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He has been been gone 8 years

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IT WAS 8 YEARS AGO TODAY MY WORLD CAME CRASHING DONW---I LOT MY PRECIOUS HUNTER AT AG 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS KILLED BY PROHEART6.

FOR 8 MONTHS I CRIED EVERY DAY OVER LOING MY PRECIOUS BOY. BUT THEN HE "VISITED ME" USING HIS SISTERS BODY AND THAT CHANGED THINGS.

I STILL MISS HIME SO MUCH, BUT NOW I LAUGH AND SMILE WHEN I REMEMBER THE FUNNY THINGS HE DID, THE WAY HE SOAKED MY HAIR AND FILLED MY EAR WITH SLOBBER EVERY MORNING TO WAKE ME UP, THE WAY HE WATCHED OVER HIS SISTER, LAYING BY HER, LICKING HER FACE, AFTER SHE HAD HER KNEE SURGERIES, THE WAY HE WOULD SIT AND WATCH ME TALK AND PEOPLE COMMENTING ON HOW MUCH HE ADORED ME, THE PATIENCE HE SHOWED WHEN HIS SISTER OR LHONEY TORMENTED HIM. MY "PETEY" WAS A VERY SPECIAL GOLDEN BOY.

THIS IS HUNTER (LOUNGING) AND KAYCEE (SITTING) JUST AFTER WE GOT THEM 12 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH. (I LOST KLAYCEE TO CANCER 3 YEARS AGO THIS PAST MAY TO CANCER AT AGE 8 YRS.9 MONTHS.)

 
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3goldens

3GOLDENS

I am so very sorry-my heart goes out to you.
We always love and miss them!!

Hunter and Kaycee were so precious!
I am so glad that Hunter visited you.
 
#3 ·
"they say that time heals
but that is only partly true
for if time really healed, we would forget
and that we will never do"

Thinking of you on this tough day,
 
#5 ·
It is a precious photo of your babies, I am sorry you lost them.
I am glad your special boy found the way to bring peace into your heart.
 
#7 ·
PROHEART 6 WAS (IS) A 6 MONTH INJECTABLE HEART WORM PREVENTION. I HAD HAD DOGS ON THE OLD DAILY HEARTWORM TABLET FOR YEARS, EVEN AFTER THE MONTHLY TABLETS CAME OUT. I FINALLY STARTED USING THEM WITH NO PROBLEM WHAT-SO-EVER. THEN THIS INJECTABLE THAT LASTED 6 MONTHS CAME OUT. I DEIDED TO START MY HUNTER ON IT. THAT WAS A FATAL MISTAKE.

ON OCT. 9, 2003, I WAS CHECKING TEETH AND NOTED HIS GUMS WRE PALE, CALLED AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO TAKE HIM IN (I AM A WORRY WART AND HAVER EVERYTHING CHECKED). RIGHT AFTER I CALLED TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENT FOR THE AFTERNOON HIS SISTER "WENT" OFF THE PATIO AND THEN HE "WENT WHERE SHE HAD AND I WAS ON THE PATIO AND NOTED HIS PEE WAS THE COLOR OF RUSTY WATER.

LONG STORY SHORT, HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA, A DISEASE I I HAD NEVER HEARD OF. I HAD NEVER USED A COMPUTER AT THEM TIME, WENT TO THE LITTLE TOWN LIBRARY AND THEY SHOULD ME HOW TO USE ONE. IF FOUND THAT 50% OF ALL DOGS DIAGNOSED DIE WIIN A WEEK OF DIAGNOSES, ANOTHER 30% IN A MONTH. OF THOSE THAT SURVIVIE, THERE IS NO CURE, ONLY REMISSION AND ANY LITTLE THING CAN PULL THEM OUT OF IT.
MY VET SAID, AND I QUOTE (WHEN IT COMES FOR HIS NEXT PROHEART6 INJECTION WE ARE GOING BACK TO THE MONTLY PILLS). THAT WAS MY FIRST HINT THAT PROHEART6 WAS THE CAUSE.

THEN THE SONAGRAM SHOWED SPOTS I=ON HIS LIVER THOUGHT TO BE CANCER. HE DID NOT COME HOME, DIED ON THE 16TH . IT WAS A HORRIBLE DEATH, ONE I WILL NEVER FORGET. WE HAD A NECROPSY DONE AND THE SPOTS ON HIS LIVER WERE NOT CANCER, BUT ACCORDING TO THE HISTOPATH REPORT "CRUG INDUCED NECROSIS OF THE LIVER."

