Guest loreha Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 I really wished I would have found this site sooner! I had a greyhound that we adopted about 5 1/2 years ago. She was 5 and just came from the track.. She was a beautiful black with a little white puppy dog... She had no health problems and was always full of piss and viniger!!! On Sat. Sept. 6 she was outside playing with our chihuahua mix and I heard a horrible scream come from her. I ran outside to find her holding her left front leg up and crying.. I got her inside and tried to get a hold of the vet. But from being in a rural area there is no oncall emergency vets here. We kept her as comfortable as we could by giving her asprin. Early the next morning we loaded her up and drove 3 hours from here to Ithaca N.Y. to Cornell Animal Hospital.. They admitted her cause she broke her humorus. She inderwent surgery on the following tuesday to have it plated and pinned then on Thurs. she tried to stand on her own and fell and dislocated her right hip. They did surgery to put it back and whatever to hold it there. after 11 long days of being away from home she was alowed to come home. She needed to be walked by a sling and leash. She was improving nicely. Well Tues of this week came around and she wouldn't get up with help, she wouldn't eat of drink. She wouldn't put any weight on either bad leg. I called the hospital and they said to bring her right up. So off we went. After their exam they said that she had dislocated her hip once again and by that she had reinjured her front leg but they wouldn't know the extent of it till they did xrays. They wanted to admit her and due further surgery on her hip in the morning. My Husband and I discussed this on our way up there that if this was the case that we would not put her through this torture again.. She will not heal with only 2 good legs... We had her put down about 7:30 Tuesday September 23, 2003. We are also having her creamated. It was the hardest thing we had ever had to do, but I am at peace with the decision we made and new it was for the best.. She is no longer hurt and suffering.. She is running free. My heart has been broken.... Greyhounds are a wonderful animal. Mine was so full of love and always wanting to please you any way possible.. She will always be in my heart... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grey14me Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 Oh, I'm so sorry...run free, Missy She sounds like she was very much loved, I'm sorry for your loss. Quote Michelle...forever missing her girls, Holly 5/22/99-9/13/10 and Bailey 8/1/93-7/11/05 Religion is the smile on a dog...Edie Brickell Wag more, bark less :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest loreha Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 Here is a pic of her.. Such a beautiful dog.. Her racing name was "Ace Of Spades" March 3, 1993 - September 23, 2003 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Teresa Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 I'm so sorry for your loss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicocat Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 I'm so sorry for your loss. Godspeed Missy.Run pain free at the bridge with all our precious ones who have gone before you. Quote Ann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilysmom Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 What a beauty!!! I'm so very sorry for your loss, I think you made the right decision, even though it was a difficult one. Missy is now pain free and running and playing with all the other bridgekids. Sending healing prayers to help your broken hearts. Hugs, Karen Quote Praying for all the missing greys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleosMom Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 I am so sorry for your loss. How very brave & courageous of you to make that choice for your loved one. Quote Jennifer Cleo (Golddust Cadilac 83484 Blazing Desire X Greys Blu Fox) Cole (Hallo Jeremy 88778 My Rooster X Bahama Tango) Athena (R and a Peach 93839 Coldwater Guv X R and a Lady) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KaseysMom Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 My deepest sympathies. Hugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricia Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 My deepest sympathy...I am so sorry. Quote Patti-Mommy of Lady Sophia 7-28-92 - 8-3-04... LaceyLaine 8-2-94-12-5-07... Flash Gordon 7-14-99 - 8-29-09... BrookLynne...Pavé Maria... and 18 Bridge Kids. WATCHING OVER US~SOPHIA~QUEENIE~LACEY LAINE~ CODY ANGELO~FLASH GORDON. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mleg2001 Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 Such a beautiful girl, I'm so sorry, my deepest smypathies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Greyhound Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 What a beautiful girl. We are sad with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forevermybabies Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 (edited) I'm so sorry. She was a lovely girl. Here's a sonnet that I found when my first GH, Joe, died. I hope it brings you some comfort: Mindful of you the sodden earth in spring, And all the flowers that in the springtime grow, And dusty roads, and thistles, and the slow Rising of the round moon, all throats that sing The summer through, and each departing wing, And all the nests that the bared branches show, And all winds that in any weather blow, And all the storms that the four seasons bring. You go no more on exultant feet Up paths that only mist and morning knew, Or watch the wind, or listen to the beat Of a bird's wings too high in air to view,-- But you were something more than young and sweet And fair,--and the long year remembers you. --Edna St. Vincent Millay Edited September 27, 2003 by joesgreypoupon Quote Tami, Nikki & Gypsy (non-greyhounds, but still pretty good dogs.) Deeply missing Sunscreen Man, Angel (Back on the Job), Switzler Festus and Joe (Indio Starr) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maddysmom Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 My deepest sympathy-she was a beautiful girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest culture12 Posted September 28, 2003 Share Posted September 28, 2003 (edited) I'm very sory about your loss :-( Edited September 28, 2003 by culture12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShanakilMagic Posted September 28, 2003 Share Posted September 28, 2003 I'm sorry. Good bye little black girl. Quote Clare and Dylan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Tory Posted September 28, 2003 Share Posted September 28, 2003 I am so very sorry Run Free sweetheart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batmom Posted September 28, 2003 Share Posted September 28, 2003 Goodbye, beautiful Missy. As you're playing and running like the wind in the land over the bridge, remember how much your family loved you. They will miss you forever, sweet girl. Quote Star aka Starz Ovation (Ronco x Oneco Maggie*, litter #48538), Coco aka Low Key (Kiowa Mon Manny x Party Hardy, litter # 59881), and mom in IllinoisWe miss Reko Batman (Trouper Zeke x Marque Louisiana), 11/15/95-6/29/06, Rocco the thistledown whippet, 04/29/93-10/14/08, Reko Zema (Mo Kick x Reko Princess), 8/16/98-4/18/10, the most beautiful girl in the whole USA, my good egg Joseph aka Won by a Nose (Oneco Cufflink x Buy Back), 09/22/2003-03/01/2013, and our gentle sweet Gidget (Digitizer, Dodgem by Design x Sobe Mulberry), 1/29/2006-11/22/2014, gone much too soon. Never forgetting CJC's Buckshot, 1/2/07-10/25/10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorganAndGreys Posted September 28, 2003 Share Posted September 28, 2003 I'm so very sorry for your loss. She was a much loved little girl. Run free sweetheart, in the arms of the angels. Quote We need to act responsibly toward the plants and animals with whom we share the world, who have no voice, but whose presence make our world a blessed place. "We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words." Anna Sewell "Black Beauty" 1877 Bobbi, Rick, Reddy, Jenny, and Kat ...Bethel, CT. Falcon, Romeo, Addie, Shiloh, Frosty, Stormy and Sunshine waiting at the Rainbow Bridge Greyhound Rescue and Rehabilitation..Cross River, NY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BleusysMom Posted September 28, 2003 Share Posted September 28, 2003 Run free and know that you are LOVED, Sweet Missy....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastgals Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 I am so sorry. Run free sweet Missy. Hugs from all of us, Jane and the mob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jodyksam Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 I'm so sorry. Hugs to your family. Quote Mom to Daisy (1999-2012), LB (aka Little Bit), and Sammy James (aka Sammy or Buddy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GHLady Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 I'm so sorry to hear that you lost your beautiful girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeaniesMom Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 I'm so sorry , good bye sweet Missy . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shirley Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 I am so sorry for your loss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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