It's been over two months now, so it's time I swallowed the bitter pill and posted what needs to be done ( Read more... )

I'm getting really good at knowing when someone is about to die - just now it was little Andy rat. He's been fading these last few weeks and somehow, this morning, I could tell he wouldn't be with us tomorrow. We had a cuddle listening to JM read Storm Front (parts 2 and 3)and just before end of disc 3 he went ( Read more... )

A momentous day which I wish I didn't have to mark: the first morning in 26 years that I wake up without a dog.


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A very bad night. Deefa panting and choking - nodes very swollen. Damn, I was so pleased on Monday to be able to say that she'd had no trouble with this since that first night that I didn't think to ask what I could do if it started up ( Read more... )