Jan. 28: I have been thinking a lot of my friends Heather and Michael and of their new puppy, Pippin these last few weeks. Heather and Michael got Pippin for Christmas as a gift from Heather’s father. After losing their son, Allan in September, Heather and Michael have had to find ways to make it through the last five months. Pippin was bringing some fun and puppy love into the mix. To my disbelief, Pippin came down with the Canine Parvovirus five days after he got home. Parvo is a sometimes deadly virus that can strike puppies before they are old enough to be vaccinated. After almost a week in veterinary ICU, Pippin came home. Since then, however, he has had complications including an auto-immune allergic reaction which affected his blood vessels, and last night Heather called to tell me that Pippin’s kidneys are failing. He has been at the emergency clinic where they are working hard to save him. But it is just so sad for a little puppy to be so sick and it is so unfair for Heather and Michael to have to navigate this after all that they have recently been through.
I wanted to post this because it has been very heavy on my mind and because I thought that it wouldn’t hurt to encourage others to send loving thoughts their way.
Althea, Bryan, Andrew, and Sylvia