Last night my mom came home to find our dog, Abby, collapsed on the hallway floor. She had lost almost all motor function in her hind end. We tried to get her up and moving again, but the poor thing could barely take a step. We put a sling around her belly to help support her hind end, but it was still obvious that she had lost any ability to move her back legs and no amount of assistance was going to change that.
So Mom laid Abby down in her bed in the kitchen and cooked her up some chicken for dinner. The only thing I saw her move again for was the chicken. Otherwise she just lay there breathing heavily, looking everywhere, but lying perfectly still otherwise.
Abby has been getting weaker and weaker for a while now, (collapsing on the driveway, struggling to climb the stairs) but this was first time Mom started seriously considering putting her down. If she doesn't show any improvement today then she will sleep. I hope that in her dreams she is free. She's always been too timid to be truly free.
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Adendum 9/26/05
Abby isn't getting any better. I'll be leaving work early to be there for my Mom when the vet comes to put Abby down.
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