Unfortunately Petal’s condition deteriorated over the last few days after she stopped eating on Sunday. She saw the vets on Tuesday when she was looking quite weak, but Joanna was still positive that she could bounce back. Her diet became pureed dog meat and last night we felt quite positive too as she seemed quite bright and alert.
However, this morning she seemed weaker than Tuesday and she bought back up most of the liquid food syringed into her. She was due back to the vets this morning and during the examination, it became clear she also had a large tumour growing and her blood pressure was low. There wasn’t anymore that could be done for her then.
There have been several times during her treatment when we felt that she may have reached the end, but she kept bouncing back and dealing with the problems thrown at her. She took to the Petalmobile with no problems at all, once persented with frankfurters to chase. At the vets, she happily scooted around to say hello to other dogs and those waiting.
Joanna had been very encouraged by the way she took to her cart and believed that we could give her a reasonable life still – she’d been contacting people with experience of dealing with paralysed animals for advice and also looking at alternative therapies. She was clearly surprised by Petal’s condition today and disappointed that there wasn’t more that they could do.
While we’re obviously sad, we can be grateful for the fact that while Petal was poorly for some weeks, she remained bright and positive throughout, even when faced with having to learn to drive so late on in life.
