06/18/2026
It just takes ONE bite!!! And your world can fall apart. 💔 Your heart can shatter and you quickly learn what real helplessness feels like. 😭
Gone from my side, my constant companion every hour of the day, is our precious Joy. 😭 From one tick who was on her no more, and probably less, than 2 hours, anaplasma was transmitted from that tick. Anaplasma quickly becomes fatal. And the worst part is Joy went months with no symptoms. And when she did show symptoms, they could easily be attributed to a variety of health issues. I never knew about anaplasma and I’m finding most pet owners don’t know about it either.
How do chemical flea and tick treatments work? The tick has to bite the animal to get the poison that will kill them. But by then it is already too late because it just takes one bite!
My soul dog lost her fight in spite of an emergency blood transfusion because she was bleeding out internally. 😭 She had no platelets left because anaplasma had destroyed her bone marrow. In spite of absolutely heroic efforts by her vet and staff, Joy’s sweet soul passed on to Heaven. 😭😭
It’s been a long, empty, lonely, and sad week for us. Joy was our joy, literally. Always happy and full of such great love and devotion, Joy brightened even the saddest of days around here. She seemed to understand our pain and go out of her way to make us focus on her when we were down. Though we know she’s passed on to Heaven and we’ve not “lost” her, her absence in our daily lives seems unbearable.💔
If you have a pet PLEASE research Anaplasma and Ehrlichiois (sp?) and have your pets tested in case you didn’t know they got bit by a tick. Believe me, this is a pain you do not want to experience and the reality of these tick diseases is serious and widespread! If your vet won’t test for these, then find another vet who will. Your pet’s life could depend on it. Early diagnosis is key!! And apparently the symptoms are varied from GI issues, lameness, lethargy, inappetence, weakness, and then sudden death. Please, please have your pets tested!
