" Bailey "
Feb. 20 1989 ------- Aug. 14 1998
Boxer
We had to say good-bye to the most
loved member of our family yesterday. Bailey had developed
some cancer some time ago and was operated on for it.
She seemed to be doing well until she developed weakness
and apparent pain in her hips and forelegs.
After watching her slowly deteriorate for some months we
finally decided that to continue her situation would be for
us and not for her. It was obvious that she wasn't being
helped by the medication she was being given.
We finally made the decision to end her suffering before it
got too extreme. We took her to the vet for one last consult.
He had no cures for us. He left us alone while we said
our good- byes and then came in and gave her the injection.
She died in my arms. I have never felt this way before.
I lost both my parents and my sister- in-law along
with various others along the way.
I never felt the way I did with Bailey because I
never believed they really loved me the way she did.
She never hurt anyone or anything. She never had a bad
thought in her relatively short life. She was as close to
pure love as anything ever could be. I don't really know
what we'll do. I sincerely hope that the Rainbow Bridge will
really be there when we go beyond life's gate.
I pray that when the time comes
Bailey will be waiting for me.
| Bailey |
| Urban |