MILO WAS A SPECIAL BOY. HE WAS IN FOSTER CARE AT THE HUMANE SOCIETY, DUE TO HIS SPECIAL NEEDS. THE DAY I ADOPTED MILO, THE FOSTER PERSON FAILED TO DUE HIS FINAL CHECK UP. SO MILO AND I WENT TO THE VET. I ADOPTED MILO ON APRIL 22, 2004 FROM THE KOKOMO HUMANE SOCIETY.
MILO WAS SPECIAL. HE WAS A SINGER. I REMEMBER BEFORE MY DAD DIED, EVERY CHRISTMAS, MILO WOULD BRING ME A GIFT ON HIS CURLY PUG TAIL. THEN HE WOULD TELL ME HE LOVED ME.
IN JUNE OF 2005, AFTER DAD PASSED, MILO WAS ENTERED INTO THE HUMANE SOCIETY’S FIRST PET SHOW. MILO WON THE PET SINGING IDOL (ALTHOUGH HE WAS THE ONLY ONE ENTERED). MY MILO HAD SPECIAL NEEDS. HE HAD NO TEAR DUCTS, AND HE EVENTUALLY HAD THE START OF NERVE DAMAGE IN HIS SPINE AND BACK LEGS, BUT THAT DID NOT AFFECT HIM WHEN HE WAS OUTSIDE WITH HIS OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS BROTHERS AND SISTERS. HE RAN CIRCLES AROUND THE BACK YARD AND UP UNTIL THE NERVE DAMAGE STARTED TO AFFECT HIS MUSCLES HE WAS STILL RUNING AND PLAYING AND SINGING.
MILO STARTED TO LOOSE THE USE OF HIS BACK LEG AND WHEN HE RAN HE TRIED TO TO BEAT MY GOLDEN BUT HE WAS NEVER IN ANY PAIN. EVERY MONTH FOR 7 MONTHS DR. McDIVITT CHECKED HIM OUT, THEN ONE DAY HE LOST MUSCLE CONTROL AND I KNEW THAT HIS TIME WAS SHORT. HE NEVER SUFFERED. ON JULY 20, 2009, MILO, HIS BLANKET, SWEET GRASS, SAGE AND A YELLOW ROSE WENT TO DR. McDIVITT. MILO WAS NOT IN ANY PAIN BUT HIS BODY DID NOT WORK. SO, MILO WAS PUT TO SLEEP, BUT BEFORE HE WENT HE SANG TO DR. McDIVITT AND MYSELF.
I THINK HE SANG I LOVE YOU BOTH AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A HOME WHEN NO ONE ELSE WOULD. HE WAS A SUCCESS STORY FROM THE SHELTER BECAUSE THEY KNEW HE HAD A GOOD HOME. MILO IS AT PEACE WITH 14 OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS BROTHERS AND SISTERS WITH MY MOTHER WATCHING OVER THEM ALL. HE WILL BE MISSED BUT NEVER FORGOTTERN. MILO WAS CREMATED AT OUR LOCAL FUNERAL HOME AND IS NOW BACK HOME. MILO I LOVE YOU ALWAYS. MILO YOU WLL ALWAYS BE IN MY HEART. ONE DAY WE WILL
ALL MET AT THE RAINBOW BRIDGE.
WITH ALL OUR LOVE FOREVER,
| MILO |
| 20, July 2009 |
| DEBERA SMITH |