Got a not so good call from my sister today regard Abby, the world’s sweetest dog and my mom’s favorite child. All the recent health problems have been traced back to inoperable brain cancer. Right now my sister is weighing her options, but she doesn’t have many. Giving Abby some comfort in what time she has left might be the best she can do.
Life can be cruel sometimes. I think back to that line in the Van Halen “Right Now” video that says “God kills moms and dogs cause he has to”, or something to that effect. Even if you don’t believe in god, you know that things like this have to happen. Doesn’t make it any easier to deal with. Only time can do that. All I can do now is try to say goodbye to a very good dog and help my sister make the transition a little bit easier when the time comes.
At least this time goodbyes can be said. The last dog we had was claimed by a car on New Years night many years ago. I had barely had my license for long, but I was using it that night to frantically try to find an emergency vet. Even if we had found one there was nothing we could have done for her. That was a hard night — hardest I had known at that time. But that’s not the case this time, and for that I’m thankful.
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