My Daisy is very sick *RIP*

[aurora369]

I'm so sorry Cheryl... I don't know what to say.

I too have had some losses in the passing months. Over the summer I lost Wildfire and one of my fosters with in weeks of each other. I then lost two former fosters who had moved on to other foster homes, but still lived in my heart.

It's rough. You feel like you will never get over it, and that it will hurt for ever. You blame yourself and think that if you had seen some symptom sooner or just paid more attention, things would be different. But there's nothing that can be changed. You just have to have faith that you did your best.

Your bunnies love you and you love them. That is the best gift in the world, even if it is not as long as we would like. Take the time that you had and cherish it.

--Dawn

 

[cheryl]

You know,i came on the forum this morning to write a message,and without realizing i looked at the time and it said 11:10..just 5 mins later and my Daisy would be gone all over again...i quickly got outta here

 

[AngelnSnuffy]

You sounded more sane than I will sound when my Missy goes:cry1:...

You are stronger than you think Cheryl:hug:, you really are.

I appreciate all the things you've said here, and those pictures too, that had to be hard.:hug:

 

[cheryl]

aurora369 wrote:

It's rough. You feel like you will never get over it, and that it will hurt for ever. You blame yourself and think that if you had seen some symptom sooner or just paid more attention, things would be different. But there's nothing that can be changed. You just have to have faith that you did your best.



Dawn,i had been thinking non stop about why i hadn't noticed anything different about Daisy.

The leg that was affected,is the leg that has no hip joint,and after her op she never used that leg properly anyway,she couldn't hop on it like her normal leg,she kinda had it stuck out and just sorta balanced with it,the vet said that she will learn to use her leg ina different way,so this is why i didn't really notice anything different in her,she never limped or anything like that.Why didn't she give me some kind of a sign,that something was wrong,why,why,why!

 

[AngelnSnuffy]

Oh Cheryl

The only thing that I can offer here is that she didn't want you to notice it. As buns are prey animals, they do their absolute best to hide an illness or injury, for as long as they can.

She was telling you to not worry about her, perhaps...:?

 

[cheryl]

I just feel terrible for Daisy,if only she had let me know something sooner,it was only when she started dragging her foot,and i'm guessing the cancer had already taken it's toll on her foot by then...my poor..poor Daisy

 

[AngelnSnuffy]

:bigtears:Know I'm thinking of you, Cheryl and you, Daisy

We told ya we'd go through this with you and be here for you. And we are.:hug:









I have to go to bed now..

 

[Bo B Bunny]

Cheryl, many times cancer is so quick to develop when the symptoms do appear it's too late.

That's why they ask that women get mammograms yearly after 40 (when it becomes more of a threat) because we can't even sometimes FEEL it and then suddenly it's stage 4 cancer.

You didn't do anything wrong. Don't question yourself another moment.

 

[Gabby]

cheryl13 wrote:

I just feel terrible for Daisy,if only she had let me know something sooner,it was only when she started dragging her foot,and i'm guessing the cancer had already taken it's toll on her foot by then...my poor..poor Daisy

i share this just to let you know you may have never had time. we had an animal come in with sore lame leg, had xrays, couldn't find anything, came back 2 weeks later do do a biopsy on the leg and the cancer was very visable, and had spread through out the body, from a slight pain to 2 weeks later fully involved, this was a young animalas well.Iknow it is the most natural thing to blame yourself, but I tell you it is not your fault and you are not to blame. You gave her a wonderful loving home for the remainder of her life and that is what is important.

"To the world you might be one person but to oneanimal you might be the world"

any chance or change you do for the better in the interest of someone else be they furred, scally , feathered or human, makes you a better person. We are only human, not gods we can only do so much. Please do not beat yourself up. with kind thoughts--Gabby

 

[birdlover]

Cheryl,
I'm brand new to bunnies and this website. I read your whole ordeal and it tore me up inside. Now I'm seeing how one of these darling little creatures can touch your life so. Apparently, you've lost not one, not two, but THREE buns in just a short period of time! My heart goes out to you but I have to agree with others here...you gave Daisy a wonderful life and she knew you loved her so. She's on the other side of the rainbow bridge now with a lot of other bunnies and she's HOPPING AROUND again!! I find the best therapy is to love on the ones I have left. I hope you feel better soon! ((((Cheryl))))

Ellen

 

[maherwoman]

Oh Cheryl...I know just what you mean...Peg and I both go over the "what more could we have done" scenerio...but both in your situation and ours, there was just nothing more that could have been done. Daisy's leg could have gone unnoticed so much longer...Drew passed within MINUTES of Peg noticing she wouldn't make it through the night (when before that, she's been just FINE...no noticable signs of illness).

