and no not from Harry Potter.
Our little chihuahua Lily died today. and we are not really sure what she died from exactly. Last night when my brother-in-law went to walk her and bring her inside she was not acting like normal. He called me and Jamie to come outside and look at her. She seemed to be paralyzed almost and could not get up. She would lift her head and start to shake uncontrollably. We immediately picked her up put her in a warm blanket and brought her inside. I thought maybe she was too cold but her body didnt feel that cold to me. We kept her in the blanket and loved on her all night.
I got online and looked up diseases and illness to try to figure out what it could have been. My mother-in-law thought maybe she had a stroke. I dont know. I didnt find much that matched her symptoms. When we first brought her in she looked like she was going to die any minute. As the rest of the night past it seemed like she was getting better, because she could move her head a little better without shaking so bad (only her head would shake not her whole body). We tried to make her to take a drink but she would not open her mouth. My main thought was maybe she had hypothermia (it wasnt that cold outside and neither was her body so I’m not positive this was it). We kept her in a blanket and she went to sleep. This morning she was still doing fine it seemed. I went to check on her again around noon and she was not moving at all. She had died.
It was really kind of sad. I feel awful about it. We have another dog (Lily was actually Jacob my BIL’s dog, but DeeDee aka Deedles is actually my husbands dog) and he is a llaso poo (llaso apso mixed with a poodle) and he was/is just fine. We are going to buy him a coat just in case thats what happen. She may have had worms tho… or a stroke like MIL thought.
Can you take a dog to a vet when they are dead to find out why they died? weird.
My brother-in-law, Jacob, is mentally retarded. I dont think he really understands what death means. I’m not sure. He seems to be doing okay with the sad news, but I hope he really is.