Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Difficult choice

I found out today that our one little puppy might have a birth defect preventing it from swallowing correctly.

On Friday I will take him for xrays. If what the vet's suspicions are correct we will have to end his life.

I look at his life-force wagging his little tail and it breaks my heart.

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm sorry. It's one of the hardest things, and I can think of nothing to make it easier. I'm here with you.

kristen said...

oh i'm sorry. it is the most difficult choice, having to end the life of a fuzz-friend. sending you peace and love dear hele. xo

thailandchani said...

Ugh! A difficult position to be in, certainly... but you know you are doing the right thing. Alleviating suffering. That's what it's all about.

Christine said...

i think i'm going to cry.

i hope it isn't true. i hope he is ok.

Liv said...

oh, babe. i am so sorry. sending love and light for puppy, and strength for your heart.

flutter said...

Oh love, I will be thinking of you constantly.

Susanne said...

Thinking of you too. Love.

crazymumma said...

oh thats hard. are there any other choices?

crazymumma said...

hmph. I'm back to say this is bothering me more than I want it to. wee thing.

Mary said...

Oh no!!!
I'm sending good thoughts and white light your way. This has to be heartrending.
Hugs to you.
xoxo

Anonymous said...

crossing my fingers that your vet is WRONG and he will grow out of it . .

~bluepoppy

Phyllis Hunt McGowan said...

I too am hoping that you find out vets can be wrong sometimes.
Either way, you are struggling now and I know it's heartbreaking.
Hoping for the good news...

Anonymous said...

Awwww...ohhhh...that's so sad.

I'm just sitting here shaking my head. I can just see the little thing and that wagging tail.

I pray something shifts...for all of you. Peace in heart and mind.

Girlplustwo said...

oh honey. oh no.

missing you.

we_be_toys said...

Oh no! I hate hearing that. Is there nothing they can do? (Is it prohibitive, if they can?)
That has to be one of the hardest things to do - to have to end the life of a baby. We had to put a six month old kitten to sleep once, long ago. He had congenital neurological damage, so there wasn't a thing to do be done. But my god - my husband and I cried like little kids the whole way home.
I will be thinking of you and your sweet little pup :(

Maryam in Marrakesh said...

oh that's so hard. One of the peacocks has broken its legs and it has healed so it can't walk:( I'm right with you.

PixieDust said...

I am so very sorry...

sending you love, and sending this puppy some incredibly beautiful smells to wag his little tail all the more...

(((HUGS))),
Me