Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Thank you Cheryl-
The first week was terrible. I KNEW that I did the right thing, but I missed him very much. He was always a Momma's boy- always! When we were outside, he HAD to sit on my lap... when we watched TV, he was either on the chair at my side or lying under my legs on the floor. Going to bed the first few nights really sucked. He would be either on my pillow or in the bend of the back of my legs (side sleeper). When we awoke in the morning- he would sit up, shake, and come to me for lovins.
Today Cody sneezed and when I said "bless you".. it reminded me of Pedro- he and I had a game that we played ... he would sneeze and I would say bless you... he would do this usually 5-6 times in a row... most of them were fake... I loved it. So, that made me smile this morning.
I know that they are up there in Heaven just having a blast together.

Saturday, July 6, 2013

Pedro

Today marks a week that we had to put Pedro to sleep. The journey started about 6 months ago. We noticed that he began to have loose stool, so we tried a few different foods to help him. None of the foods worked, so I purchased a 50lb box of chicken and a 25lb bag of rice and I made his food, packed in individual meals, and froze them. We would pull out a week's worth at a time, heating each one until it was just right for Pedro. This seemed to help... the loose stool had gone away.
 Pedro has slowed down a WHOLE lot over the past few months. There would be times that he would just sit next to my bedroom door and not move for hours; he was leaned up against the corner of the door jam. When he would finally move, it would be so slow and looked so painful- I felt so bad... I would normally go pick him up and carry him to the sofa. (he was taking pain meds for this as well as joint vitamins)
Well, about 3 weeks ago the loose stool came back and he would go in the house while we were at work... he tried to make it to the door- the trail of evidence showed this- that is when I discovered the coloring of it. Black, green, and mucus. We took him to the vet. They gave him 2 pills to take. YAY- this stopped the messes.... but I discovered that he would not go AT ALL- well, I couldn't have that either, so I stopped the pills. It took him a couple of days to 'go' again, and when he did- sadly enough it went back to the black, green, and mucus- I was sad to see that. I knew something was going on in there- what I thought was joint pain, could have been this monster inside him this whole time. I simply could not allow him to hurt this way.
I made 'the appointment' and Patrick and I took him in. He was very calm and seemed to know that we were helping. They shaved his leg and he just laid there getting his lovins from us. I held his face and talked to him, Pedro licked the palm of my hand very gently as if to say "Thank You: I love you" and then he gently fell asleep and began his journey to find the laps of the ones he loves in Heaven. I am sure that he is up there playing with the other brother and sisters and laying vigil by Jimmy's side. No more pain.... resting.....