Although I can't say he's 'out of the woods yet', Pickles does seem a bit brighter. On leaving the vets yesterday we took him to the bar overlooking the beach. He seemed to be responding to other dogs passing by and showed more of an interest in his surroundings. On return to camp he continued to be a bit wobbly but that must still be the valium. He was crying for food and was a little restless early evening but after dropping a load of loose poo he settled down for the night and had a good sleep. Much better than i'm getting. You can go through life and make numerous difficult decisions, who to marry? A mortgage? How many kids and when? But all of these are easy in comparison to the one you have to make about your dog...when should we let him go? At the moment we've decided to give him a fighting chance, if he stabilises over the next 7-10 days and if his quality of life allows him to get about and enjoy the company of others then maybe we'll continue. However another crisis in the next few days may mean the best option would be to end this great life he's had. His urine tests have been slightly raised but he didn't even know it when I gave him his first injection this morning.
It was good to get an independent view from our neighbour, a dutchman with a 13 year old arthritic alsation who also noted Pickles improvement and greater attentiveness. All of the site staff have been helpful and supportive, with Domingo the camp director regularly asking us if we are ok.
Apart from that, the weather has been fine and the site is filling up for the easter holiday.
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