Yes, Berners can go rather quickly from being "fine" to, sometimes, quite
ill. That is why Moses' quickly going from having a little more trouble
walking to almost collapse did not surprise me as much as it might a new
Berner owner, as I have been owned by the breed for twenty years.
I cannot sleep. This is 99.9% because I am worried about Moses and the rest
is due to the fact that my other dog, Piber, has been following me back and
forth from bed to couch and, of course, is always allowed to share both with
me even if it means I have only room to curl my late middle-aged body up
into a ball. Too, I realized that due to the events of the day, what with
Moses' decline and admission to Angell, I had neglected to partake of the
four or five or whatever food groups. So, I am sipping on the requisite
Diet Coca Cola and munching on a lightly buttered pastry.
Moses has been ill for two years, starting with immune-mediated
polyarthritis, becoming or merging with age-related degenerative arthritis,
and, then, in late 2002, being diagnosed with bone cancer and being treated
for such (amputation, chemo. His medical care, the very best, has exceeded
the twenty thousand dollars mark; I don't care; I just want my sweet boy to
live well and be happy, as with any family member.
Lisa Allen
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