Hi everyone,

for everyone that knows me my soul mate and love of my life is Ollie. He has recently had an emergency where he has lost ability in his leg(s) at first we were told it was just a sprain & to come back in 14 days which we were hopeful within 4 days he was rushed back as I just thought something wasn’t right, I was up for 48hrs with him (Monday and tuesdsy) & then my own body started to give in and I was rushed to hospital on Wednesday with my bowel disease, once my pain was under control I fought to discharge myself to get back to Ollie, against medical guidelines with my liver not good and unsure if going into failure I was able to get home to Ollie and by that time he’s legs had completely gone. We rushed back to the vet and he either needs surgery that would cost 15-20k not promising he would be ok afterwards or the next few days we see if any inflammation goes down, if it does then he would have to be bed rested for 6 weeks and there would be ongoing costs to help him get through it and to do so I’d have to quit work to get him through this, with still no guarentee of getting better.

If anyone could please even spare $1 that would help me so much because I don’t know what will happen in the next 48hrs. If he doesn’t get better then I will have to say goodbye to my bestfriend

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UPDATE Monday 13th April:

THANK YOU to everyone who has contributed I’m at a loss for words. The last week has been a blur.

-Last Monday & Tuesday I was for 48hrs with him we went to the vet Tuesday as I just noticed something wasn’t right. Vet did tests and said sprained hamstring> inflammatories and pain meds & told not spinal coke back in 14 days. Tuesday night my body starts shutting down & I had a severe pain in my abdomen.

-Wednesday morning I was rushed to hospital via ambulance once given a green whistle, morphine, endone, fetanyl. Once the pain had gone I argued with doctors that I had to go, they advised not to as we weren’t sure if my liver was going into failure & still I advocated I had to leave.

-Friday he was worse & it had only been 4 days but to me he just wasn’t him.

-Saturday morning rushed into Vet, we did X-rays and there’s no tumours, he has a degenerative bone growing on his spine & it’s spinal. Even if we got an operation there’s no guarentee he’ll even be any better (or worse)

-Saturday & Sunday I was up 48hrs nursing him & today we are here.

Right now we are trying to see if the inflammation goes down, if it does and he shows some slight improvement, he’ll have to be bed tested for 6 weeks to see if this injury can get better & give him more time however there’s no guarantees (if this route happens I’ll take time off to care for him). If he doesn’t get better it’s all about quality of life and if he can’t be managed by pain meds if it gets better then I’ll have to say goodbye. At the moment my concern is him using his bowels if the nerve pain or damage has completely made him incontinant. Going back to the vet today and tomorrow for a few adjustments to see if it’ll make him more comfortable.

Again thank you all for helping us the messages, if I haven’t gotten back my brain isn’t working well from loss sleep and not leaving his side. He & I have been through so much in the last 2 years let alone 9 & he’s been by side through every hospital visit and sickness. If I have to do this for him I will. ❤️❤️

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13/4

After a vet visit at 2pm he’s been given 48hrs if he doesn’t poo on his own. We aren’t sure if the nerve damage is bad enough he has lost all continence. After going in and advocating for him asking the vet to change some things (I was told to prepare for the worst and tentatively book in to say goodbye Wednesday night.) today I learnt how to manually relieve his bladder and empty it. Anyone close to us would know how ironic him needing to poo is

Literally manifesting him to poo. If he does then he hasn’t lost the ability and therefor would get him some doggy wheels (wheelchair) as long as his quality of life was enjoyable. All I care about is him being happy. My little cheeky Gemini we are both fighters, I’ll do anything physically possible.

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15/4/26

Ollie passed over last night at 7pm in the arms of Loz. He was in the comfort of his own home, surrounded by family but most importantly with Loz. Thank you to everyone who contributed it meant the world. Loz and Ollie were a pair for 9 years. He was her soul mate.