Very Sad Day

I can honestly say yesterday was the worst days since we have been married and possibly one of the worst days of my life. Our dog, Foxie, passed away at our house last night. We have been in and out of the vet for the last two weeks because she has been having seizures and strange, unexplainable pains. After tests, a spinal tap and more test, they finally thought yesterday she had epilesy since she had 5 seizures throughout the night on Tuesday. We left her at the vet all day yesterday and when I went to pick her up she had another seizure with all the doctors and nurses around. They kept her for another couple hours and started her on the anti-seizure medicine for us. They told us she would be out of it all night but that she would start to get better. After sleeping a couple hours at home she whined a bit and then stopped breathing and her heart stopped. We took her to the emergency vet but it was too late.

After talking with our regular vet today he can only assume that she had a brain tumor and it just took over her body in the last two weeks. It has been a very rough night and day for us. I got Foxie 5 years ago when she was just a few months old. She just turned 5 on September 2nd and has been such a good dog. We feel like we were robbed of so many years with her since she was still so young. Foxie was very intellegent, stubborn, kind of aggressive, but also was so loving. She loved to sleep in our bed, cuddle with Natalie when she was sick, play fetch with anyone and act like Natalie and I didn't exist when we would take her to mom & dad's (Troyer) house in LaOtto because she loved being with them.

Here is a glimpse of Foxie time with us.