Quote Originally Posted by slleipnir
My dad's family had this dog many years ago. His name was Spooky. I believe it was my dad's sister who cared for him and I think it was more like her dog. Or maybe she found him, I don't really know.

Anyway, my dad found this letter from the vet office from 1968. It said this:

"On gross examination a round tumor about 4 inches in diameter was found in the mesentry. There was extreme passive congestion of the liver, extreme oedema of the lungs and some clear fluid in the chest cavity. The heart was large and slightly flabby. Examination of the heart revealed a left arterial-ventrical valve that was completely fibrosed. The vulvular opening was constricted to the degree that very little blood could pass through the valve" etc

I was thinking "wow, that poor dog!" but what I found kinda odd was my aunt died in a car accient, then the next day Spook died...It was almost like he was holding out for her or something. I'm sure it was only coincidence, but my dad said the dog was very close to my aunt...and with having all those problems I'm suprised he lived that long (he was pretty old)

Anyway, kinda pointless but I thought I'd share...
ie - extreme congestive heart failure.. any stress can make it worse.
I am sorry... They are better at detecting that now.