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Lynn, I am so sorry, my deepest sympathy to you and your family. How sad to have to go through letting go of Walter, his picture in the water is just beautiful. You will be in my prayers, he is running w/Wardy now, pain free.

Hi, I just tried to send you a PM and it gave me a message that you cannot receive them. I am soo sorry you and Bailey are travelling this horrible journey, I noticed that Aerosmom told you to PM me, my dog Sara was diagnosed w/GME a year ago, she is living proof that miracles do happen, she had several areas of her brain, cerebellum and spinal loaded w/imflammation, Cytarbine, a chemo drug saved her, the prednisone was not working alone. I am saying many prayers for her and you. Plase feel free to PM me or email to robertaac@comcast.net Roberta For nausea, she was on carafate and pepcid

What a beautiful tribute, my prayers for all who loved Buddy, yes there has to be a beach at the Rainbow Bridge!

Thank You for the beautiful tribute, although I never met Otis, I could see how much he was loved and James Taylor music made it even more moving to me. Otis is smiling down on you for sure, my prayers for those who he left behind.

Hi, Just wanted to add my prayers for Bruce and my experience w/GME. Last year in March, my Sara was diagnosed w/GME, she came close to dying from it, she was diagnosed at Mass Vet Referral Hospital by the neurologist(Dr Silver) who did a spinal and MRI on her the same day I brought her in. She had multifocal GME, several areas of the brain had inflammation as well as her spinal column. She was treated aggressively w/prednisone, antibiotics, phenabarbitol, she had seizures from the inflammation, she could not walk, had severe truncal sway, pepcid for her stomach. After 4 days on these meds, she got worse, and the doctor pushed a chemo drug, CYTARABINE, through her IV. This drug saved her life, the prednisone alone could not kill the high white count she had. She was able to come home 2 days later and walked out of that hospital, it was truely amazing, a miraculous recovery. She was put on an aggressive treatment pan that included chemo shots, pred., phenabarb, pepcid and it was for 10 months, originally it was for a year, she was tapered off all of it in December. She walks, runs , plays and has been doing great. I wanted to offer her story for hope, that Bruce can put his horrible disease in remission. Sara was almost 6 when she got sick, she will be 7 on June 30. Please feel free to PM me if you need to talk about this, GME is not common in Greys, there are a few of us on GT who have experienced it.

So sorry for your loss, she is at peace now w/all the other angel greys

Hi from NH, Welcome, this is the best site for a greyhound lover!!! Sounds like Nellie is enjoying retirement, love the picture of her on her couch!!

Sending healing thoughts for Poptart and for her mom, this must be so traumatic.

Yeah Merlin, glad that he made it through w/flying colors!!!

More prayers for Shanti, I know what it's like to go through giving loads of meds, it's so hard!!!

My heart breaks for you, I am so sorry, so much loss, they say that "God does not give us more than we can handle", I pray that in time the pain will be less and a new door will open! Snickers and Cricket are pain free now and will watch over you.

Sending my prayers for Gus, it is soo hard not knowing.

OMG, I am soo happy to hear that it is a stroke and not GME, I read your beginning thread and got a knot in my stomach, my Sara has just gone through 10 months of chemo and prednisone for GME, the symptoms are so similar it is scary, she had an MRI, 2 spinals and almost a year of intense meds, I never gave up, it cost well over 7k total by the time we were through, she is worth every penny and then some for the love she gives in return. Welcome to GT and hope Jasmine recovers quickly!

Sending loads of prayers for Gibby

Congrats on the new baby, he is gorgeous, poor Spartacus has to share his mommy, I have a male that I adoped 1st, looks just like Spartacus and he has that same look many times when I am loving Sara, my girl. Have fun w/the 2, they will learn to like each other!!!

He is stunning, congrats!! I have hardwood in many rooms but have runners everywhere, My male likes to stretch and pull his claws back, lots of scratches in floors, my female is afraid of the floors but walks on the runners, good luck.

