My little Magawai entered my life only a short while ago
but the impact she left was huge and she is deeply missed.
Magawai was born on September 23 1998 and joined our
family on November 6 1998. She was so cute and little
(she weighed only 2.5 lbs.) She reminded us of a baby gremlin
and hence the name Magawai off of the movie.
She would gather everything….twigs pine needles pine cones….just
about anything. She would bark at all the other dogs in the neighborhood
showing of course who was boss. She may have only weighed
2.5 lbs but her attitude way surpassed that of even a Great Dane.
I knew she was the most perfect dog in the world.
She was my little doll my living stuffed animal. She went everywhere
with me. Her life was that of a normal puppy; she got into
everything (especially bags of chips) she had the appetite of a horse,
her belly was plump and she slept with me every night.
Then suddenly on Thanksgiving her health suddenly changed.
We rushed her into the emergency vet clinic for a hernia operation.
She did really good and came home the next day.
I was so proud of her. Life become a challenge for her from there.
She was diagnosed with having a severe Mega-Esophogus
(8 times normal size). She went on a special diet but it did not help.
She just could not keep food down. She had been up to 4 lbs but
was now loosing weight fast and having other complications.
She had ademas in her hind legs hair loss was burning from
the inside from the many times of throwing up.
I was to the point that I had to seringe feed her every hour.
I would feed her and the burp her and then rub her belly and her throat.
We would try to sleep for 30 minutes and repeat the whole process.
I did not mind anything for my little princess.
Then the time came that I looked at her little body with ribs
sticking out her crooked back bone her swollen back legs
and all of her hair loss from IVs and such that I knew there
was nothing more. I rushed her again to the vet which was our
normal place every couple of days and the doctor just looked at me.
She said the words I feared most “we have tried every medication,
there is nothing more to offer medically or surgically.”
She was in turn starving to death despite my best efforts.
So on January 9 1999 her short life came to an end.
I had dedicated my days and nights to her she did not hold
a place in my heart but instead she held my heart.
There are so many things I miss about her and I could never
tell anyone what impact she made on my life.
The doctor cried the vet techs cried even the receptionists
cried—and I am still crying.
My baby “Maggie Doggie” will never be forgotten and
I thank her for the love she shared with me.
I know we had a bond that is beyond earthly description.
She will always live in me and as a part of me.
Good bye
and I love you
Princess Aubrey Magawai!
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