Posted on 07/09/2015 7:32:03 PM PDT by artichokegrower
I must admit that I also wondered after reading this if we have forgotten about humans and just now share endless posts of feel good animal stories. Don’t get me wrong ...I have been just as guilty. I think I am going to call the local human hospice and see if they need volunteers.
My cat’s over 20, also. She looks pretty good for her age still, but she sleeps a lot more. It’s a long time to be connected to another little being, isn’t it?
Injecting politics into a political forum, heaven forbid.
couldn’t agree with you more.
Yes let’s not do any good because we can’t do all good everyone wants.
People who think this way have a zero-sum mentality, when it isn’t true at all.
Stories like this bring tears to my eyes..poor pooch, but what an amazing woman to do this for this beautiful creature. God Bless them both..its stories like this that give me hope for this world
Condensed version because I really cannot bear talking about her much, yet:
She was a rescue at 6 weeks.
The jerk who had Odin’s daddy called me and said he had a pup in dire straits.
I went to get her and not even 3 miles from his house, we diverted immediately to the vet ER in Winchester.
They gave her virtually no chance of survival, not knowing what was wrong but we gave her a chance.
The bill rapidly escalated.
Many FReepers, to whom I am eternally indebted, offered financial aid and many prayers, which we needed desperately as Obeyme pretty much crashed our home business, which ~had~ always allowed us to easily shoulder vet bills.
A miracle occurred and she lived.
Seven months later, she had an “episode”.
Next thing I knew, we were at vet neuro clinic in Leesburg VA and she got an MRI.
Over 70% of her brain was water.
When I saw the images, the world dropped out from under me and I unashamedly wailed in the vet’s office.
It was SO wrong and so unfair that a dog so loved should be so doomed.
Again, the same [and more] FReepers helped us bear the cost.
Tragically, 22 days after her initial episode, she started to seize and was put down.
To this day, I hate myself for not giving her more chances.
The decision to end her was not mine.
Holding her still for that was singularly the worst 3 minutes of my life, to date.
I relive it often, both awake and more horribly, asleep.
I’ll never forgive myself.
But there are people here that I owe an eternal debt because without their help, we would not have those precious 7 months with her.
She was an extremely special, bright little soul.
Part of me died with her and I can’t seem to get it back or “get over it”.
I’m guessing it might have something to do with having had miscarriages and her being just a baby.
Some deep psychological scars, there.
And, so, I’m out of here for the night as the crying has started again.
And now that Godforsaken dying-dog-Subaru ad is playing.
:’(
Staying on topic is also a rule in this forum.
Heaven forbid.
Next time there’s an abortion thread, maybe I’ll go in and make an ass of myself about all the dead puppies that happen every day.
Sheesh.
Best post of the thread.
It’s a brilliantly done commercial....very moving.
‘Specially to us *dog people*. Makes me hug-our-hound every time I see it.
Well, Salvation, I have a cat with a broken back that my wife and I raised from a small kitten. My wife designed a sling to use so that we can walk him. We couldn't put him down.
I absolutely don't like abortion. I believe that Rowe vs Wade has contributed greatly to the downward slide that our society has taken the past 40 years.
But, our helping this cat has nothing to do with whether we approve or disapprove of abortion. It has everything to do with helping a cat, our friend.
What can we do about abortion? Pray! People have been praying to stop abortion until the cows have come home, and it still occurs.
I’ve hit that point where every sad thing guts me.
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I sincerely cannot stand the people who believe in zero-sum compassion, that because a person does good in one area it somehow takes away good from somthing else, or means that person cannot be doing good in other areas/ways, too.
It is extremely narrowminded and self-centered.
Imagine how God feels. You are getting an idea of how He feels.
Great point about thread hijacking.
Good news is you will get her back and this time nothing like that will ever happen again.
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