Goodbye Pascal

squeekz1992

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Pascal's recovery took a turn for the worst right after my last post yesterday, when I tried to give him his Tramadol and Calcium supplement (both supplied by the vet). I rushed him to the vet and they said it was hard to tell and that he was just stoned, and a little dehydrated.

I knew something was wrong though, because the meds came out his nose, and he stumbled right over to the vet. He is friendly but never to anyone but me. He started passing out. I even gave him a little shake because i thought he was dead. But when I picked him up he woke up and hissed, but wheezed. the vet gave him an antibiotic, which he never got the chance to take, it was already too late, I couldn't get him to eat or drink, and he licked me. Like a dog. I held him with me in a heating pad (with a towel set on low). He perked up and I got him to eat. He threw up not even 3 hours later.

I left him with my mom for the night, and she said she got him to drink and eat a little more, and he was sleeping so just leave him alone when I got home. She woke up and played nurse from 5 to 10, and I woke up and took over. He started smelling awful, and coughing, and he couldnt grip anything. I got my sister to babysit for an hour so I could go to the dr. I came home and he stumbled over to me, and kept gasping, but his colors brightened when I was holding him, and then he threw up again. He looked really skeletal, and shriveled, and it was hard on both of us. Then his jaw kept going slack, and he died. When I was holding him. I've been crying ever since, and I know it wasn't my fault but I feel guilty, or helpless idk.

I was too late and now I feel like idek....
 
I'm so sorry to hear this after he was doing so well :( rest in peace pascal.

Sorry for your loss :(
 
So very sorry for your loss they get right into your heart and loosing them is never easy. It sounds like you did everything you could for him and were there for him right up to the end. Im sure he is in a better place not in perfect health
R.I.P Lil one
 
I'm very sorry for your loss. I had the same thing happen to me a couple months ago with my male ambilobe named Pascal as well. He had a prolapse and needed to have surgery done on him to retract it. They put some stitches in but the stress of the surgery was just too much for him. Once again I am very sorry for your loss.
 
Oh no!!! I am so very sorry squeekz. That is so very sad. You certainly should not blame yourself. You did everything you could for him and were a wonderful caring owner for taking him to the vet when he needed it. You should proud of yourself for doing that and getting him the help he needed. I am so sorry it took a turn for the worse. May he rest in peace knowing he was loved so much by you. :(
 
Sometimes life with our chams isn't fair. It is just like really good people getting cancer and others with all the exterior positive attributes not in evidence never seem as likely to get cancer.

Those of us who love and try out best to meet the needs of our chams lose them for no good reason. Then someone with a half dead cham who hasn't had appropriate any care for months, suddenly want to save it and all is well, cham is fine. It is just one of the many things I don't understand. I am sorry you lost your baby, but know you did all that you could. RIP Pascal.
 
Thanks everybody. It's so hard. I was sitting with my mom and noticed all the little cuts from his nails and then started crying cuz I wont get those from him.

I plan to get another one eventually, but for right now I'm gonna remember everything we did together. I am glad that I took so many pics of him.
 
I'm very sorry for your loss. I had the same thing happen to me a couple months ago with my male ambilobe named Pascal as well. He had a prolapse and needed to have surgery done on him to retract it. They put some stitches in but the stress of the surgery was just too much for him. Once again I am very sorry for your loss.

Thanks, I'm sorry for yours as well. It was really disconcerting b/c he was fine until I gave him the calcium...
 
Oh no!!! I am so very sorry squeekz. That is so very sad. You certainly should not blame yourself. You did everything you could for him and were a wonderful caring owner for taking him to the vet when he needed it. You should proud of yourself for doing that and getting him the help he needed. I am so sorry it took a turn for the worse. May he rest in peace knowing he was loved so much by you. :(

Thanks. Logically, I know that I did everything I could, but I feel like at the same time I should have done more. He knows how much I love him, and I think he loved me just as much, b/c right at the end, he crawled up and wanted to be up on my neck :( his second favorite spot in the whole world..
 
Sometimes life with our chams isn't fair. It is just like really good people getting cancer and others with all the exterior positive attributes not in evidence never seem as likely to get cancer.

Those of us who love and try out best to meet the needs of our chams lose them for no good reason. Then someone with a half dead cham who hasn't had appropriate any care for months, suddenly want to save it and all is well, cham is fine. It is just one of the many things I don't understand. I am sorry you lost your baby, but know you did all that you could. RIP Pascal.

That is so true. I've seen pictures of chams like that, and it breaks my heart. I hate that it's like that. I did all my research, did everything the Dr said to the last day, and still lost him. and it's like he didn't want to go because he fought it for a whole day. I just hope he didn't suffer as much as I think he did.. He was a good boy..
 
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