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I really feel for you.
Back in December my wife and I lost our 4 year old weimaraner way too early to liver cancer. We had no clue she was sick until the night before we had to put her down. We’ve spent the past 3 months grieving and preparing ourselves to bring a new dog into our lives. On March 20th, we brought our new 13 week old puppy that we named Sadie home. She immediately took to our 2 year old son and seemed to be adjusting really well. About half way through the week, she wasn’t eating as much and was peeing in the house right after we had her outside for an extended period of time. after 5 days of having her at home, we noticed she had become a bit more lethargic but we assumed it was because she was stressed being in a new environment, etc. Two days later we decided we were going to take her to the vet because we thought she had a urinary tract infection which was causing her to pee in the house like she was. Once the vet checked her out and conducted and x-ray and then an ultrasound, they informed us that there was something wrong inside her intestine and that would have to operate on her. When they went in they found the worst possible thing. A fungal infection had taken over her GI tract and her intestines and lymphnodes were extremely inlfamed. We were informed that treatment for this had never yielded long-term positive results. We had to let her go a week after bringing her home. It was the toughest thing seeing her on the table three months after going through the same thing with our first weim.
I’ve spent the past couple of days beating myself up and trying to think of tihngs I could have done differently or better. But there was nothing we could do since she got the fungus before we brought her home and there were no real symptoms until it was too late.
I hope you and your boyfriend have been able to move on. I’m sure my family and I will as well in time. It’s such a tough thing when you become so attached to that little thing.

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