So long, good boy
So long, good boy π’
Four years ago, almost to the day, I had written these same words when your livelong best buddy had left us and I had secretly hoped since that I would never have to write them for you.
Back in January, shortly before your 12th birthday, when your blood analysis showed some light irregularities, we hoped it would all be OK - and it appeared to be. Some stupid blood values would not shake a rock like you.
In February, when the echography showed "two white spots of approx 10cm" around your liver, we still thought everything would somehow end up being OK - and your boundless energy, merely limited by the arthritis in your elbows, proved us right.
Last Thursday, once you had bravely gone through that scanner session and the light narcosis we had feared so much, you came home as if the worst was behind us now and we could go back to normal.
The results may have confirmed a big white spot on the liver, another one in the abdomen and some smaller ones on the lungs, the kidneys and here and there elsewhere, and the words 'tumor' and 'carcinoma' were used in the report, but we just stuck to the other words that said "maybe benign", "could be ... but not necessarily", "would need further analysis to be sure" etc.
And again, on Friday and Saturday, you enjoyed life to the fullest - as you always have.
And then ... yesterday morning at 3:00 a.m. things weren't OK any more - at all !! - and there was no more back to normal since. At 5:00 this after noon, just before we were supposed to come and pick you up at the vet, you decided it was time to go - and you left.
As always, YOU were the one who decided. Bad boy ππ
So, wherever you're heading to now, look down at us from time to time and together with Joey, you guys give us a sign.
You were the best boy one could possibly imagine and seeing you on that stainless steel table this after noon, holding your cold paw and looking into your cloudy eyes was definitely one of the worst moments ever.
Farewell Ikeboy, you were the sunshine of our life - and now it's dark and cold. πππ
So long, good boy
So long, good boy π’
Four years ago, almost to the day, I had written these same words when your livelong best buddy had left us and I had secretly hoped since that I would never have to write them for you.
Back in January, shortly before your 12th birthday, when your blood analysis showed some light irregularities, we hoped it would all be OK - and it appeared to be. Some stupid blood values would not shake a rock like you.
In February, when the echography showed "two white spots of approx 10cm" around your liver, we still thought everything would somehow end up being OK - and your boundless energy, merely limited by the arthritis in your elbows, proved us right.
Last Thursday, once you had bravely gone through that scanner session and the light narcosis we had feared so much, you came home as if the worst was behind us now and we could go back to normal.
The results may have confirmed a big white spot on the liver, another one in the abdomen and some smaller ones on the lungs, the kidneys and here and there elsewhere, and the words 'tumor' and 'carcinoma' were used in the report, but we just stuck to the other words that said "maybe benign", "could be ... but not necessarily", "would need further analysis to be sure" etc.
And again, on Friday and Saturday, you enjoyed life to the fullest - as you always have.
And then ... yesterday morning at 3:00 a.m. things weren't OK any more - at all !! - and there was no more back to normal since. At 5:00 this after noon, just before we were supposed to come and pick you up at the vet, you decided it was time to go - and you left.
As always, YOU were the one who decided. Bad boy ππ
So, wherever you're heading to now, look down at us from time to time and together with Joey, you guys give us a sign.
You were the best boy one could possibly imagine and seeing you on that stainless steel table this after noon, holding your cold paw and looking into your cloudy eyes was definitely one of the worst moments ever.
Farewell Ikeboy, you were the sunshine of our life - and now it's dark and cold. πππ