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Jesus said, "Let not your heart be troubled..." but, in times of mourning the loss of loved ones, that seems a hard saying at times. This month several years back I lost my Mom and Dad (4 years ago and 13 years respectively). That still is hard to cope with. My former wife and I had a little puppy that we both loved as much as a daughter we never had. Living separately, she would on occasion, bring her down to play at my house and sometimes I would go to see her where they lived. She was a playful, loving and cutest little think, part Yorkie and part Pomeranian mixed with maybe something else.
Two weeks ago I got a call that Katie ( her name) had nearly accidentally stangled herself to the point that her eyes popped out and one was on her cheek. The vet didn't give the right eye much home and stitched it close for two weeks. The other wasn't as bad but, she still couldn't see where she was going and could be totally blind. Upon hearing this, we both cried like little Katie was a human and nearly like a daughter. Two days before thanksgiviing, Katie had a seizure and it seemed she would die. However, she got alright after a certain short time elapsed. That had never happened before. The day after Thanksgiving, she was taken to the vet to get the stitches removed from the right eye and her eye just fell out. Without any reason, she suddenly went into another seizure and the vet said it was probably due to the initial accident when she nearly choked herself to death and it probably wouldn't get any better and neither would she be able to see, it appeared. The decision was made to put her to sleep. She was just 2 1/2 years old.
We both were devastated by this call and it just didn't make sense. I suppose the way we both felt it couldn't have been any worse if it had been a daughter of ours. I would never have thought that an animal could produce such feelings of remorse as the little pup did. I even ordered a marble head stone for her with her name and a couple of lines on it for her gravesite. I don't know if many people do this or not but, I felt compelled to do it in remembrance of her.
So, for all animal lovers or for those that have lost pets before, you will know from where I'm coming from. A topic of discussion was on the board not too long back about animals going to heaven. We can just speculate on that I suppose but, and if there is a way and God grants us that wish, I do hope to see Katie again running through green meadows and being her usual playful and loving self again. Currently, I'm finding it all hard to cope with and just wanted to vent it a little here so others will know, if you've felt this way before, you're not alone.
Two weeks ago I got a call that Katie ( her name) had nearly accidentally stangled herself to the point that her eyes popped out and one was on her cheek. The vet didn't give the right eye much home and stitched it close for two weeks. The other wasn't as bad but, she still couldn't see where she was going and could be totally blind. Upon hearing this, we both cried like little Katie was a human and nearly like a daughter. Two days before thanksgiviing, Katie had a seizure and it seemed she would die. However, she got alright after a certain short time elapsed. That had never happened before. The day after Thanksgiving, she was taken to the vet to get the stitches removed from the right eye and her eye just fell out. Without any reason, she suddenly went into another seizure and the vet said it was probably due to the initial accident when she nearly choked herself to death and it probably wouldn't get any better and neither would she be able to see, it appeared. The decision was made to put her to sleep. She was just 2 1/2 years old.
We both were devastated by this call and it just didn't make sense. I suppose the way we both felt it couldn't have been any worse if it had been a daughter of ours. I would never have thought that an animal could produce such feelings of remorse as the little pup did. I even ordered a marble head stone for her with her name and a couple of lines on it for her gravesite. I don't know if many people do this or not but, I felt compelled to do it in remembrance of her.
So, for all animal lovers or for those that have lost pets before, you will know from where I'm coming from. A topic of discussion was on the board not too long back about animals going to heaven. We can just speculate on that I suppose but, and if there is a way and God grants us that wish, I do hope to see Katie again running through green meadows and being her usual playful and loving self again. Currently, I'm finding it all hard to cope with and just wanted to vent it a little here so others will know, if you've felt this way before, you're not alone.
