Post by: Top-Gear-24 on December 24, 2015, 06:45:22 PM
I was at home in the living room when I heared a strange sound outside, I felt something was wrong and went outside to check on Coby, my faithfull Golden Retriever. I found him lying in the garage, unable to stand up ... We immediately drove to the veterinary, and the vet told us straight away he suspected that he had an internal bleeding, and after he took an x-ray he showed us that Coby had a giant tumor right next to his spine, which caused the internal bleeding. The tumor was not visible from the outside, since we went to the vet only a month ago to get his boy parts checked (which were swollen) and at that moment the vet suspected it could be an infection, or a tumor. So he gave us some pills which should take care of the infection, and if there was no progress after 2 or 3 weeks, we should come back to have his boy parts taken away. But after a week or so, Coby looked better so we thought we dodged the bullet ... ::)
The tumor was so big that operating was not possible, so the only thing we could do for him was end his pain ... Since my boys were there with us and they didn't want to see the injection, they all said goodbye, hugged him, kissed him and told him we love him so much ... and then my wife and my boys went outside so it was just the vet, his wife, me and Coby in the room. I sat down in front of him, nose to nose and held his head when the injection was given. I held him and talked to him while he passed away ... typing this makes me cry again, we loved him so very much ... He turned 12 last August, and was in very good shape for his age, right until the day he had the internal bleeding ...
A couple of weeks ago I had planned to make a topic here on Christmas Day to bring some good news from me and my family, but now I'll have to give it a couple of days before I start that topic, first we have to deal with this pain and sadness ...
We could use some support from my friends on the best forum on the net ...
Thanks for reading this my friends ...
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Post by: sawman on December 24, 2015, 06:51:03 PM
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Post by: SteveC on December 24, 2015, 07:02:57 PM
Best wishes to you and your family !
Post by: Zed on December 24, 2015, 07:06:43 PM
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Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 24, 2015, 07:27:09 PM
You did the right thing for him. It's going to be hard for a while- harder than you can imagine at times, but eventually things will be ok again.
Def
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Post by: alexTOOL on December 24, 2015, 08:22:07 PM
A big hug! :(
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You and your family are in my tgoughts.
Post by: MadPlumbarian on December 24, 2015, 09:24:21 PM
JR
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Post by: derekmac on December 25, 2015, 12:25:36 AM
We're all hear for you if you need anything my friend.
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Post by: gregozedobe on December 25, 2015, 02:07:26 AM
Thank you for doing the right thing for your faithful companion, it's hard, but its what we have to do if we love our pets.
The only thing that I can suggest that might ease the pain is to try and remember all the good times you had together.
Post by: jday2727 on December 25, 2015, 04:06:19 AM
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Post by: bdAmmo on December 25, 2015, 07:40:35 AM
My family and I know your pain as do many other of your friends here. We lost one of our best friends a few months ago in a situation quite similar to yours. Our golden retriever Tasha suddenly passed on back in March. I like to think now she has a good pal to run and play with. Best wishes for you and your family.
Post by: eamo on December 25, 2015, 02:51:36 PM
Post by: Top-Gear-24 on December 26, 2015, 12:40:11 AM
We've spend Christmas eve at my brother's place, trying to find a bit of distraction, when we're at home, we are constantly confronted with the emptiness, and at the moment it's better for us to get away from it from time to time.
One of these days I'm going to try and answer some of the reactions here, when I'm behind my laptop again, at the moment I'm lying in bed, using my tablet and I'm not really good at typing with this thing. Normally I would get behind my laptop when everybody else went to sleep, than it was just me and Coby downstairs, and at the moment, I don't want to sit downstairs alone, because I just know I'll be in pain, I guess it will take some time ...
Once again a big thank you to all of you, you guys are the best :hatsoff:.
Post by: tattoosteve99 on December 26, 2015, 02:06:48 AM
. My heart goes out to you. I never knew the love of a dog until we got ours. Some signals and love sent to you and yours. Rest in peace dear Coby, know that you were loved greatly.
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