Our little Stanley has crossed over the rainbow bridge.
Late last night he suddenly collapsed and was howling out in pain, he couldn't move at all. I knew right away what it was, because I was warned at every 3 month visit to Stan's cardiologist that this could happen.
We rushed him to the Emergency Vet immediately and it was determined that he had multiple blood clots in 3 of his limbs. They had difficulty finding a working vein to administer IV pain meds. After discussing it with the vet we decided it was time to say good bye. Such a huge and difficult decision to make but even if were able to get the clots under control the likelihood of them coming back were at about 100%. He was in tremendous pain so it was our time to be brave for him and help him cross over.
We are comforted to know that he had amazing quality of life right up until his last hour. He showed zero symptoms yesterday and zooming around just like his usual frisky self.
Stanley was such a joy in our lives. Rescued and bottle fed by Bernie at A Place to Bark at only 2 weeks old. We drove up to Atlanta to get him on our 5 year wedding anniversary and he was just 5 weeks old and our little baby.
here he is testing the patience of Mabel!
he was such a teeny little thing giving Paul kisses ....
Stan and Mabel always hanging out together....
Always ready when we woke up ..
he loved watching us get ready in the morning. For a long time I couldn't even use our sink!
he was so brave at his visit to the Cardiologist every 3 months for his checkup and echocardiogram.
I couldn't open a shopping bag without him jumping in..
he was an artist ...
a cheerleader when there was work to get done....
and a yoga instructor ...
and lollipop lover...
