RIP Bruizer...

We had to put Bruizer down on April 3, 2010. We brought him into the vet for not being able to go to the bathroom and lack of appetite. The first visit they said nothing seemed to be wrong and gave him some tummy meds and sent him home. The next day we took him back in because he was lethargic and didn't have interests in anything. The vet did some xrays and found his intestines and bowels full of gas. They treated him for that and it started to get better. He still wasn't able to go to the bathroom, but he was eating small amounts of wet dog food. He had exploratory surgery and was put on several medications, but all the tests came back negative. He spent 4 nights at the vet and on the last night the vet told us he was able to come home, but he wanted to draw blood one last time. He drew his blood and told us his red blood cell count was dangerously low and he needed to stay another night. By the next morning his count was still down and continuing to drop. The vet said he would either need to be put to sleep or need a blood transfusion, but even with the transfusion it only would buy him a little more time and there was nothing they could do to guarentee he would survive because they couldn't find the cause for his problems. We opted to stop his suffering and put him down. It was the hardest thing we have ever had to do. He was in our family for 6 years. Just like one of our kids. He went everywhere with us. He even came on our vacation to Colorado with us!! He will be missed for sure.