For the love of Sydney

For the love of Sydney

     So you think it's not important to get your female dog spayed?  I thought this too, until one week ago on 3/12/14 at 11:00 a.m.  when, we had to make the heartbreaking choice to put down our Pit Bull, Sydney.  She suddenly came down with the Pyometra.  Even worse, our vet misdiagnosed  her with having a blockage.  This is a 11 page story on her day to day suffering and symptoms.  It's my hope that our beautiful, Sydney didn't die in vain, if only one animal could live because of her story.  I had to learn this lesson the hard way, you don't have to, please read so you too can know the symptoms.  So at this moment my heart is broken with both pain and anger.  This evil which took our girl came so suddenly without warning.  Well, the warning signs were there but we didn't know the signs and by the time we figured out what she had, it was to late.  I have never heard of Pyometra,  nor had I ever been warned of this by my vet of 5 years.  Not knowing or understanding this evil disease,  killed our girl.

     I have heard the saying, if you don't get your dog fixed they take the risk of getting Cancer.  Never had I heard, if you don't get your dog fixed they are in risk of getting, Pyometra.  This just blew me away!  First of all, what the hell was Pyometra anyways?  Why is it that I've never heard of Pyometra?  The one that really gets under my skin is why hadn't I ever been informed of this by my vet?  The killer was that the warning signs were there and even the vet misdiagnosed her.  

     So here you go, The word Pyometra means a uterine infection, commonly known as a disease of the unaltered female dog.   It's a secondary infection that occurs as a result of hormonal changes in the female's reproductive tract ("heat").   Considered to be a very serious and life threatening condition that must be treated quickly and aggressively.  Here are few of the symptoms, fever, lethargy, anorexia, depression, bloodshot eyes, panting and drinking a lot of water.   So, I learned a new word and now I'm passing this information on to you, because I know in my heart telling Sydney's story may just save the life of another.  To continue to page 2, please look to the right side of this page and you should find pages 2-11.  Also look for Sydney's Face Book page (Pyometra in dogs)
   

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