Mr. Tibbs "aka Admiral Tibbitz" 1999-2015

We let Tibbs go today. He travels on across the Bridge with all the love we could wrap around him, to be met by Edgar and the rest of the Horde who have gone on before. They'll take him to the Hollow beyond the Bridge and we'll join him there when our own journey is done.

He rallied yesterday with aggressive fluid therapy and antibiotics, but his kidneys continued to fail.

This morning his creatinine was pushing the upper limits of the reference range, his BUN was so high that the vet's equipment could no longer read the value and his phosphorus was over three times the normal. His white blood cell count had climbed as well from 30,000 to over 45,000 (Normal upper level is around 15,000).  It was obvious when we visited him that he was growing weaker, and that without the narcotics he would be in great pain. It was obviously time to let him go, and we held him while he went.

We love you, you crusty old Chihuahua. The house is emptier without you.

To those who donated to his vet care, we give our deepest thanks. Your help meant that the only thing left to cover was the cost of helping him across the bridge and his cremation.

Mr. Tibbs "aka Admiral Tibbitz" 1999-2015