This weekend was a sad and grieving time in the home of the Phillips. We lost our sweet dog Bayla. She had been sick for the past 2 months and we were doing everything that we could to help her to get better.
She was acting as if something was wrong with her neck. As soon as we saw that something was wrong we took her to a vet to get everything checked out. They did an exam and said that she could have a pinched nerve in her neck or back. They gave me steroid pills to give in the morning and night plus a pain killer for morning and night. She seems like she was feeling better after about a week and so the vet said to lower the dosage of steroids. We did that and about a week later she was feeling worse. There came a point where one night she started shaking, drooling, urinating, and losing muscle control. We took her to an ER vet. They did x-rays and said that nothing really looked wrong with her neck and back. Her disc seemed to look like they were losing fluid and her vertebrate may be rubbing together and causing the pain. They put her on a stronger pain killer and sent us home. She is on meds night and day and all she does is sleep and use the restroom. She is not acting like our dog anymore and it's killing us. We hate seeing her in such pain and were not sure what to do from there. So we gave her the pills when she would take them.
On Wednesday July 15th was probably the last time she really walked. She couldn't stand on her own and she would urinate all over herself. Josh and I were trying to do everything we could to help her... And this past Saturday she passed. When we woke up that morning she was breathing funny. Josh took her outside and laid her in the grass in the sun. Laying in the sun was her FAVORITE thing to do. We were checking on her about everything hour. I looked out the window and she had gotten up from where Josh had laid her. I let him know and about 30 mins later he went out to check on her and we believe that she had just passed when Josh checked on her.
This weekend was hard for the both of us but especially Josh. He had, had her for 9-10 years and she was always there for him. She is truly going to be missed!!! This morning was hard for me.. I usually let the dogs out in the morning before I go to work and it was hard knowing that she wasn't there.
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