Re: Need advice. My dog is dying

The kindest thing you can do is give him peace and let him go.

Celeste

"dave" <nospam> wrote in message 
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> Night before last he went blind.  Noticed his eyes were completely red 
> when they used to be brown.  I took him to the vet yesterday and the
blood 
> test showed he had no platelets in his blood.  The vet said his eyes
were 
> full of blood.  Small spots of blood on the tip of his tongue.  The vet 
> also said his blood pressure was around 200/100.
>
> My dog is about 12 years old and up till now had always been healthy. 
> This all comes as a shock to me.  Has anybody ever heard of an
affliction 
> such as this?  The vet recommends putting him to sleep because the
problem 
> will only get worse and because he's an outside dog he won't cope with 
> being blind to well.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave