Comments on: Magwitch: 8/19/2005 - 12/14/2006 http://johnmorello.com/wordpress/2006/12/16/magwitch-8192005-12142006/ Broadcasting live from the scenic pioneer valley in beautiful Massachusetts. Sending the music and vibes thru the dirtbag recovery network. This is “The Dirt” as walked on and ingested by yours truly John Morello. Its free form. Its live. Its new. Its old. It surrounds us like the force. It binds us like an evil cheese. Its music. Its words. So lets go. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:34:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Karen http://johnmorello.com/wordpress/2006/12/16/magwitch-8192005-12142006/#comment-748 Karen Sat, 07 Apr 2007 05:39:42 +0000 http://johnmorello.com/wordpress/2006/12/16/magwitch-8192005-12142006/#comment-748 I was very touched after reading your tribute to such a beautiful boy. We lost our 7 yr old mini schnauzer on November 3, 2006 to IMHA. It hit him very quickly; one day he was fine, the next morning he was sluggish. Despite beginning treatment immediately, within 48 hours he was gone. Similar to your situation, we also have Bailey's litter mate, Teddy. They were both so opposite in personalities, and were the perfect ying/yang brothers. Seeing Ted alone for the first time in his life made our hearts break even more. Bailey had his vaccinations 4 months prior, and from what I've read the trigger period seems to be a 30 to 45 day span; this would eliminate vaccinations as a cause. We found no other factors which would have caused this monster. Our vet thinks IMHA is caused by genetics, but we will never know for sure. The not knowing what or why makes the loss even harder to bear. In an odd way I envy you for at least knowing what the trigger was. Our hearts go out to your and your family, since we understand the pain you've felt. Its been 5 months for us, and I still cry for him. It will be a long time before this wound heals. I'm sure Bailey is playing with Magwitch, since Bailey's favorite toy in the entire world was squeakies also. Someday we will see them again. God bless. I was very touched after reading your tribute to such a beautiful boy. We lost our 7 yr old mini schnauzer on November 3, 2006 to IMHA. It hit him very quickly; one day he was fine, the next morning he was sluggish. Despite beginning treatment immediately, within 48 hours he was gone. Similar to your situation, we also have Bailey’s litter mate, Teddy. They were both so opposite in personalities, and were the perfect ying/yang brothers. Seeing Ted alone for the first time in his life made our hearts break even more.

Bailey had his vaccinations 4 months prior, and from what I’ve read the trigger period seems to be a 30 to 45 day span; this would eliminate vaccinations as a cause. We found no other factors which would have caused this monster. Our vet thinks IMHA is caused by genetics, but we will never know for sure. The not knowing what or why makes the loss even harder to bear. In an odd way I envy you for at least knowing what the trigger was.

Our hearts go out to your and your family, since we understand the pain you’ve felt. Its been 5 months for us, and I still cry for him. It will be a long time before this wound heals.

I’m sure Bailey is playing with Magwitch, since Bailey’s favorite toy in the entire world was squeakies also. Someday we will see them again.

God bless.

]]> By: Peggy http://johnmorello.com/wordpress/2006/12/16/magwitch-8192005-12142006/#comment-629 Peggy Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:25:49 +0000 http://johnmorello.com/wordpress/2006/12/16/magwitch-8192005-12142006/#comment-629 What a sad but beautiful tribute to Magwitch. I am so sorry for what you went through. I lost my beloved Max, my mini, when he was only four years old to a severe case of stones. I have done much studying since then and have found that vaccinations are a real source of concern, although that wasn't what caused Max's problems. Max died eight years ago. This year, I am going to get another mini. My breeder is getting ready to breed her bitch next week. So life does go on, and the little ones we loved and who loved us back so fully are always a part of who we are and where we go. Thank you for sharing your story, Peggy What a sad but beautiful tribute to Magwitch. I am so sorry for what you went through. I lost my beloved Max, my mini, when he was only four years old to a severe case of stones. I have done much studying since then and have found that vaccinations are a real source of concern, although that wasn’t what caused Max’s problems. Max died eight years ago. This year, I am going to get another mini. My breeder is getting ready to breed her bitch next week. So life does go on, and the little ones we loved and who loved us back so fully are always a part of who we are and where we go. Thank you for sharing your story, Peggy

]]> By: Nancy http://johnmorello.com/wordpress/2006/12/16/magwitch-8192005-12142006/#comment-588 Nancy Sat, 13 Jan 2007 04:18:46 +0000 http://johnmorello.com/wordpress/2006/12/16/magwitch-8192005-12142006/#comment-588 We lost our beautiful Lucy, a 7 year old cockopoo this Monday, January 8, 2007 of AIHA. She was only at the vet 5 days and had not be innoculated.We never kennelled her and took her everywhere with us as part of the family. What was the cause? Food, genetics, environment, stress, me working more? I share your profound grief and realize that Lucy had had a terrific life with us. We lost our beautiful Lucy, a 7 year old cockopoo this Monday, January 8, 2007 of AIHA. She was only at the vet 5 days and had not be innoculated.We never kennelled her and took her everywhere with us as part of the family. What was the cause? Food, genetics, environment, stress, me working more? I share your profound grief and realize that Lucy had had a terrific life with us.

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