Alex and I lost our sweet Willow yesterday. We are absolutely devastated. The past two weeks have been so rough, with yesterday topping off such a sad streak of days. We rescued the little princess in April 2021 and she has been our biggest joy ever since. We found out she had congestive heart failed in November of last year. The vet gave her 3-12 months when he diagnosed her and put her on three different medications, and she lasted 9. She was almost 10, which is very old for a Shar Pei. She hadn’t really shown any signs of decline despite having such a bad heart. She still was her usual happy funny self! But yesterday when Alex went to take her outside in the morning, she collapsed and began screaming. We assume she had a massive heart attack. By the time she was done screaming, she was gone. Not breathing, no heartbeat, and her eyes were glazed over. I tried to give her CPR the best I could and after maybe 20 seconds she came back. We immediately rushed her to the vet where she coded on them, but then came back again (she was the most stubborn dog!) to let us say our goodbyes. We decided to put her down before she could suffer anymore pain. In her final moments, she crawled into my lap, wagged her tail, and gave Alex one last boop on his nose. She was Alex’s everything, so he is absolutely crushed. On top of it all, this all happened on his birthday of all days… We are so sad, especially since we leave for Italy on Sunday to go get married. But we are thankful this happened now and not when we were gone and couldn’t be with her in her final moments on this earth. If you could please keep us, especially Alex, in your prayers, that would mean so much to us. I had planned on filming a video yesterday for one last post until I got back from Italy and our honeymoon, but I just can’t get it done. I’m sorry guys. On top of being sad myself (and packing/getting ready to leave), I’m trying to comfort Alex which is not something I’m good at as an Autistic person, so I’m extra exhausted. Thanks so much for understanding 🩵
Olivia Hops
Alex and I lost our sweet Willow yesterday. We are absolutely devastated. The past two weeks have been so rough, with yesterday topping off such a sad streak of days. We rescued the little princess in April 2021 and she has been our biggest joy ever since. We found out she had congestive heart failed in November of last year. The vet gave her 3-12 months when he diagnosed her and put her on three different medications, and she lasted 9. She was almost 10, which is very old for a Shar Pei. She hadn’t really shown any signs of decline despite having such a bad heart. She still was her usual happy funny self! But yesterday when Alex went to take her outside in the morning, she collapsed and began screaming. We assume she had a massive heart attack. By the time she was done screaming, she was gone. Not breathing, no heartbeat, and her eyes were glazed over. I tried to give her CPR the best I could and after maybe 20 seconds she came back. We immediately rushed her to the vet where she coded on them, but then came back again (she was the most stubborn dog!) to let us say our goodbyes. We decided to put her down before she could suffer anymore pain. In her final moments, she crawled into my lap, wagged her tail, and gave Alex one last boop on his nose. She was Alex’s everything, so he is absolutely crushed. On top of it all, this all happened on his birthday of all days… We are so sad, especially since we leave for Italy on Sunday to go get married. But we are thankful this happened now and not when we were gone and couldn’t be with her in her final moments on this earth. If you could please keep us, especially Alex, in your prayers, that would mean so much to us. I had planned on filming a video yesterday for one last post until I got back from Italy and our honeymoon, but I just can’t get it done. I’m sorry guys. On top of being sad myself (and packing/getting ready to leave), I’m trying to comfort Alex which is not something I’m good at as an Autistic person, so I’m extra exhausted. Thanks so much for understanding 🩵
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