I the summer of 2011 Bob suddenly became ill. He couldn't get up the stairs at my daughter's flat and had difficulty breathing. I knew he had a heart murmur, the vet had detected it when we first got him.
Anyway, the vet decided to put him on some heart medication and he was fine up until Christmas 2012. On Christmas night he couldn't get up the stairs again. It just came out of the blue. No warning, no gradual decline or anything. He just couldn't get up the step after a walk.
So I took him to the vet the next day and it turned out he had an ulcer on his eye. It probably was caused by him scratching it on something or with his paw. Anyway, then we embarked on the treatment for his eye and after some problems with wrong medication and more heart trouble it seems that Bob is on borrowed time.
I can't describe how I feel. He's my friend, companion and confident, though I often comment that he doesn't really like to express an opinion. I can't imagine what life will be like without Bob.
He did come good for a few months but just yesterday his breathing became very laboured and he has no energy. I'm carrying him out for his walk, which is I walk he gets carried.
We are off to a new vet tomorrow to get a second opinion so well see how that goes.
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