Please join me in sending out hugs, prayers, and postive thoughts to Ann and Snookie.
I'm sending out a request to my little Luba to watch over them from wherever she is. Luba, please do whatever you can to help them, and if, it is too late for Snookie, let them find peace.

Big, BIG hugs and prayers to Ann and Snookie. In addition to Luba, I ask Goliath to watch over them and, if it's time, to welcome Snookie to Rainbow Bridge and comfort Ann as best as he can.

Traci

I'm there, too...sending lots of hugs and positive thoughts to Snookie and Ann. I'm also sending a special request to Shiloh to help if she can, and, if necessary, to welcome little Snookie to the Rainbow Bridge.

Dear Sweet Steph and wonderful friends thank you so very much. Please keep praying for my little girl who had to stay in the hospital. The vet said it was not time to put her to sleep but she is a very sick little girl. He hopes he can pull her through. He says she has a strong will and that her love for me keeps holding her on this earth. I love you all.
Ann

Ann,

I think it's your love for Snookie that has given her such a strong will. I will continue sending prayer and positive thoughts your way.

Hang in there! We all care so much for you and Snookie.
Kathleen

Lord,
Please let little Snookie be okay. Her mommy needs her. She just lost one little baby not so long ago. Please give Snookie some more time on this earth without pain. Please help Snookie's mommy. She is a really, really good person, you know, and she loves Snookie so much. We all love them both.
Love,
Marcia

Oh Ann. I'm glad that she has a chance.

Come on Snookie! We are all pulling for you!!!!

Hi All,

It was indeed a very long trip to Jackson and each mile was filled with tears. I kept talking to my precious baby and telling her that Mama loves her so much. That I did not know if the doctor man could fix her up or if she would be joining Chili Bean. I told her to look for all the wonderful babies of my dear friends on LS if she had to leave me. Not to be afraid and I would always always always carry her in my heart until I could be with her again.

I told her how she had enriched my life and between she and my children had showed me the true meaning of love, caring and compassion always loving, never holding a grudge. I said so many things to her all of which she has heard many times before but I wanted her to hear them again. I could see her eyes were filled with fear and she needed me to talk to her I am hoarse from talking to her for almost 2 hours.

I talked to the vet at 3 pm and he said they tested her urine and it was full of sugar. They ran a blood test and it was susposed to be 140 at the highest and hers was almot 400 !!!! She had hardly eaten anything for 4 days. They started her on treatment for diabetes and he said she will be there until at least Saturday and maybe even until Monday.

He is going to teach my daughter who is training to be a registered nurse how to give shots to Snookie. The vet said Snookie will need them twice a day. I am sad she has this disease and has to have shots but oh I thank God that I still have her with me for a while longer.
Love, Ann
Look how sick and afraid my poor darling Snookie girl was on the way to Jackson. Her eyes were so glassy and she seemed to be asking if she would be ok.

Dear Ann,

I will say a special prayer for you and your little Snookie tonight and ask my Rusty to look down from his star and watch over you both. Have faith that the doctor will help her stay with you and your family longer.

With love,

Lynn

Dear Ann,

I'm so glad that Snookie is going to be with you a while longer. She's such a trooper!

My thoughts and prayers are with you both.
Love,
Kathleen

And I will send Moose too when the time has come to meet Snookie, I pray that you will have much more time. Blood sugar? No wonder she hasnt been feeling good! Poor little girl. She will feel so much better when her sugar level is near where it should be, I know how it affects the people I know. Pamela

Boy, she does look out of it in the photo.

I'm so glad that they are able to help her!!!

God Bless you Ann, and Shnookie. I hope that everything works out for the best. You have been so great to Shnookie, from what I've read, and I know that she's had the best life a dog could have. I am praying for Shnookie, you, and your family. God Bless you for everything you have gone through. I have also asked my Harley dog to do what he can, and he will...and Ann, when the time comes, know that Harley will be there to welcome your sweet Shnookie. He loved other dogs, and will probably shower her with kisses the first chance he gets !

You're in my thoughts and prayers,

Love,
Jill

I'm sorry Snookie, I misspelled your name.

I am so thankful and grateful for all my wonderful friends here on LS. This has been the longest night of my life. When Snookie was in the hospital the last time and I got her home I have been away from her for no longer than it took to get her haircut. Otherwise I have been with her 24/7 she even used to go to work with me before I quit my job to be with her when she got bad.

I feel so much more lonely for her than I did when Chili bean died. I did not keep any fur grandbabies here tonight My puppy Schnitzel did go around looking for Snookie and the others. I did however keep my 7 year old grand daughter. Poor little Sara was just as distraught over Snookie not being here as I am, after all Snookie is older than she is and has always been here. Chili Bean was older than Sara too and she misses her too.

I just wanted to say how lonely I am for my baby, I feel as thought I am trying to sit in a three-legged chair. I have cleaned this place from top to bottom and still feel lost. I dread the thought of when I feel this way every night when she leaves this world. I hope the vet can get her sugar down. No wonder Snookie was so glassy eyed and couldn't hardly lift her head.

I have diabetes too and have had for almost 8 years. Now maybe I will take better care of mysself I think after I lost my mom back then I just ate candy like crazy thinking I could hurry and join her. I should have never been so foolish and had no forethought to what I was doing to my living family who have been so concerned I was killing myself. I get it's the pits of being human.
Ann

Ann, Snook is a good looking little girl, I wanted to ask you what cushing is? Pamela

Hi Pamela, Since you asked me what Cushings Disease is I will try to explain it the best I can.and then I will list some of the symptoms. There are even more than I will list.

Cushings disease is also called hyper adreno corticism. This is the production of too much adrenal hormone. It is caused either by a tumor in the adrenal glands or a tumor in the pituitary gland.

It causes increased drinking and urination, a ravenous appetite, lots of panting and hair loss, calcified lumps in the skin, weaking of the heart and skeletal muscles, and high blood pressure. They get bruised easily and often have infections.

They have a pot bellied appearance when it is in the advanced stages such as Snookie is. It causes hind leg weakness and they are prone to diabetes, pancreatitis, and seasures. It also causes them to distance themselves from you sometimes. There are many other things but I have given the ones that are most seen when they have Cushings Disease.

Here is a picture of Snookie just after she came home from the hospital in Feb 2004 when I first learned she had cancer, cushings and the enlarged liver. Oh Pamela I ran her around to so many different vets and each one told me the same thing, she would not live. I had so many test run on her and my husband and I didn't even care it ran well over $1500 or something like that. We just wanted to save her at any cost, to us love had no price to great.

I finally had to admit that I would someday lose the love of my life and the tears have been often and many. I have not had a decent night sleep in 10 months and I check her often with fear and dread.

This picture is where they shaved her sides to do the ultra sound, even after she came home she could hardly pick her head up. It was also the beginning of the pot belly which made her look so huge even though she had lost weight. Now she is in the hospital again and I am so afraid. I know I am blessed with almost 11 wonderful years with her but she is the beating of my heart, my baby and my daughter.
Love, Ann

Dearest Ann,

I am SO sorry that you are going through this.
I too am saying a prayer for your precious Snookie, you and your family. That must feel wonderful to hear that Snookie loves you SO much that she is hanging on and fighting for her life.

Please keep us updated!

God Bless you Ann,
Cheri