making it through the night without serious complications. We call the girls & Dave to come shower her with all the love we have for her and say goodbye.
She didn't make it through the night. Reganne requested that we bring her home and bury her in our pet cemetery. It was going to be one big hole.
So smart and eager to please.
She was patient with the craziness of the kids.
She even learned to poise for pictures.
She loved playing in the snow.
Her nickname suited her "The Polar Bear"
Saying Goodbye
I am ready for this week to end. It's only Tuesday we are now grieving. Ginger is now running, chasing balls, and cats. Dexter has been looking around for her and give us all extra cuddles.
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