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Ten days after Eddie died my neighbour Lynne's 6 year old S Poodle, Kerry collapsed . Yes.... it was Addisonian Crises. Lynne used the same vet as myself and the vet new exactly what Kerry was suffering from. Lynne attributes Kerry's survival to Eddie's recent passing. As without the new found knowledge that S Poodles are predisposed to Addisons the vets may not have acted so swiftly with the correct diagnoses & treatment. Lynne is eternally grateful.
With hindsight Lynne said she could now see that Kerry displayed many of the symptoms listed on the symptoms page for many years but the symptoms would come and go as true to the condition.This was my experience with Eddie also.
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I thought I would also share this e-mail I received on the 5th June 2002.
Hi there. Just wanted to send you a note and thank you. We went through almost exactly what you went through in the last few weeks with our poodle Abby. She also looks so much like that picture of Eddie it's amazing. Anyway, when the pathologist suggested to test for Addisons our vet said that it wasn't likely and not to think that that's what it was or could be. Never having heard of the disease we came home (leaving our dying dog in a kennel at the vet with IV fluid) and looked it up on the net. My wife was in tears a few minutes later after finding your website first. We read the whole thing and phoned the vet that night and insisted that that's what she had. It took them 4 days to test for it and get the results. After one day of waiting I made the decision to go ahead and put her on the medication even though the vet had suggested "never to do that". 3 days later she was so weak and could barely breathe, holding her head high in the air to try and get the short breathes she could manage. The vet told us she was suffering and we should put her to sleep. We wanted to give her one more day, knowing she was strong and only 3 1/2. We took her home with an IV bag hanging from the wall and about 4 hours later she was playing with her ball and the tail started wagging. Two days later the vet discharged her and she has been fine and slowly gaining her weight back ever since. Words cannot express our deepest and sincere thanks and love we have for you for creating that web site and telling the world about your poor Eddie. We feel that Eddie's life lives on in others and that you saved our dogs life. It's pretty simple, without your web site our dog would be dead. Thank you so much once again.
Glen & Katrina
BC Canada
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When I feel sad at Eddie's passing I draw comfort from knowing he has potentially saved the lives of others. All the kind words of condolance I received from people who read Eddie's story at different locations on the web has also been a great help . May I take this time to thank you all for sharing your thoughts, stories & photos of your loveley dogs. I have been able to publish some of them, as you can see on Eddie's tribute site.
A heartfelt thankyou to you all.
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