Gigi went over the rainbow bridge today. It was very sudden. She'd been mildly unwell for a couple of days and a bit off her food so dad took her to the vet. Turns out she had a disease called immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia (ITP) in which the body attacks its own platelets until it can't clot anymore and starts to hemorrhage all over. Testing showed she was down to like 0% platelets which was about the worst the vet had ever seen. She already had red spots on her belly and bruises under her armpits. It was a hard decision because she didn't act all that sick, but she was a time bomb, she could have had a major and very painful internal hemmorage at any time. So Dad made the compassionate call, even though it was difficult.
She was a great pup and now she's in the big field in the sky with all our other pups. She got along well with Maddie so I hope they are together again.
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