Jan. 16 1984 —– May 4 2000
Pekingese
I pay tribute to the best friend a woman ever had…
a little white Pekingese named Tawney.
He was brought home to me at 7 years of age and I really didn’t
want him because we had another Pekingese.
I see now that God intended for me to have him in my life.
This little fellow was my constant companion. Circumstances in my life
changed where I was suddenly on my own
and I was really glad to have him.
I wound up making two major moves and the little fellow was good as
gold during both of them. When I came back to Michigan circumstances
were such that I had to live with my sister and brother-in-law
and they came to love him almost as much as I did.
There are many things that warm my heart when I think about Tawney.
However the one thing that really warms my heart is when I
would come home from work Tawney would run around and around
and bark until he got tired out. I suspect this was his way of saying how
glad his mom was home. The last two years had been rough on him
when old age set in. He got arthritis in his back legs but I faithfully
gave him his medication every day which did seem to help.
He wound up getting a small cancer growth under his rectum,
but the vet operated on it and got it all out.
The last string of problems started the week of May 1 when he started
having seizures and not being able to hold in his bodily functions.
It was apparent he was in a lot of pain. By Wednesday of that
week after several seizures I asked my husband to take him to the vet
knowing that would be his last trip.
My husband tried to comfort me and suggest maybe it was just
a kidney infection but I knew better.
I sat with Tawney on the couch that last night holding him
tightly and I’ll never forget those eyes looking up at me as if to say
“Please don’t let me suffer like this anymore.”
May 4 was one of the most horrible days in my life.
Although I know I did the right thing I miss him terribly
and I am still grieving for him.
He brought me a lot of joy and I will
always remember him.
Debbie
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