Chester
Chester is having another anemic crisis. I'm doubting that it is the hemolytic kind because his urine looks pretty normal. I think it is a production issue. Maybe his bone marrow is finally just kaput. We had a whole extra year with his determined heart, and up until a couple of days ago he was really looking pretty good. He was chasing the ball and had a bounce in his step, now he is lethargic at best and very pale. Poor old man. Chuck has taken to sleeping with him again so he's not alone and we are supplementing him with boost and iron like we did last time in case it helps him. If it's time to go, we are thankful to have had him for so long. But there is always a part of me that hold hope. Say a prayer for my old guy, that he is comfortable and feels the love around him. Nickel has taken to laying beside him and kissing his nose. The kids seem okay, Caleb is more curious about what dying is. grant is aware that we have been lucky with him and has pulled closed to the bounding puppy energy that is Nickel. i think both are handling it in a pretty healthy fashion. With Chuck sleeping downstairs I have taken time to snuggle both boys to sleep. It's nice to lie there with each child beside me and think back on their own babytimes when they always slept beside me. And I drift to thinking of sleeping with my own mother. Whenever Dad was out of town my brother or I would climb into the big king bed and sleep beside her after a long night of TV watching together. I miss my mother, and I will miss Chester.
He has been such an amazing Dog. We got him before we married in 93. He's been a firm companion through so much, Most of all I cherish the memories of him climbing onto my bed when I was pregnant with each boy and settling himself at my back and letting me lean back onto him for support. He rode with me everywhere, and until this year was also part of the school pick up brigade.
Were the thousands spent worth an extra year? Yep, every penny, even if I am still paying it off long after he is gone. He has carried my heart through some very hard times. I hope we can make his days as full of love as he has made ours.
He has been such an amazing Dog. We got him before we married in 93. He's been a firm companion through so much, Most of all I cherish the memories of him climbing onto my bed when I was pregnant with each boy and settling himself at my back and letting me lean back onto him for support. He rode with me everywhere, and until this year was also part of the school pick up brigade.
Were the thousands spent worth an extra year? Yep, every penny, even if I am still paying it off long after he is gone. He has carried my heart through some very hard times. I hope we can make his days as full of love as he has made ours.