I have not posted in a few months....my family and I lost Vinnie on 6-17-05. It was very hard on myself, my husband and son. It has taken me awhile to actually put this into words, I belong to another forum and have not been able to post there either, until tonight. I wanted to try to tell his story and at the same time to express how much he was loved.
While at the breeder Vinnie had been altered and recieved 2 vaccines. They were both intranasal vaccines that were used at about 8.5 and 12 weeks. I brought Vinnie in for his last vaccine and all seemed well. Four days later be began to vomit stomach bile. I contacted my vet and she thought it was stomach upset and we medicated him to help him with his stomach upset. The next day he was not better. There was more stomach bile and he was very lethargic and laying in places he did not normally sleep (under the table). I brought Vinnie into the Emergency Vet Clinic and they started running test after test. His body temp was normal, but his glucose level was so low, he had severe hypoglycemia. They did everything to save him, but my dear Vinnie passed early the next morning.
They had no idea at that point what took Vinnie from us and we were scared for both Monte and Caesar, so we had a necropsy performed. In the end we found out it was panleukopenia. Although he had been vaccinated against panleukopenia at 12 weekd old, they are guessing that because it was an intranasal, that he had to have sneezed some of it out. Vinnie had to have picked the virus up at my vets office, either by another animal or even by a person that may have handled a animal with panleukopenia at some point. We were blessed that Monte and Caesar did not catch panleukopenia, or we could have lost them too.
We had Vinnie cremated and he is here with us at home, where he belongs. I could never have imagined the sorrow that that my family and I felt, loosing Vinnie. It took a long time to get to the point where I could smile when I thought about him, instead of crying. I have spent hour after hour reading other post from this group and searching the web reading posts from pet loss sites. I know he is at the bridge waiting for us, but boy I still miss that little guy....he was only 5 months old. My son who is 10 years old, took it a lot better than my husband and I did. My husband and I found it hard to function for quite some time. I cherish every moment we had with Vinnie, he was my Little Vinnie, my little Vinnie Vin Bin. His short time here with us will stay with us forever. After he had passed, I whispered in his ear...wait for me at the bridge. I love you Vinnie and will miss you until we meet again.
While at the breeder Vinnie had been altered and recieved 2 vaccines. They were both intranasal vaccines that were used at about 8.5 and 12 weeks. I brought Vinnie in for his last vaccine and all seemed well. Four days later be began to vomit stomach bile. I contacted my vet and she thought it was stomach upset and we medicated him to help him with his stomach upset. The next day he was not better. There was more stomach bile and he was very lethargic and laying in places he did not normally sleep (under the table). I brought Vinnie into the Emergency Vet Clinic and they started running test after test. His body temp was normal, but his glucose level was so low, he had severe hypoglycemia. They did everything to save him, but my dear Vinnie passed early the next morning.
They had no idea at that point what took Vinnie from us and we were scared for both Monte and Caesar, so we had a necropsy performed. In the end we found out it was panleukopenia. Although he had been vaccinated against panleukopenia at 12 weekd old, they are guessing that because it was an intranasal, that he had to have sneezed some of it out. Vinnie had to have picked the virus up at my vets office, either by another animal or even by a person that may have handled a animal with panleukopenia at some point. We were blessed that Monte and Caesar did not catch panleukopenia, or we could have lost them too.
We had Vinnie cremated and he is here with us at home, where he belongs. I could never have imagined the sorrow that that my family and I felt, loosing Vinnie. It took a long time to get to the point where I could smile when I thought about him, instead of crying. I have spent hour after hour reading other post from this group and searching the web reading posts from pet loss sites. I know he is at the bridge waiting for us, but boy I still miss that little guy....he was only 5 months old. My son who is 10 years old, took it a lot better than my husband and I did. My husband and I found it hard to function for quite some time. I cherish every moment we had with Vinnie, he was my Little Vinnie, my little Vinnie Vin Bin. His short time here with us will stay with us forever. After he had passed, I whispered in his ear...wait for me at the bridge. I love you Vinnie and will miss you until we meet again.
