Jill

                                                Sh Ch Calvdale Softly Softly JW - Jennifer Freckles at Wadeson

                                                                   29.08.2004 - 05.07.2007

                It was indeed a very lucky day to all of us when beginning of November 2004 Kerstin arrived together with our new and
                much awaited lovely familymember "Jill" in her arms at Frankfurt Airport. Oh yes, our english Lady matured into real so
                very beautiful bitch and loved it much to live her life only in full speed - A true Action girl. Jill truly had such most loving
                temper and was been always such sweet girl which we loved so very much from deepest bottom of our hearts.
                Our special thanks to Kay and Colin Woodward, which are truly much responsible breeders, to let us have our very lovely
                and beautiful little girl "Jill" ! We also feel so sorry to both of you and real so very sad that this has must happened to our
                sweet darling "Jill" when she was truly something so very special to us too !

                We really had hoped to spend a very long time together with our little girl "Jill" but it shouldn`t be and still toooo..... young
                she was been taken out of our life. Absolutely no words can express how much we miss our sweet Darling "Jill" when her
                sadden loss is truly just like a Tragedy to us !
                Oh yes, we truly felt always so extremely sorry to our lovely girl who had must going through so very much and if possible
                we had would like it much to take it all to ourself too. Even during the hardest time of her life when this terrible illness has put
                her so very down she was always such very valiant and brave girl !!! We`r real much grateful to all the time we were allowed to
                spend together with our little girl "Jill" even it was such a very, very, short one. "Jill" left us truly with so many happy memories
                and made a huge impact in our life like our sweet darling will be forever unforgotten !
                We are truly heartbroken to the full and why on earth just "Jill"...... ????

Rest in peace sweet little "JILL" when you will be ALWAYS in our hearts -

Goodbye and will see you again......

                Even we had HOPED so very much from deepest bottom of our hearts, we have unfortunatelly LOST the very long
                and hard FIGHT against this truly horrible and distressing Liver Disease of our so very hardly missed and much be-
                loved english girl "Jill". The strong grief and heartache we`r feeling is absolutely not possible to describe in words like
                we`r still much speechless about what has must unfortunatelly happened to our lovely little girl "Jill" too. We truly have
                put all ever possible energy into to help our sweet darling "Jill" how best as ever possible and NEVER GAVE UP !!!!

                We were already indescribable saddened so very much from bottom of our hearts when after real much extensive and
                different kinds of examinations like liver function tests, fine needle Biopsy, ultrasound etc. at least at the Veterinary
                University at Gießen there was been unfortunatelly diagnosed by our so very much beloved english girl "Jill" this real
                distressing disease of "Chronic Hepatitis"! At this time "Jill" had already very strong disturbance of her liverfunction
                like a strong damage of the liver already exist too which was been also confirmed with the results of this loooo...ts of
                taken Blood-samples and other tests !!!

                It all began already last summer 2006 and unfortunatelly a strong relapse happened beginning of the year 2007 where
                from "Jill" happily had improved real well again. Our very special thanks goes to our lovely and much endeavored
                Vet. Dr. med. vet. M. Andreas who had put "Jill" this time really on her paws again and was always there for us day
                and night like of course to Internal Specialist Prof. Dr. med. vet. A. Moritz and his Assistent Vet. A. Mathes at Vet.
                Univ. Gießen who tried all together to help our sweet darling "Jill" as best as ever possible !!

                With real much circumstances we even imported Denosyl SD4 from USA via Espania and Switzerland which was been also
                suggest from Penny Watson, the leader of the Research Project of Chronic Hepatitis at the Vet. School Hospital Cambridge,
                UK , to treat Jill with too - Thanks to all who has helped so much to get to manage it all !
                After we started new Therapy happily beginning of May we were real so very happy when the examination results have
                becomes so much better; but we didn`t becomes too much enthusiasm when we already knew about this lots of Ups and
                Downs from the past of this terrible Liver Disease which was real difficult to manage. Overall it was always a feeling like
                to "sit on a bomb" which will start if next relapse would happen - just about this we were most of all afraid before !!!!
                To our very big joy Jill seemed outwardly well for some time when she initially improved real good.

                But unfortunatelly, even despite receiving most supportive and best possible treatment and care like such as high quality
                diet, antibiotics, UDC, antioxidants, Denosyl SD4 and at least even Stereoide, end of June 2007 real much more stronger
                and very much serious relapse like the last one happened to our lovely girl Jill from where she at least unfortunatelly didn`t
                recovered again. The results of Blood tests were real much horrible and this time Jill even needs "Infusion" to keep her on
                her paws when she was been out of food since this very strong relapse happened and during the whole time when given it to
                her, Kerstin was laying with her lovely girl together on the vetbed on the floor, kept her little girl "Jill" always full in her
                arms, cuddeled and kissed her and has been in floods of tears when always hoped a wonder would happen to let our always
                so VERY VALIANT little girl improve and finally start just only to eat again.

                But just when Jill starts smelling much of AMMONIAK (Poison Gas) out of her mouth this was truly such very serious sign
                that her Liver had stoped working and we took the agonizing decision to let her go over the Rainbowbridge without getting more
                pain when we felt that she had must suffered already enough. We have lost truly the hardest fight in our life so far and what for
                a terrible feeling to be at least so helpless and know for sure that there is absolutely Nothing more to help your very best friend
                of life !!!! What for a strong fight we fought in our hearts to let her finally go over the Rainbowbridge !!

                We were real much surprised to hear that there exist already an Hepatitis Research Project at Queen`s Veterinary School at
                Cambridge which is lead by Mrs. Penny Watson when there is an unexpected rise in cases of Hepatitis in the Breed English
                Springer Saniel in UK and Norway with a very similar history; English Springer Spaniels in Norway are closely related geneti-
                cally to those in UK and unfortunatelly this disease appears to have a high mortality too. We`r very thankful to Mrs. Penny Wat-
                son like to Mrs. Lesley Bloomfield, the Health Co-ordinator of the Southern English Springer Spaniel Society for all their support
                they have given during this real difficult time to us. Of course and real selfless and full of openness we`ve informed Penny Watson
                always about how Jill gets on like we`v given them all Data, Examination Results and have even send EDTA Blood and Serum to
                Cambridge when wanted to give our best support to the Research Project too !

                "Up to date we have unfortunatelly never got to know, even have asked so many times for, any kind of data and facts about still
                 suffering and already died ESS into the Research Project which is indeed so very sad and even disappoint us extremely much when
                 much more OPENNESS and TRANSPARENCY would be really wished and needed to deal with such serious healthy problem into
                 the breed ESS in England and Norway !!! Well, we think that until such big Reseach Project start it must have had real many, many
                 ESS which had and still have to suffer from this real such distressing disease where all has a very similar history like English
                 Springer Spaniels in Norway are closely related gentically to those in UK too ! "

                We only hope so very much it will be ever possible to find out the truth and the reason why on earth this must happen to all
                the wonderful English Springer Spaniels like of course WE will be informed too when they have succeed into this most im-
                portant Hepatitis Research Project ! This is just why WE TOO appeal to everyone to support Penny Watson and her team
                at the Queen`s Veterinary School Hospital where they are doing real such a great job - we keep all fingers crossed they will
                succeed one time and it will be possible to prevent that always more and more English Springer Spaniels have to suffer and
                even must die like our sweet darling "JILL" for reason of this terrible disease which is indeed absolutely devastating for
                both dogs and owners too !!!!

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