it got worse.

we brought him home from the doctor’s to be with us. just their “monitored” care alone, would have easily reached $1,000 by monday, before they would be able to run any tests and do an mri. his condition did deteriorate rather rapidly, with repeated seizures and labored breathing. i rang up neal and jason around midnite. neal went with me to the hospital while jason stayed at the house to watch talon. the doctors at the unc veterinary clinic, quickly assessed that he was having nuerological issues. his pupils had constricted, which led them to believe there was a possible swelling in the brain.

in his best interest, we had the mighty bear put to sleep at 1:30am. while he is no longer in pain, there is definitely an emptiness we all feel. i dreaded, even moreso, this morning when talon woke up and asked me where saporo was. he cried when i told him. today we will go and get some pictures, like the one above printed out, so that we can hang them in talon’s room so he can always remember and see “his buddy”

this morning when i let brandy out of the garage and into the pen she shared with saporo, she went over to the spot where he last was, then froze and just stared at me, for a long time. it was a very eery moment, almost as if she knew something wasn’t right.

since the unc vet school is just that, they will perform a necropsy free of charge, so at least we will find out what caused him to spiral so quickly.