Dear friends, please pray for Shadow. She collapsed for a second time overnight on Thursday. At 2.30am Mum heard her moving and then coughing so was waiting to see if she settled again. Then Shadow keeled over again and Mum shot out of bed. Shadow was completely out of it for a short while and lost control of her bladder again. Yesterday morning Mum took her to the vet. We\u2019d already concluded this was nothing to do with her hips. The vet has said it is her heart. Her heart murmur has got quite a bit worse quickly. She is going to have to have a scan next week to find out what is going on and what can be done. However, the vet has warned Mum that it is possible that Shadow will keel over again and may not get as far as the scan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mum says she\u2019s going to find it very hard to sleep, listening for every movement from Shadow. There is nothing we can do differently for her in the meantime, except to hope and pray that she will get as far as her scan and the vets can find what more can be done to help her. We know she\u2019s old but she\u2019s such an important part of the family that we can\u2019t bear the thought of losing her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019re all having a duvet day today to catch up on some of the sleep we aren\u2019t getting at night. With going to the vet Mum didn\u2019t finish the fencing yesterday but the weather forecast doesn\u2019t look so good today so I don\u2019t think she\u2019s even going to try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shadow says she\u2019s trying not to think about it all and plans to continue as though nothing is wrong. She hasn\u2019t finished writing her Christmas cards for her children so she says she wants to get on with that if Mum will help her. She always has been a wonderfully stubborn dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wilma<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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