I took my dog to the Vet today to be put to sleep. On the examination report there was a section titled "Your Pet's Current Condition". There were three boxes under this section, excellent, good, and needs improvement. Needs improvement was checked which was something of an understatement. I assume it is just standard procedure to attach the examination report to all customer receipts, although it seems a bit strange to provide it to people whose pet has been put to sleep. However, since I prefer to use humor to diffuse stressful or upsetting situations, I found this notation on my dogs report to be a welcome diversion.
So my dog of 10 years, Sirius Bi-Mon-SciFi-Con* Roemerman, had to be put to sleep today because he was suffering from heart failure and could not breathe. I chose to remain in the room as they injected him with the euthanizing agent and was relieved that he slipped away peacefully.
Since he died I've been thinking about what a good dog he was. Sirius was extremely territorial; just a few months ago he bit the gas meter reader because he jumped the fence. Also, I know for a fact that he prevented our house from being broken into while my wife was home alone a few years back. This from the same dog that would let our kids literally take food out of his bowl while he was eating.
While I'm sad he died, and that I had to have him put to sleep, I don't regret that I eased his pain. I'm grateful for the past 10 years, Sirius will be missed.
*It's kind of a long story, and mostly an inside joke, but that was Sirius's middle name.
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1 comments:
Good Sirus. Lay down and relax.
Our pets aren't really much different than all the other things we love the most, our family, kids and spouse.
Pets, however, are often the only source of unconditional love, even sometimes when they should not.
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