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Our faithful family dog is gone.Aug 08 '01 Write an essay on this topic.
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The Bottom Line Being a single mom is so very hard! Today especially! And from now until infinity!
Now like I have not had enough crap happen to me over the last few months here I go again, In case you do not know the background here I have written a couple epinions in the same category which may help you understand. But for know this event at hand seems to be the most painful hard thing right now in our lives. My family has had a purebred German Shepard for 8 years now, and in the last week he has become ill and after 4 days of him totally refusing even a rib eye steak I knew something was really bad! All he wanted to do was drink a gallon or 2 of water and sleep, he even got to the point that he would not even get up at all, this was so not him! Well like I said after 4 days of him not eating and not throwing up but acting sick I let him out of his kennel to pee and watched him very close to see if I could figure out what was hurting him, well he urinated pure red! Oh my god! I called my vet right away and he said get him in here! So I did well I tried to, a dog that would almost always jump and almost knock me over when I asked him if he wanted to go with his leash in hand would not leave his kennel. I tried to cox him out and he finally did, but to get him into my jeep was another story, he weighs about 122 lbs. As I tried to help him in the back of the jeep, he fell to the ground, my heart stopped! Finally I knew how sick he was, this was not just a hunger strike for better food or even the flu. I arrived at the vet at 11:00 he quickly noticed the 20 lb or more weight loss, which I saw some of it but thought it was due to him loosing his winter coat, he did that every summer. Well a blood test and X-Ray was all it took! He had a tumor that was big near his stomach and had kidney failure too! The decision was made between the two of us at that moment that not even if I had a couple thousand dollars could he be fixed! As hard as it was, I agreed to put him down and he is no longer suffering. God how that hurts! And will for a long time, it does help to talk about it but God does it hurt! Next situation is coming home to tell my 14 year old daughter who has loved this dog like her very best friend for 8 years! To say the least being a single mother is the ultimate worst, more so when things go bad! Well I went to the park before I came home and tried to think of a way to tell her that would not hurt so bad, but there is no way, and then I thought about not telling her at all but, the truth is the best! So I came home and all she had to do is look at me, and I lost it All I could do was try to explain what had happened and how he was no longer in pain and that he knew that we loved him! Oh my god this was the hardest thing I think ever! I offered a new puppy, just trying to help and that was a bad idea! I quickly decided that the only help would be a long hard hug! That can not even begin to tell you about the pain that we are feeling right now but I am sure some of you have been through this too, and may understand. What do I do? How can I help her and myself understand that through all the bad in our lives our German Shepard has been with us and always protected us and been the most loyal friend in the world? Love will help right? I do not think anything will help now. Why does it seem that bad luck runs in a term of 3? And Why again are single moms continually tested to see how much they can take? I know he was just a dog but, we loved him as if he were a member of our family. My prayers are with you boy! We loved you unconditionally! You were the best pet ever! Rest in peace! Your hurting is no longer, now you can sleep with no pain. We love you! This Hurts!  |
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