It is with an incredibly BROKEN HEART that I must inform everyone that Lilly passed away last evening. I am beyond devastated. Many of my rescue people may remember Lilly from September 2007. There was a desperate call for help to save this precious angel from the Clayton County Animal Services. She was picked up by the lovely (April Landrum Johns) hours before she was to be gassed...yes for those of you that are not aware, they continue to gas and shoot dogs and cats in shelters around the South.
April bathed and took really excellent care of Lilly for a couple of days until transport arrived. THANK YOU APRIL!
We received our bundle of joy on September 13, 2007, along with another sweet girl named Lulu, she came from Athens, also slated to be gassed. I was so happy and her foster daddy Derek knew from the moment he met her that he was going to keep her. She was such a joy to have around, she always had us laughing. Lilly was only a little over a year old, and still had soooo much puppy in her. She thrived for four months....then came the spay.
Lilly was taken to be spayed on January 2, 2008. I received a call from the Vet saying that they were unable to continue with the spay, Lilly's blood pressure had bottomed out. I immediately took her to get blood work. The next day we received the results, she had elevated liver enzymes. She began walking as though she were a drunken sailor, more so than usual, you see Lilly had major bone deformities, a bit of a club foot, so she always walked a bit funny. This progressed over a couple of weeks until she went completely down, absolutely zero use of her legs.
After 2 specialists and an MRI, we found out Lilly had a BRAIN CYST. This cyst was huge and was causing pressure which made her unable to use her limbs. She had to have the cyst drained, IMMEDIATELY! Dr. Anne Chauvet, a brilliant Neuro Surgeon performed brain surgery on Lilly, January 28th...her prognosis was (GUARDED AT BEST) needless to say we were a complete mess waiting to hear the results of the surgery. The phone rang and all I heard is.."She made it through the surgery"! We were elated.
I thought our girl was going to pull through. She came home a few days later and things started out fine. She was eating and drinking, still unable to use her legs, but of course she had just had the surgery so we naturally thought it would take time. She started losing interest in food and water...BIG PROBLEM! I took her back to Dr. Chauvet, where they put her on IV fluids; after she was hydrated she still had no interest in food. After a couple of days they put a feeding tube through her nose. I think she just lost her will. I came to see her everyday assuring her that I was there for her and loved her dearly.."Please fight “I told her.
It looked really good for a bit...then her temperature dropped to 94 degrees. They had a warmer on her the last time I saw her. I told her to hang in there and how much I loved her. She passed away last night. I received the call at 8:00 A.M. When the phone rang....l knew she was gone. You will forever be in my heart my sweet Lilly... you touched so many peoples lives...I can be at peace just knowing that the last 5 months of her life...were indeed THE BEST!!! With lots of love thrown her way!
I have experienced a lot of loss these last couple of months. But I have to say I would not trade in the time I had with each one of these special fur babies for anything in the world. I truly enjoyed my time with Lincoln, Greta, and of course Lilly... they would have been dead long ago, had I not come into their lives.
I LOVE AND MISS YOU!
FLY HIGH BABIES....
Mommy