I'm so sorry to hear this, my heart goes out to you, I was wondering how Cricket was doing, the last thread I read was about the water therapy. My Sara was on the cytosar(cytarbine) treatments for 10 months and she has been done since December. You have done everything for Cricket, I'm sure it doesn't make it easier. My prayers are w/you.

Welcome from New Hampshire, I have a grey who may be related, his racing name was M's Mad Max, he raced in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire and he retired in 2004. Congratulations on the beginning of being owned by a greyhound!!!!

Praying for Carrier and your family.

Rascal is much better today, he is eating, drinking and chasing my other cat around the house, he wants to go out but mean mama won't let him, the antibiotics are working ! Thanks again for support and prayers! :

Just got back from the vets, he has a high temp, they are doing blood work but they think that it has all the signs of an abcess brewing somewhere, my husband is traveling this week, just called him and he informed me that Rascal was fighting with another cat a few days ago, can't see a puncture wound but my other kitty had similar symptoms and it was an abcess from a puncture wound. They hydrated him and sent me home w/antibiotics, he is sleeping again after giving him his meds and he ate a tiny bit, that is an improvement. I am waiting for results of blood work but I believe he will be o.k, the antibiotics should take affect after a few more doses. Thanks for the prayers and support it really helps!

I am soo sorry, my prayers offered to you and your family!

Just when I thought that maybe I would not have to be at the vet this month after having spent from March 07 - January 08 with my Sara getting treatments for her brain disease, now I have a sick kittie. Sara is great now but Rascal, my 8 month old kitten is not eating/drinking and was vomiting last night. I am praying that he is going to be o.k, his vet appt. is at 12:45, he has been sleeping on/off since last evening, I have moved him a few times, he wants to sleep on the doggie beds, Max (my male grey)barked at him this A.M., he knows something is wrong, he barked when Sara had seizures last year, please keep him in your prayers. He slept w/Sara last week, on her pillow, it was sooo cute, he is a grey wanna be.

I feel your pain w/this issue, my Sara has had chemo for 10 months now, different disease (GME encephalitis meningitis of brain) but still same problems, runny poop, she was om Pepcid, Prednsione,metronidizole, antibiotics at the beginning and Phenabarbitol and carifate, on top of Cytarabine(chemo). I have always fed bolied chicken or hambuger and rice mixed w/their California Natural Lamb and Rice kibble, just added canned science diet, she loves to eat everything but she has been a liquid poop dog throughout her disease and before, my vet tells me that she may have IBS like humans but she has been through so much medication he doesn't want to put her through the test to find out, she only poops 2 times a day so if frequency gets more I use the metronidizole. Her last treatment is next week, hoping poop problem resolves. Carrier will be in my prayers, you are doing so much for him w/ the food, he is bound to like someting!!

Thanks Winslow! A cold front blew in last night and the boy is chilly! Diane - I got the transfer factors and Brody likes it! Thank you so much! Sorry I haven't updated for a couple of days. My day job is cutting into my greyhound time! Baby Brody is doing really well. I took him to the vet last night to have his nails trimmed and let Dr. S check him out. The great news is that he has gained 6 lbs!!! The antibiotics are really kicking in and our boy is no longer green and crusty. There are still a few scabby places, but it's so much better than when we got him. I'll be giving him another bath tonight and hopefully more of the icky stuff will wash off. Carla - thank you so much for helping out GALT. I don't even want to think about how huge Wizard's vet bill is going to be. He had to have another surgery yesterday to remove a blood clot from the amputation site so I will hopefully be picking him up tomorrow. He hasn't been eating so I'm sure he will need to gain a few pounds in addition to healing up. I did get Cabot - the other broken leg boy - settled in a foster home on Tuesday. He is doing pretty good and his surgery went well. I'll try to get some updated pics in the next few days. Take care and hug your hounds! Kelly Brody is in my thoughts and prayers and I am soo glad that he is doing better and skin is healing, it takes a special person to do what you are doing! I believe in angels on earth and you are certainly here for the cause of these grey babies! Thank you for all that you do for them.