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Katie
Joe...passed on to doggy heaven 10/7/2004 My name is Amber
Moore, I have shopped at your store a couple of times and bought my little
one some dresses and things. I read your story about your dog that was so
close to you that had passed away. It really touched me and until now I
really didn't know how you felt. But now I do ... I lost my little one
last night. She was a teacup Chihuahua named Katie Joe, the sweetest
little thing ever. She was my baby! I was so attached to her it was
unbelievable... she went with me everywhere that she could go. She was so
spoiled. Well it all began Wednesday night, she was ok Wednesday afternoon
and Wednesday night she slept with my mom and my mom said that she had
thrown up a little bit that she just probably had a stomach ache. Thursday
was worse....she wasn't acting her old hyper self. She hid and wouldn't
come out...I was so worried but I figured she would be ok. Later that day
I found blood all over my bedroom which came from Katie. I started to
panic so I rushed her to the vet's. He did some testing and said she
either had some kind of real bad stomach virus, or Parvo. But she was a
year old so I thought that couldn't be it. The vet figured she had gotten
into something that mad her have a lot of bacteria in her stomach. He gave
her a shot and told me to take her home and put her in a dog carrier with
a heat lamp because her temp. was down to 96 when it was supposed to be
101. He also told me not to feed her or let her drink water. I thought
this was kind of weird but I figured he knew what he was talking about. He
made an appointment for me to come in the next day so he could check up on
her to see if she had gotten any better or if he would have to put her on
IV's. Well I took little Katie home and I was crying because it was like
it wasn't even my Katie. The shot made her really sleepy so I put her in
the cage and she went to sleep. Later that night before I went to bed, I
got her out and took her outside to see if she had to use the bathroom.
Katie just sat there with her tail tucked down and her ears down, it was
horrible and heart breaking to see her this way. I put her back in the
cage and gave her a few kisses and went to bed. This morning was the
worst. My mom told me that Katie didn't make it through that she had died.
My heart dropped and I just didn't know what to do. All morning I just
laid in my bed just waiting to hear her coming down the hall and run and
jump on my bed and give me kisses! It didn't happen....I feel like I lost
a part of me. Even though I had only had her for a year it seemed like
forever and I had became so attached to that little dog it was
unbelievable. I just want my little Katie Joe back. I feel like its my
fault....even though its not I feel like I could have done something
different to help my baby. But she's in a better place now, and I would
rather her be there than here suffering and be in pain. I just thought I
would write to you and tell you my story since you told everyone about
your touching story. Now I can really say how you feel. Thank you so much
for taking time to read my story. Hopefully here pretty soon I will be
shopping at your store again for a new little one, but no puppy can ever
take my little Katie's place. |