Hello, We are so sad to tell you that our loveable Brewer #11-396 went to the Rainbow Bridge on Saturday June 13th, 2015. He was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism in March of this year but did not respond to meds. An ultrasound could not detect a mass around his thyroid but clearly something was wrong. More meds were tried with mild success but he continued to have symptoms. He was happy and eating a lot (he'd lost a lot of weight) but took a fast turn for the worst on June 10th. He was gone just days later. We suspect he had cancer in his body somewhere by the way he declined so quickly and the symptoms he was having. Unfortunately, we were on vacation during this time and were not able to be there with him in the end. We had no idea when we left that this was coming. The saving grace for us was that he was with his former RAGOM foster, Nicole, and she took care of him as we would have done. We are so incredibly grateful to her for being there with him, comforting him and caring for him. If he would have been with anyone else as he was declining and we were questioning the outcome, we would have come home. She is truly Brewer's angel.
I've probably gone on too long but just returned home today to all of his things and am feeling heartbroken. Brewer was our second RAGOM dog and we will be forever grateful for the time we got with both him and Fergus. Brewer was only 8 and we only had him 3 years. Too soon :-( Thank you so much for what you do. Sincerely, Lezlie and Tom H |