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We should be celebrating Zuzu's sixth birthday in October 2019. But for those who follow us, you know we lost her on June 30, 2019.
About two weeks prior to losing her, she got sick. One day she was her normal self. And just like that, the next day she was not. She was lethargic and had lost her appetite. She would still eat dinners that first week but not breakfast. And that was only if I hand fed her in bed. She would make it up to go out to potty once or twice a day but other than that, she would stay in bed.
Several visits to the veterinarian – her regular vets, the vets at CU, the emergency vets. We had a rather large team working together trying to figure things out. Tests all came back negative. She developed a fever. Her organs started to shut down. She just kept getting worse and nothing that was advised was working. The vets ran out of ideas to try.
We said goodbye to Zuzu at the ER in Castle Rock. She spent most of her last week of life at CU or the ER in Castle Rock. We had hoped to bring her home to say goodbye but were afraid she would not handle that drive home even. We told her how much we loved her and let her go with us right there holding her.
We miss her so much. She loved the fall. She loved it when the weather cooled off and her energy surged again. She loved going hiking in the mountains with us once the weather was cool enough.
She was a pistol sometimes. She was a bit of a mischief maker, though most of the time she was very well behaved and very calm. Until you saw that glint in her eye and knew something was about to go down!
She had a great sense of humor. She thought a lot of things were funny. Even if you didn't.
I wish she were still with us to help us raise little Zooka. She would have been a great big sister.
Don't get me wrong. She would have knocked him around a bit, I am sure.
She would have made sure he knew what the rules were. And she would have enforced them.
But she also would have loved playing with him. She loved to wrestle. So does he.
I am sad that Zooka won't ever get to know what a great big sister he was supposed to have.
But we walk up the hill and visit her gravesite (along with Romeo's) and talk to her every day.
She might physically be gone, but she's still with us. Her spirit was very strong and that spirit will be with us always.
Miss you, sweet girl. Rest in peace.
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Oh, my. I’m so sorry. We lost our Lab to diabetes earlier this year, just about six weeks after my mom had died. In many ways, the loss of our dog hit me harder than the loss of my mom. It was sudden, we thought she was doing better, etc, but she wasn’t. We have a new puppy and she’s a REAL handful but I still cry some days over our beloved Puma. RIP to your sweet doggo.
So sorry for the loss of your Puma (and your mom). Losses are hard enough – even harder to have two losses so close to together. We hope your new pup brings you some joy.