Adopted on Mother’s Day 2001 — July 16 2001
Lab / Mix
I ADOPTED KATIE ON MOTHER’S DAY OF 2001.
SHE WAS A BLACK BUNDLE OF LOVE.
WHEN I BROUGHT KATIE HOME I EXPECTED TO HAVE A
LONG TIME WITH HER. THE FRIDAY AFTER I GOT KATIE
I NOTICED IN MY DAILY CHECK OVER THAT HER STOMACH
WAS SWOLLEN WHERE SHE HAD BEEN SPAYED.
I CALLED THE HUMANE SOCIETY RIGHT AWAY AND
THEN TOOK HER IN. THE VET SAID SHE HAD AN INFECTION.
SHE PROBABLY GOT IT DURING THE SPAYING.
SHE GAVE HER MEDICINE AND I WAS SURE ALL WOULD BE WELL.
IT WAS NOT KATIE WAS WORSE BY THE NEXT DAY.
I CALLED THE ANSWERING SERVICE AND THE VET CALLED
BACK AND SAID TO JUST WATCH HER.
I COULD NOTICE SHE WAS HAVING TROUBLE STANDING AND
SHE YELPED WHEN YOU TOUCHED HER.
I RUSHED HER TO AN ANIMAL HOSPITAL.
THEY DID BLOOD WORK AND SAID SHE WAS A VERY SICK PUPPY.
KATIE SEEMED TO GET BETTER FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS.
I GAVE HER THE MEDICINE AND EXTRA THINGS THE VET HAD
SAID WOULD MAKE HER BETTER.
I EVEN SLEPT ON A PALLET ON THE FLOOR THE FIRST FEW
NIGHTS TO MAKE SURE SHE WAS OKAY.
WE WENT TO THE PARK AND KATIE LOVED TO RUN AND PLAY.
WE WENT ON A SHORT TRIP AND SHE SEEMED TO LOVE TO TRAVEL.
SHE WAS A JOY. JUST WHAT I NEEDED IN MY LIFE.
THE GOOD TIMES DID NOT LAST. KATIE AGAIN GOT ILL.
I HAD MOVED AND I TOOK KATIE TO A NEW VET.
SHE WENT TWO TO THREE TIMES A WEEK.
SHE DID NOT SEEM TO GET BETTER.
BACK TO THE ANIMAL HOSPITAL WE WENT SEVERAL TIMES.
KATIE TRIED SO HARD TO GET BETTER.
SHE WOULD ASK TO GO OUT EVEN WHEN SHE COULD
BARELY WALK.
SHE HAD IV’S AS SHE WAS NOT EATING.
I TRIED EVERYTHING I COULD THING OF TO HELP HER.
FINALLY SHE HAD SURGERY AND SEEMED TO BE BETTER.
THE VET COULD NOT BELIEVE HOW WELL SHE WAS DOING.
ON MY VISIT I EVEN GOT TO TAKE HER OUTSIDE.
THE NEXT DAY SHE TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORSE.
THEY HAD TAKEN HER SPLEEN AND PART OF HER INTESTINES
THE FIRST TIME. THEY HAD TO GO BACK IN AS SHE WAS
FILLING UP WITH FLUID. THE INFECTION SEEMED TO BE BACK.
SHE MADE IT THOUGH THE SURGERY BUT DIED IN RECOVERY.
I FELT LIKE SHE AND GOD MADE THE CHOICE SO I DID NOT HAVE TO.
KATIE’S SHORT BRAVE LIFE HAS FOREVER CHANGED ME.
EVEN IN HER WORSE MOMENTS SHE SHOWED LOVE.
THE LONG LIFE I HAD COMMITTED TO WHEN I ADOPTED HER WAS
NOT SO LONG ON THE EARTH BUT SHE WILL ALWAYS BE WITH ME.
IN HONOR OF KATIE I STARTED THE KATIE FOUNDATION TO HELP
OTHER PET OWNERS AND PETS.
WE HAVE PLACED TWO PUPPIES IN GOOD HOMES AND HAVE
GIVEN A HOME TO TWO OTHERS.
IT IS OUR GOAL TO ESTABLISH A NO-KILL ANIMAL SHELTER
AND TO HELP PET OWNERS LOCATE RESPONSIBLE VET’S.
I SOMETIMES THINK KATIE WAS AN ANGEL SENT TO ME.
SHE MAY HAVE ONLY LIVED FOUR MONTHS BUT HER LIFE WILL
TOUCH OTHERS FOR YEARS TO COME.
I ADOPTED A CHOCOLATE LAB AFTER I LOST KATIE.
I BELIEVE KATIE HELPED ME FIND HER.
KATIE HAD ONE NIPPLE MISSING FROM WHEN SHE WAS SPAYED.
KAILA HAS TWO NIPPLES IN ONE SPOT.
I NOW HAVE KAILA AND TWO OTHERS I RESCUED FROM THE WOODS.
KODY AND DIXIE THEY ARE MIXED BREED AND PRECIOUS.
THEY ARE MY HEART.
KATIE WILL NEVER REALLY BE GONE SHE WILL
ALWAYS BE WITH ME IN SPIRIT.
Ann
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