R.I.P, Rory, 2000-2010
Nov. 30th, 2010 09:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wraithfodderToday, at nearly 11 years old, Rory succumbed to the cancer. We put him to sleep this afternoon. 
We knew his time was limited, and he basically did make the two weeks that the vet predicted. Alas, the prednisone was no match for the cancer. He threw up his medicine last night and his breathing was not good. This morning, it was worse, and there was some bleeding. I took him to the vet, who said he was in bad shape and that we should end his pain today or tomorrow. I opted for today, after watching him struggle with his breath. I don't regret the decision. He's now without pain, hopefully in a better place. He went to sleep very peacefully after the vet administered the drugs. I think he knew. This morning he just looked at me with his one eye and I could see it was time. We decided to have him cremated, so that if we move, we can take him with us.
We had good times and bad - he weathered some intense surgery a few years back when he nearly died from bladder stones. He's had Lyme, he's been bitten or clawed by something, he's eaten things he shouldn't and ruined things- like chewing up the zipper on his sleeping pad, drooling and leaving white spots on the hard wood floor, mangled the gutter (I will never figure out what that was about, but I won't repaint it as now it has sentimental value). He put up with me putting stuffed animals on him, trapping him in snow forts (he LOVED the snow).
Toughest part will be coming home and not being greeted by him, wanting to go out, or hearing him barking himself silly at the squirrels, or whining for me to open the door when good grief, even the cat could do it. I will be vaccuming up his hair for months to come, I am sure, or begging for good. He did get his appetite back right before he went to the vet, scarfing down the forbidden whie bread, but we knew from watching his breathing, that letting him go was right.
And now, some pictures and videos... 
Sitting on the rug, his favorite spot 
In the yard, in the Spring, probably picking up those darned deer ticks. 
Rory and the cat, playing. Yes, they loved each other quite a bit. When I came home after Rory was gone, I let the cat sniff the alligator (which Rory rested on in his final moments) and I think the cat knows. 
As if anybody else is shredding tissues on the floor....GUILTY! ;) 
Rory LOVED the snow. He'd stay out all day if we let him. He'd sit on the last vestige of snow as spring approached as if trying to hold on to the cold spot. 
Yes, he was a shelf for stuffed toys. 
Taken in October, when his eye hemorrhaged. He loved to sit in the same spot next to the patio, so much so, the grass is gone, the Earth flattened and impacted. 
Oh yeah, he did not like the Cone of Shame at all, but he healed up so well from the surgery.
Laughing or yawning. I'd like to think he's no longer in pain and running green pastures, shredding weeds and chasing squirrels.
Shredding weeds. A favorite.
Frustrated by the fence cuz he's too fat to jump over it. Aw.. poor little guy.
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Date: 2010-12-02 02:05 am (UTC)So sorry...
Date: 2010-12-01 09:51 am (UTC)Losing a well loved pet is like losing part of your family. Please know that I am thinking about you, and if gives you any comfort always remember that you gave him a good life, with a lot of love.
Take Care
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Date: 2010-12-01 12:38 pm (UTC)*hugs*
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Date: 2010-12-01 04:42 pm (UTC)I've gone through this incredible loss myself twice before, so, my thoughts, prayers, good will and plenty of big hugs goes out to you and your loved ones (including the other pets).
Steve Wong
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Date: 2010-12-01 05:46 pm (UTC)And i feel for your.
She was such a lovely dog!!!!!!
My beloved babies both died fall 2009 within two week and it´s still an open wound - raw and hurting.
I had to make the final decision on both of them and those two "Yes, do it!"s were most hardest words all my life!
Ricky was 17 and he sort of was a very healthy old chap - he died within 12 hours. A nasty tumor hidden in his nose broke and he almost suffocated on his own blood. We fought the whole night, but in the morning he just...crawled on my lab and looked at me. Then he licked my face...
And he died in my arms.
Eireanne, my little girl, had a hard youth and so her health wasn´t that good. She was just 13 and her liver and kidneys just...stopped working. Within 2 days her whole stomack filled up with fluid and her lungs, too. She would have been drowning from the inside...
Again I had to help her let go.
Poor girl didn´t even know what happenend...she was so weask, lying in my arms. And she was almost gone - the vet merely got all the stuff in her vein, when she sighed deeply and...it was over.
I cremated both and now they´re with me in spirit.
Sorry, I´m babbling...
*cries*
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Here´s a poem i like a lot:
"The Rainbowbridge
Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.
When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge.
There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together.
There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.
All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.
The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.
They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance.
Bright eyes are intent; eager body quivers.
Suddenly the pet begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass,legs carrying faster and faster like flying.
YOU have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again.
The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.
Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....
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Feel my best wishes with you...
Try to remember the good days - those tinny and great moments, the amazing days when she had fun, when was goofy or just sooooo sweet beyond words...
There are a lot of those tinny sparks of joy, though you maybe can´t see them right now.
And remember - one day, when you walk the green field leading to the heaven´s gate, all your animal friends will be waiting there. (For me it´s a whole pack!) They will have fun while waiting, I´m sure...
And as long as you made her (short) life the best it could be, you´ve done enough.
I take some relief out of this thought and believes.
Andy
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Date: 2010-12-01 09:51 pm (UTC)Know how sad it can be to lose a pet. Remember the good times.
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