Posts Tagged ‘furbaby’
Always Read The Chart
I brought my dog Chloe to the vet tonight. She has an ear infection. I was dreading bringing her. See, a month or so ago I brought my other dog here because he was sick. And he never came home. I’m not over it. Not even close. Now I know to some people dogs are just dogs. But to me, he was my first baby, my constant, and my happiest hello. Putting him to sleep was traumatic for me. And not just the process. For starters I had never done…
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Last night our family said goodbye to our chocolate lab, Bauer. It was sudden. It was unexpected. And it was traumatic. He woke up fine. Around mid-day he started having trouble walking. By 4 we were at the vet. At 4:30 the vet told me that he had a splenic rupture caused by a tumor and his tummy was filling with fluid. She told us our options. And then we asked her what she would do if it was her dog. By 6 he was gone. He died in my…
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