Herr Eisenheim quote 4/27/11
Lara4unow I am deeply sorry if I caused you more pain, but as I said there was no nice way of putting it and it had to be said.
What you wrote so far in this thread (including your recent lengthy reply ) is indicative of something like that, while I cannot be sure what lies behind all this confusion I am completely sure that your account of your dogs illness is contradictory and it doesn't make any sense from medical point of view, at least to me.
Thank you for the apology Herr Eisenheim. I guess I reacted to in your words that “I was making it up as I went”. They are not the words I would chose to use in an objective questioning of the accounting of events and test results as I have tried to present in a timeline fashion. I believe there is a nicer way of putting it but if that is you way you chose to then so be it. I respectfully disagree with your latest response, on all accounts. I would like to put all of this kind of quibbling behind that behind us and agree to disagree.
I would really like to know how my dogs got sick. As I said my account it does not make sense to many very objective thinkers, the Vets, the University Veterinary Toxicology professors and labs and of course me. We have shared the data and facts in this case. My account of all of our input into solving this does not seem contradictory to anyone but you. There are, however, many things that do not make sense. I have only reported what happened and what information was given to me. So, if you have any perspective please add your 2 cents. I gave you a factual time line and actual test results. What is contradictory in your professional opinion? My competent Vet cannot figure it out either. We would appreciate any professional perspective you could add, if you want too. I could give you more detail on the blood analysis and culture specific urinalysis for both dogs, if you want. I would really like to have something specific for us to “chew on” from you. We could then have a more objective dialog about it. If not, let’s leave it rest at this point.
My only other thought was that Roy got sick first and then gave it to Kenya. The other variable could be them eating Elk or Deer stool, which is definitely all around and I can’t always keep them from nabbing a bit of it, even if I have them on leash. Anyway, it has been a long 4 months for me and truly I am blessed and thrilled that my dogs are 200% better and may well be on the road to good health for the rest of their lives, however long that may be.
In celebration of their 12th birthday, which was this last Monday April 25th. I wrote this as a tribute and sent it to my friends:
Dear Friends,
Today is a great day in my life. My dogs are alive and we are celebrating their 12th birthday. One month ago they were both dying of heart failure due to complications of two sever bacterial/viral infections. They are 12-year-old large dogs of the breed known as Rhodesian Ridgeback, shown in the hound group at all shows in the World. The breed was first registered in AKC in 1951, the year was born.
I became their owner/co-owner when they were 8 weeks old. They have been my companions and I have been their family leader and caretaker. In reality, they have given to me purpose and worth and I have given to them a commitment and bond of a family with me as the leader and family boundaries of our existence together. This has kept us alive and thriving in a world filled, at the present time, with animal and human destruction, pain, death and suffering.
I made a commitment to them and have compromised my life to keep this commitment. Many people do not understand or chose not to do this. However, I assert it is my right to do so and always will be my right. I believe they have been a blessing to me and I may or may not ever own dogs and cats again. When they all go to the “Rainbow Bridge”, I will make the decision to be the caretaker and friend of more animals, if I chose to do so.
No one can walk in any human beings shoes nor do I recommend it. However, I do expect other humans on earth to at least try to picture and feel what it might be like to do so.
I will go on and outlive all the animals that I chose to care for and I will commit to this charge with responsibility and means to do it. It is my choice. At this time, there are many worldwide anomalies, which affect the hearts of those who can feel it with regard to the suffering of humans and animals. I have taken the position of empathy for us all but, alas; I have come to realize I have no personal power, by vote or by passive or aggressive action to change the power structure imprisoning us with fear; fear of death, fear of starvation and fear of no home to call their own free and safe.
So, what to do? I can only smile and say thank you to those beings that check me out at the grocery store or serve me in a restaurant. They are no better or worse than me but equals in their right to live a stress free, well fed and dignified life on earth.
Blessed be to all who realize their right to choose, which is their right of free will. I believe the power rests in the Universal Divine Cosmic Mind, who will always strive for balance. All power to knowledge because it protects us from the evil of the psychopaths who blindly push goodness from our eyes, ears and voice. Their weakness or Achilles heal, is their wishful thinking that they have it “all in the bag”, so to speak. So be it and let the scales of universal justice decide when we each die and possibly know or not what exists beyond the vale of the earth's boundaries.
Peace to all of my friends and to all on earth,
Laura
cat, great hunter and as home in the house as one animal could be.
