Sad.

[Mr Bread]

Sorry for your loss _FAN.  There are but a select few humans whose lives are more precious to me than my two dogs. 

[Dr Rick Daris]

so not looking forward to having to go through this. sorry _fan. 

[slucat]

I have no idea how hard this must be, thoughts to you and your family. 
My pup is going on 15 and I know he's not going to live forever. 

[The1BigWillie]

SKipper was only 3?  Fan, do you know what happened?  Did he get into something?  cancer??   

Sorry for your loss.  It'll get better.... Time to give another good dog a good home/family.

[kso_FAN]

SKipper was only 3?  Fan, do you know what happened?  Did he get into something?  cancer??   

Sorry for your loss.  It'll get better.... Time to give another good dog a good home/family.

He was 4 or 5. He was a rescue dog we got a little over 3 years ago. They weren't real sure on his age, but he was at least a year old then.

The vet didn't know what caused it and we couldn't remember or find anything that he got into, but basically his liver and kidneys slowly began to fail and he completely quit eating. It started about a week and a half ago, we went to the vet last Monday and had a bunch of tests done and he was put on antibiotics. Yesterday morning I went to the vet again and she said that more tests could be done or he could be referred, but she wasn't certain on what was going on (based on all the blood work and test results from the first time) and that he was in pretty bad shape (he had become almost completely yellow in his gums with jaundice.) It was unlike anything she had ever seen and based on the progression of whatever he had that him recovering at that point wasn't real likely.

So we took him home, took the rest of the day off, got the kids out of school and spent the afternoon with him. It was a very tough time, but good for everyone to have time with him. In the evening my wife and I went back to the vet, they put in a catheter and I held him in my arms as he was sedated and then euthanized. He will be sent to K-State for a necropsy so hopefully we'll find out what happened, the vet really is curious and wants to know as well.

And yes, we plan to get another rescue dog.

Thanks for all the kind comments and words. You guys are great.

[Mrs. Gooch]

I am so sorry. That sounds very painful for your whole family.

[Catchacold]

The vet didn't know what caused it and we couldn't remember or find anything that he got into, but basically his liver and kidneys slowly began to fail and he completely quit eating. It started about a week and a half ago, we went to the vet last Monday and had a bunch of tests done and he was put on antibiotics. Yesterday morning I went to the vet again and she said that more tests could be done or he could be referred, but she wasn't certain on what was going on (based on all the blood work and test results from the first time) and that he was in pretty bad shape (he had become almost completely yellow in his gums with jaundice.)

oh crap. that sounds eerily similar to what happened to one of our dogs in December. Was there blood in his urine?

It was diagnosed as Immune-Mediated Hemolytic Anemia (immune system is destroying its own red blood cells). And her white blood cell count was dropping too, so they think it may have been Evans Syndrome.

[SabiNation]

Very sorry to hear about your loss, _Fan.  Thoughts and prayers to you and your family.  I'm sure that Skipper was very thankful to be able to enjoy most of his life with good people such as yourselves.

[TheCatFanSpeaks]

Sorry for your loss, @ksu_FAN.

[Stevesie60]

Is this the thread for all non-cancerous sad things, or solely for _FAN's loss? If it's the latter, then mods feel free to mod this into a more appropriate thread.

My grandpa died this morning. It wasn't expected per se, but he hasn't left his place of assisted living in the past several months except for the last K-State football game he got to go to (he was honored as fan of the game) and for Christmas. Both were pretty big events in the sense that it took a lot of help to assist him, and we hired someone from Brewster Place to help him during the football game.

Grandparents' deaths are weird. Most of my sadness is for my mom. She was especially close to him since she was the only daughter of five kids, so she had a special relationship with him. She lost her mom the Thursday after Mother's Day as well (what are the odds?) a few years ago, so Mother's Day has been hard for her since then. This obviously won't help.

[kso_FAN]

Is this the thread for all non-cancerous sad things, or solely for _FAN's loss? If it's the latter, then mods feel free to mod this into a more appropriate thread.

My grandpa died this morning. It wasn't expected per se, but he hasn't left his place of assisted living in the past several months except for the last K-State football game he got to go to (he was honored as fan of the game) and for Christmas. Both were pretty big events in the sense that it took a lot of help to assist him, and we hired someone from Brewster Place to help him during the football game.

Grandparents' deaths are weird. Most of my sadness is for my mom. She was especially close to him since she was the only daughter of five kids, so she had a special relationship with him. She lost her mom the Thursday after Mother's Day as well (what are the odds?) a few years ago, so Mother's Day has been hard for her since then. This obviously won't help.

Sorry man. I think its more than appropriate to share here.

