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11 Sep 2005
How does one move through the heartache, pain, loneliness and sorrow of losing a beloved friend and loyal companion of almost 10 years?? We had to put our four legged baby to sleep 3 days ago. Bogie was the joy of our lives and focus of our attention for the last 10 years. Since we don’t have any 2 legged children we centered our love and affection on Bogie. Our friends say they KNOW there was no other dog that lived a better life than ours. He was spoiled with all the love we gave him, and in return he gave us his loyalty and unconditional love. Bogie was such a wonderful friend and companion. He was such a loving, affectionate, smart, proud, playful, faithful, happy dog, but most of all, our best friend. He traveled everywhere with us. His last hurray was our vacation to Maine last month, where he barked his silly head off at the lobster boats. We had returned from our vacation and started to get back to normal work routines, when Tuesday night he woke me up cause he was sick. He had vomited a few times, and was so restless. Tuesday morning I took him in to the vet, never to return home. He was there 2 nights. The vet repeated the blood work Thursday morning and found his liver enzymes higher than they had been 36 hrs before. So, he felt it necessary to do exploratory surgery to find out what was going on. I raced down to the vet and waited for word on how things were going. Finally, I got called in to the surgery room (being a nurse, the vet knew I’d want more particulars than most people might), and he showed me Bogie was full of cancer. Liver, pancreas, spleen, non-operable. We had 2 choices, 1) allow Bogie to wake up, let him go home on pain meds, and probably die within a week, or 2), let him stay sleeping forever right now. OH MY GOSH!!!!!! What a shock!!! Bogie’s dad was able to get away from work and be there as well, and together we chose #2, knowing it was the right one for Bogie. We stayed with Bogie until he took his last breath and left the vet sobbing. We haven't stopped sobbing.
That was 3 days ago, and yes, life does go on, but it’s SO incredibly painful. I have NO interest in day to day things right now, I have no appetite, I have cried myself to sleep and awakened with tears. The void in our house is unbearable, the emptiness more profound than I ever knew was possible. We are reminiscing about the all happiness he gave us, the silly things he’d do, looking at pictures, crying as we walk by his empty dishes and see his toys and miss him SO very much. There is such a huge void in our hearts and lives, an empty feeling in our hearts. There is part of us, that wants to go right out and get another pet, in an attempt to fill the void. But, we know we should probably wait and allow ourselves to heal somewhat before plunging into getting another pet. We also know that no pet will replace Bogie.
I found this site yesterday and it does help a little reading other's stories and knowing we are not alone in our pain and sorrow. I don’t have much to give others right now but please know that our thoughts and prayers go out to each and every one of you out there suffering this great loss of a loved one. Fortunately, we have many friends who are pet lovers and they all understand what Bogie meant to us, so there has been an overwhelming support from them. 3 sympathy cards so far. To all of you out there in this sorrowful time, thanks for sharing your stories and opening your hearts to others at such a vulnerable time. It’s a comfort to know there is such compassion in the world. Also, let us take a moment to remember what today is. 4 years ago today, our country (US) suffered one of the biggest losses in it's history, let us not forget. Bogie’s Mom sad.gif
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