About to Leave Us...

I suppose this topic could be moved to "In Loving Memory" if things don't go well, but right now I'll just post it here.

One of our shepherds, Heidi (see my icon) has always been thin and skinny since we rescued her from an abused home. But in the last few days she's barely moved at all. Last night she collapsed in the middle of the driveway, too weak to walk anymore. We carried her inside and laid her down on towels. She refused to eat anything, even meat and wet dog food. Though she did drink water.

I slept on the couch, got about 4 hours of sleep :/ I stayed with her the whole night, she had no strength to sit up longer than a few minutes. Her breathing was very labored.

We finally got her to the vet's this morning, and he agrees that she's on her last leg. He gave us the option of euthanasia or expensive tests, but my mom couldn't bring herself to let Heidi go without trying.
I'm not really expecting her to pull through this, especially not if she's in so much pain. I have come to terms with the fact that I probably said goodbye to her for the last time this morning. We will just have to put more effort into our other doggies, and keep them healthy.

Just posting this here as a lament, a sort of vent. We all need somewhere to let it out, eh? And what better than a group of shepherd lovers <3