Today was the day we've been dreading for this past year.
We had to put John to sleep this afternoon. It was time. His enlarged heart along with his arthritis and the side effects of the meds finally took its toll on his small body. I knew yesterday what was to happen today. He usually sits at the bottom of the deck stairs and waits to be picked up and brought inside but yesterday, he was lying on the ground in the melting snow and was unable to stand - his hind quarters were completely incapacitated and he never physically recovered.
Even with warning, it?s hard for a teen age boy to come to grips with the likely possibility of having to put your family pet, your lifelong friend, to sleep the next day. And so it was. The sympathetic vet delivered the news, after x-rays and examination, that none of us wanted to hear, that it was finally time.
We all 3 took turns holding him and petting him and rubbing his soft, beautiful beige fur. Then it was time and it was quick and it was quiet and he is gone.
Rudy, of course, is confused and keeps looking around for John. Mr. Johnrudy quit taking Rudy for walks because John could no longer go and it broke Mr. JR?s heart to hear John cry when he couldn?t join them. Rudy went for his first walk with Mr. JR in a long, long time tonight.
We all miss John very much ~