WELL, CUTTING OT THE CHASE, I BOUNCED AROUND ON THE COMPUTER AT THE LIBRARY AND FOUND REPORT AFTER REORT AFTER REPORT OF HORRIBLE REACTIONS AND DEATHS FOLLOWING PROHEART6. JEAN IN COLORADO TOOK ALL 3 OF HERS IN THE SAME DY FOR INJCTIONS. IN TWO MONTHS TIME 4 YEAR OLD TASHA WAS DEAD OF AIHA LIKE HUNTER, 11 YEAR OLD NIKI WAS DEAD OF LIVER DAMAGE (LIKE HUNTER,) AND 2 YEAR OLD CASEY WAS BEING TREATED--AND STILL IS--FOR A DIFFERENT AUTOIMMINE DISEASE. STACY IN FLORIDE TOOK BOTH OF HERS IN THE SAME DAY, AND IN DAYS THE POM WAS DEAD AND THE SHELTIE SURVIVED, BUT WAS ON MEDS FOR AGES. ONE IN PHILLY OST BOTH OF HERS. ONE IN CANADA LOST HER SEEING EYE GOLDEN. DEBBIE IN FLORDIA HAD A CHAMPION ITALIAN GREYHOUND AND HE HAD A HORRIBLE REACTION AND SHE WAS NEVER ABLE TO SHOW REDDY AGAIN BECUAE NEVER KNEW WHEN HE WOULD HAE A "SPELL" AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.

WE WRE ALL REPORTING TO THE FDA AND THE HEAD VET SAW THE PATTERN AND WORKED TO GET PH6 OFF THE MARKET. IT HAD KILLED MORE DOGS IN THE 3 YEAR IT HAD BEEN ON THE MARKET THAN ALL OTHER FORMS FOR HEARTWORM PREVENTION HAD COMBINED--AND SOME HAD BEEN ON THE MARKET OVER 25 YEARS (DAILY), MONTLY HAD BEEN OUT AS LONG AS 13 YEARS.

IT WAS PULLED 10 MONTHS AFTER HUNTER'S DEATH AND KEPT OFF THE MARKET FOR 4 YEARS, "REFORMULAED" AND BROUGHT BACK. HOWEVER IT IS NOT BEING PUSHED THE WAY IT WAS BEFORE AND HAS A TON OF WARNINGS ON THE LABEL. THE VETS EVEN HAE TO TAKE A COMPUTER COURSE BEFORE GIVING IT. IT IS NOT TO BE GIVEN TO UNDERWEIGHT DOGS, OLDER DOGS, DOGS WITH ANY KIND OF ALLERGY (FOOD OR ENVIROMENT) ETC. AND DEATHS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALREADY.

MANY OF USE ARE STILL IN CLOSE CONTACT. LAURYNN ALMOST LOST HER PUG, BLACK VELVET AND STARTED THE SITE dogsadversereactions.com AND THERE IS LOADS OF INFO THERE. SHE ALSO HAS NEWS ABOUT OTHER THINGS INCLUDING FOOD AND VAX. MANY OF THE STOREIS AND PICTURES OF DOGS LOST OR ALMOST LOST IS ON THAT SITE. JEAN, HOW LOST NIKI AND TASHA AND ALMOST LOST CASEY STARTED thepetguardian.com FOR THE SAME REASON.

I GUESS THIS ANSWERES YOU QUESTION. BY THE WAY, AFTER HUNTER'S DEATH, I FOUND THAT THE FRONT OFFICE DESK GIRL AT MY INSURANCE COMJPANY ALMOST LOST HER CHIHUAHUA TO PH6. IT HAD TO SPEND TIME IN THE HOSPITAL. A LADY FROM HER CHURCH HAD A STANDARD POODLE THAT DEVELOPED AN AUTOIMMUNE PROBLEM AFTER GETTING PR6 AND WAS ON MEDS THE REST OF HER LIFE. A DANE WENT INTO SEIZURES BEFORE HE EVEN LEFT THE VET'S OFFICE. AND A ANOTHER GUY ALMOST LOST HIS AUSSIE SHEPHERD. THERE WAS ONE MORE THAT I FOUND OUT ABOUT IN OUR LITTLE TOWN, BUT I THINK 5 REACTIONS WITH ONE SURE DEATH SAYS A LOT.

BY THE WAY, FORT DODGE DID END UP PAYING FOR ABOUT HALF OF HUNTER'S $2300 VET BILL FOR HIS 8 DAYS IN ICU, ALL THE TEST, NECROPSY, ETC. SOME HAD BILLS WAY OER $500 AND NEVER GOT A PENNY. ONE IN CHICAGO HAD A BEAGLE, CLETUS THAT SURVED WITH AIHA, BUT HAD RELAPSES AND THEY ENDED U SPENDING OVER $15,000 TRYING TO KEEP HIM (I COULD HAVE NEVER AFFORD THAT). OUT OF ABOUT 45 I HAD CONTACT WITH WHOSE DOES DEVDELOPED AIHA, CLETUS AND A BUFF COCKER IN GEORGIA WERE THE ONLY 2 THAT SURVIVED. MOST WERE DEAD IN A WEEK TO A MONTH (I HAD CONTACT WITH ABOUT 45 WHOSE DOGS DEVELOPED AIHA.,) AND THE FDA LISTED AIHA AND LIVER DAMAGE AS TWO OF THE LEADING CUASES OF DEATHS. I HAVE A COMPLETE REPORT FROM THEM.
 
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