Just wanted to thank everyone who has sent me such lovely kind messages about Woofie, they mean a lot.
We are still in shock and can't believe he has gone.
He had a bit of a funny turn on the way to bed on Sunday night, OH thought he may have had a small fit but he came round very quickly and seemed to be ok. He was fine the next morning but we thought we would take him to the vets to make sure everything was ok.
The Vet found a heart murmur we didn't know about but she was more concerned about his gums as they were very pale. She thought it may have been lack of oxygen to the brain or heart problems. She suggested taking some bloods while we waited and we agreed.
Whilst we were sat in the waiting room she came out to say that she would like the senior Vet to seem Woofie to feel his tummy as she had stuck a needle in him and withdrawn some free blood.
We waited for 20 minutes for Jason to become free and then she called us in to discuss his blood results and options.
His blood count was very very low and they suggested he may have a tumour that had ruptured and he was bleeding internally. She said they would do x-rays and look to see if they could see any problems with the lungs or tumours, then if that was clear (if it wasn't she said they would have to consider putting him to sleep) they would do an exploratory operation and try and fix the problem but also warned if it was bad then they would suggest putting him to sleep and not waking him up.
We had five minutes to say goodbye to our beloved Woofie dog and give him cuddles and kisses and told him that we loved him and went home to wait.
We had a call half an hour later to say the x-rays were inconclusive and they were going to operate. Another half an hour later Jason rang to say that Woofie had got multiple tumours, on his spleen, liver and intestestine and had stopped at that point. He suggested that the kindest thing to do was to let Woofie go peacefully as it was inoperable and couldn't be treated by chemotherapy as the cancer was so diffuse. We had to make the hardest decision for Woofie and told Jason to let him go.
Paul, Maddie and I went down to see Woofie half an hour later and say our final good byes. Jason was incredibly supportive and told us how he had grown to love Woofie over the years but to take comfort in the fact that we had made the kindest decision for him.
I can't explain how heartbroken I am and how I am struggling to come to terms with Woofie not being here anymore, I wasn't expecting to come home from the Vets without him.
We received a lovely card from the Vets today with some lovely personal words that Jason had wrote, along with some forget me not seeds for us to plant.
We had to go back to the vets today with the insurance forms and decide what urn we wanted to use. I got as far as the front door and had to turn round and let Paul go in as I couldn't face it.
I can't thank people enough for the lovely lovely words about Woofie, on here and on Facebook, family and friends have been so supportive.
Thank you xxx
PS Sorry not sure if I have posted in the right place
