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Canine Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA & IMHA) - A Poem to share....
| I want to share this poem with all thoes who have had to make the decision to set their beautiful doggies free, myself included. May I go now? Do you think the time is right? May I say goodbye to pain filled days and endless lonely nights? I've lived my life and done my best, an example tried to be. So can I take that step beyond and set my spirit free? I didn't want to go at first, I fought with all my might. But something seems to draw me now to a warm and loving light. I want to go. I really do. It's difficult to stay. But I will try as best I can to live just one more day. To give you time to care for me and share your love and fears. I know you're sad and afraid, because I see your tears. I'll not be far, I promise that, and hope you'll always know that my spirit will be close to you wherever you may go. Thank you so much for loving me. You know I love you, too. That's why it's hard to say goodbye and end this life with you. So hold me now just one more time and let me hear you say, because you care so much for me, You'll let me go today. Tricia x |
| Tricia UK |
| Tricia, Thanks! This is so beautiful. Our pets become so much a part of our lives, it is such a hole to let them go. Ann Marie |
| Ann Marie FL |
| I am always surprised at how close to the surface my tears are until I read something like this. Now that they are pouring down my face it makes it tough to type. It is indeed hard to let them go. Penny |
| Penny Lytle Creek calif |
| Thanks Tricia - I agree with Penny - that really brought it all back to the surface. My Popeye has been gone since early January and it feels like it just happened today. |
| Allison |
| Same here. I'm sitting here crying my eyes out after reading this and missing the best dog I could ever have. She died early in March due to this horrible disease. I think I've made the decision to never get another dog - I just can't bear the pain of something like this ever again. I am still so sad. |
| Gail SD |
| Tricia -- thank you. This is a beautiful poem. Yesterday it was three years ago that we said goodbye to our dear Wiley, so this poem and its sweet sentiment really brought on the tears. When we realized we had a decision, we agonized and didn't know how we could face it. Our vet told us that Wiley would tell us what to do -- and she did. We were there with her to the end, and I'm so grateful for those last moments together. Her last senses of this world were our arms around her and our voices telling her how much we loved her and how much she meant to us. |
| Brenda VA |
| Tht is so beautiful and so true. I have had to make the decision twice and it is so hard, but I knew it was right. I always say, when they are suffering and there is really no hope, to keep the,--tht is for ourselves. To let them go--tht is for them. |
| Sandra Salyton TExas |
This thread was discussed between 20/05/2008 and 22/05/2008
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