Last night my family and I had to do the hardest thing ever, euthanize our loving dog and friend, Gidget. We had Gidget for 13 years. She was by far the smartest, most loyal and loving furry 4 legged companion our family ever owned.
I knew it was the RIGHT thing to do, because she was struggling to breathe and her little body was shutting down. Although, it was hard for us, we all gathered around her to say our goodbyes and pet her one last time in the vet's office. We held her while she got her IV medicine, and watched her go. I thought the hardest thing would be to watch her pass, but I was wrong. The hardest part of it all was leaving her there in the vet's office after she had passed. I knew I would never look into her sad brown eyes, feel her lick my face, or pet her warm fur again. I cried all night and my heart was heavy with sorrow.
When we took Gidget to the vet's office it was about 6:45 pm and the sky was so pitch dark, and gloomy. It poured down rain while we were there, and immediately after she passed it stopped and the sun shone brightly. The magical thing was that after we read the poem our vet gave us called Rainbow's Bridge in our car, we spotted a brilliant full rainbow in the sky. I guess that was God's affirmation that we had done the right thing; she would no longer suffer, and things were going to be ok afterall.
Diane,
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry for your loss. I know exactly what you are going through because we had to do the same to our German Shephard, Heidi, about 18 months ago. We had her in our lives for 12 years and she, like Gidget was for you, was a member of our family.
Please know that while I can't say the pain will go away quickly, it will eventually and you will be left with 13 years worth of wonderful memories!!!
Take care,
Michelle