[steve dave]

Is this the thread for all non-cancerous sad things, or solely for _FAN's loss? If it's the latter, then mods feel free to mod this into a more appropriate thread.

My grandpa died this morning. It wasn't expected per se, but he hasn't left his place of assisted living in the past several months except for the last K-State football game he got to go to (he was honored as fan of the game) and for Christmas. Both were pretty big events in the sense that it took a lot of help to assist him, and we hired someone from Brewster Place to help him during the football game.

Grandparents' deaths are weird. Most of my sadness is for my mom. She was especially close to him since she was the only daughter of five kids, so she had a special relationship with him. She lost her mom the Thursday after Mother's Day as well (what are the odds?) a few years ago, so Mother's Day has been hard for her since then. This obviously won't help.

sorry stevesie

[TownieCat]

Is this the thread for all non-cancerous sad things, or solely for _FAN's loss? If it's the latter, then mods feel free to mod this into a more appropriate thread.

My grandpa died this morning. It wasn't expected per se, but he hasn't left his place of assisted living in the past several months except for the last K-State football game he got to go to (he was honored as fan of the game) and for Christmas. Both were pretty big events in the sense that it took a lot of help to assist him, and we hired someone from Brewster Place to help him during the football game.

Grandparents' deaths are weird. Most of my sadness is for my mom. She was especially close to him since she was the only daughter of five kids, so she had a special relationship with him. She lost her mom the Thursday after Mother's Day as well (what are the odds?) a few years ago, so Mother's Day has been hard for her since then. This obviously won't help.

Ts & Ps, friend.

[Mrs. Gooch]

Is this the thread for all non-cancerous sad things, or solely for _FAN's loss? If it's the latter, then mods feel free to mod this into a more appropriate thread.

My grandpa died this morning. It wasn't expected per se, but he hasn't left his place of assisted living in the past several months except for the last K-State football game he got to go to (he was honored as fan of the game) and for Christmas. Both were pretty big events in the sense that it took a lot of help to assist him, and we hired someone from Brewster Place to help him during the football game.

Grandparents' deaths are weird. Most of my sadness is for my mom. She was especially close to him since she was the only daughter of five kids, so she had a special relationship with him. She lost her mom the Thursday after Mother's Day as well (what are the odds?) a few years ago, so Mother's Day has been hard for her since then. This obviously won't help.

So sorry to hear this, Stevesie.
And you are right about how it is more a sadness for your parent. This is how I felt when my grandma died. I'm sure you know this, but you being there for your mom will help her get through it.

[pissclams]

sorry stevsie.  try to spend more time than usual w/ your mom, it will help.

[Kat Kid]

sorry bud.

[puniraptor]

sorry, stevesie.

this gives me a new appreciation for Fan of the Game and I will cheer extra loud in the future.

[slobber]

So sorry Stevesie. That sucks. Cool about being fan of the game. When we encounter, I want that story.




It is ironic that I feel sadness for my kids that my own father (their grandfather) died before they even had the chance to meet him. I always tell them how awesomely kind hearted Grandpa dobber was and that he would be especially proud of them (when they do something that is nice for somebody else).

[Benja]

Is this the thread for all non-cancerous sad things, or solely for _FAN's loss? If it's the latter, then mods feel free to mod this into a more appropriate thread.

My grandpa died this morning. It wasn't expected per se, but he hasn't left his place of assisted living in the past several months except for the last K-State football game he got to go to (he was honored as fan of the game) and for Christmas. Both were pretty big events in the sense that it took a lot of help to assist him, and we hired someone from Brewster Place to help him during the football game.

Grandparents' deaths are weird. Most of my sadness is for my mom. She was especially close to him since she was the only daughter of five kids, so she had a special relationship with him. She lost her mom the Thursday after Mother's Day as well (what are the odds?) a few years ago, so Mother's Day has been hard for her since then. This obviously won't help.

Sorry to hear that stevesie

[Stevesie60]

Funeral was yesterday. My grandpa was so EMAW. I heard a story that I hadn't heard about him in which the K-State football coach from sometime in the 70's came to what is now the Topeka Catbackers Club to talk about the upcoming season, etc. The only people in attendance that night were the coach and my grandpa.

The funeral ended by playing The Wildcat Fight Song on repeat.

[SEK_EMAW]

Your grandpa sounds awesome Stevesie.  Sorry for your family's loss.

[Tobias]

my grandpa died today.  he was a pow in ww2 for 36mo and a total stud

[mocat]

Tobias lo siento

[Tobias]

gracias amigo

[The Big Train]

my grandpa died today.  he was a pow in ww2 for 36mo and a total stud

#stud is obviously a very prominent gene in your fam