I know with you, like I do with Peg, and I do with myself...we do anything we possibly can for our babies. And as far as keeping her with yourself for a few more days...there's ABSOLUTELY nothing wrong with that. I'm absolutely CERTAIN Daisy understood...she's seen what you've been through...and probably was hoping you wouldn't even notice her leg, because I'm sure she knew how hard all this would be for you.

I'm still here for you...:hug:...and always will be.

Love always,

Rosie*

 

[cheryl]

Thanks guys,thankyou so,so much,just thankyou again for putting up with me through all this.

I still feel so terribly sad and i'm at such a loss with Daisy's death..i cannot stop thinking about that awful day,as i was driving her to the vet,tears streaming down my face..going through that with Daisy was torture,i couldn't do nothing but think about Daisy and what i was going to do,i got very, very,very desperate...i knew i was going to lose her and there was absolutely nothing i could do for her,but i tried

My heart feels very heavy with a lot of pain at the moment,it still hasn't recovered from being broken,it feels like it is just continually breaking into tiny little pieces over and over again.



Oh Daisy..what do i do now?!


Another of one ofmy last pictures of Daisy

I held onto her so tight that morning,i just didn't want to let hergo

Cheryl

 

[Leaf]

((hugs))

 

[AngelnSnuffy]

:sad: :hug:

 

[cheryl]

When Daisy had her hip joint removed back in August 04,she was never able to binky after that because of having no joint,just muscle.I had never heard of doing such a procedure on an animal before,but the vet said to me that it has been done in cats and dogs with great success,but she had never dealt with doing the procedure on a bunny before,and then she had to get a specialist to come in to do the op for Daisy,Daisy didn't do to well while she was under,but she managed to pull through and she showed us all just how strong she really was.

Daisy had this big scar that went along her hip,i wish i had taken some pictures,she looked so pitiful when i brought her home,but at least i didn't have to keep her in a small cage,the more exercise she got,the better it was for her leg to start working again,but she wasn't allowed a huge space,so i just kept her in the loungeroom with the door shut...and i was just so amazed,because she was walking on it,but it was stuck way out because it was all new to her,and she just learned to use it another way.The more she used it the better she was able to control her leg,and then as time went by,she stopped having it stuck out as far,she was sucha little wonder bunny

Ohh and a few days after her op,she pulled out two of her stitches,and her wound was gaping open,oh my gosh,i nearly died..so of we go to the vet and the Drhad to restitch her up,Aww my poor girl had to wear an e collar,and she hated it to bits,the first time i put it on her she went crazy,she was running everywhere,and all i could think about was her hurting her leg while she was running around,but eventually she got used to it,well you could say..she put up with it!,my poor girl had to have it on for about two weeks,but i took it of so she could clean herself and everything,but only while i was watching her,when i couldn't watch her then i had to put it back on,and i hated doing that to her,but it was better to be safe than sorry.

She couldn't run fast or anything like that,couldn't hop on her right leg,but she amazed me by her will power,it also amazed me how she learn't to use her leg in a different way,she also learned how to run just a little,she would do this little run around the backyard,she really was my little wonder bunny.

Daisy is now up in Rainbow Bridge..binking away

So many memories

Cheryl

 

[Thumpers_Mom]

:rainbow:ink iris:Binky Free Daisy.

:hug:

 

[LuvaBun]

Oh Cheryl, I am just catching up on this, and I can't tell you how sorry I am. I am crying here, both for Daisy and for you. The pictures of her just show what a lovely life you gave her, and, at the end of the day, I think we all want to hold on to our babies for as long as possible.

Thinking of you

Jan

 

[lalena2148]

ray:I'm so sorry. My thoughts and prayers and with you and your family.

 

[pumpkinandwhiskersmom]

Cheryl,

Thanks for sharing your memories of your precious girl, and for the lovely photos....I'm thinking of you and praying that you are healing...don't be too hard on yourself....you need to let what you are feeling come out....I know you will hurt for a long time....but I pray that your pain will subside and be replaced by happy memories of your time with Daisy.

 

[TK Bunnies]

I'm so sorry. :bigtears:

Binky free!! :rip: