Well, I always thought that it couldn't happen to me, but it did.
 
Sunday, I noticed that Dr. Pepper wasn't feeling well.  I couldn't find anything
obviously wrong with him, so I decided to wait until Monday to take him to
the vets.  When I got home Monday afternoon, he wasn't improved, so I took
him to the vet.  Pepper had a temp of < 94, and was severily dehydrated.
The vet was closing, and had to go to a meeting, so he had me take Pepper to
the emergency clinic for xrays and treatment.  They immediatly started trying
to re-hydrate him, and took the xrays.  The xrays didn't show a blockage, but
the vet suspected that that was the problem.  He gave Pepper < 5% chance of
surviving surgery at that time.  We decided to wait until 9:00pm to see if
he would stablize.
 
He died at 7:54pm.
 
Please give your pets an extra hug for Pepper tonight.
 
Brian, Kitty, Ferrah, Fletch, and Buddy -- In memory of Dr. Pepper.
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[Posted in FML issue 0398]