Monday, September 8, 2008
Amber 09/01/1991-09/08/2008
Our precious Amber died today of apparent acute kidney failure. She was her usual self (part angel, part imp) until last Thursday, when she stopped eating and started acting lethargic. We hoped this would go away in a day or so, but by Saturday, she was quite sick. Doug had a long conversation (from 6 miles away from our campsite in Yellowstone NP, the closest we can get cell coverage) with a vet from Jackson, WY, and she thought Amber had acute kidney failure. They set up an appointment for today (Monday). Amber died in Willie's arms on the way down. The vet said if she slipped away over the weekend, there was probably nothing that could have been done, so we are glad that we weren't at fault for waiting too long to take her in.# posted by Doug and Willie @ 4:21 PM 
