Lani
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Today marks three weeks since Lucky left us. It's been a rough few weeks and Sparky and I are slowly settling into our new life without Lucky.
I finally sorted through the early photos of Lucky and those from the last couple of years to put together a little tribute video to Lucky who died so suddenly and unexpectedly three week ago.
As some of you know, Lucky had two common but painful Cavalier conditions - PSOM and Chiari malformation. Even with thos conditions, Lucky did okay until this year, although he has always been a quiet and reserved Cavalier, not one to play with toys or other dogs. I never knew why and none of his symptoms ever seemed obvious enough to warrant an MRI, but in retrospect I suspect his less social behavior was possibly because of the pain - he always preferred to find a quiet spot if we were visiting other dogs and take would lay down and it all in.
This year a sudden onset of dry-eye led me down the path of seeing a neurologist, dermatologist and ophthalmologist to and we finally got a definite diagnosis of CM and PSOM. A myringotomy in late February helped make him comfortable and give him a good quality of life for around 8 months. He did well until the last few weeks when it seemed his PSOM had started to come back. We'd just been back to the dermatologist to look into this and then several days later Lucky's heart gave out - he wasn't even in CHF, but apparently had a catastrophic incident. He had the most loving, soulful eyes and a beautiful spirit. He's deeply missed.
Anyway, here's a little slideshow tribute I put together to remember my sweet boy.
My advice for multiple dog owners, make sure you get lots of pictures of your individual dogs. I have so many photos of Lucky and Sparky together but searching for individual shots that I loved took a while.
Sparky is perhaps a bit more needy and definitely more cuddly than before, but overall seems to be coping as well as could be expected.
I finally sorted through the early photos of Lucky and those from the last couple of years to put together a little tribute video to Lucky who died so suddenly and unexpectedly three week ago.
As some of you know, Lucky had two common but painful Cavalier conditions - PSOM and Chiari malformation. Even with thos conditions, Lucky did okay until this year, although he has always been a quiet and reserved Cavalier, not one to play with toys or other dogs. I never knew why and none of his symptoms ever seemed obvious enough to warrant an MRI, but in retrospect I suspect his less social behavior was possibly because of the pain - he always preferred to find a quiet spot if we were visiting other dogs and take would lay down and it all in.
This year a sudden onset of dry-eye led me down the path of seeing a neurologist, dermatologist and ophthalmologist to and we finally got a definite diagnosis of CM and PSOM. A myringotomy in late February helped make him comfortable and give him a good quality of life for around 8 months. He did well until the last few weeks when it seemed his PSOM had started to come back. We'd just been back to the dermatologist to look into this and then several days later Lucky's heart gave out - he wasn't even in CHF, but apparently had a catastrophic incident. He had the most loving, soulful eyes and a beautiful spirit. He's deeply missed.
Anyway, here's a little slideshow tribute I put together to remember my sweet boy.
My advice for multiple dog owners, make sure you get lots of pictures of your individual dogs. I have so many photos of Lucky and Sparky together but searching for individual shots that I loved took a while.
Sparky is perhaps a bit more needy and definitely more cuddly than before, but overall seems to be coping as well as could be expected.
