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[LS Support]

hi there, glad you could make it i am happy to provide this new forum for members of
the L-S old forums ( http://lightning-strike.com/forums/ )as well. as those working their way from our battle-torn alt.support.grief.pet-loss
newsgroup on USENET. perhaps we all can use this as a troll-free resource as i will be ruthless
on off-topic postings and finally have the tools to squash any problems

this would be a great forum to introduce yourselves, if you want. i will kick it off for y'all.

my name is marcdavid, people call me MD (i am not a doctor or vet, a rumour that has
been around ever since my pet-loss work has). i started the lightning-strike site back in '96
as a tribute to my very dear friend Tribble, who passed quickly from a thrombotic clot. it was
a nightmarish scene at the end, my wife (now ex) was a new vet and we tried to save him
but he died in my arms. i have not had a pet since, not my own...we did have 7 cats when i was
married though. to be truthful, i am kinda burnt out on cats and hope to get a dog one day,
a jack russell terrier is my hopeful. oh, right now we do have fish. and a snail. and cuz i left
the window open, about 100 flies

im a 40yo freelance writer in columbus ohio and have 2 great kids ages 6 and 3. they keep me
on the run constantly. so although i will visit here several times a day, i may not post as much
as the rest of you but rest assured i will be reading and wishing you well during these hard times
in your life.

over the summer, i hope to completely redesign lightning-strike.com. i also have a very nice
chat room up and running now if anyone has the interest to participate. it has not been released
publicly yet, so let me know and i can get it readied.

welcome again, i hope you find the support you need here

[Doxiemom]

Hi My name is Levona,
My friend was surfing the web last sunday and she ran across this site and showed it to me. I haven't felt like looking into it until today. Last Saturday I lost my baby Blackie. I have gone through the motions of life but inside I feel empty. Blackie was a black and tan silver dapple Doxie. She was on of the babies of my other two Doxies. Blackie was first born. Wilma was so young I was afraid she wouldn't know what to do but she did and finally I held the precious little squirming baby in the palm of my hand and I was hooked. We ended up adopting out the 2 little boys to good families (that was hard) but we had to keep the little girls. Blackie was always a little "fraidy cat" but she was bigger than her Momma and her sister. She was so funny. My Doxie's are my children. My husband and I don't have any children by choice. I teach school and now have my mom living with me. That's enough people to take care of for me. Two weeks ago on Sunday morn. Blackie some how hurt her back. She started dragging her hind legs. We took her to the vet and he said she had ruptured a disc in her back. If she made it she would never walk again. I was devistated. We decided to take her home and see what we could do for her. We contacted people that make doggie carts for dogs with this problem. They had good advice for us. By Thursday she was looking stronger and had less pain. By Friday evening though she started going down hill. She had got weaker and weaker and quit eating and drinking and she died Saturday April 23rd at 6:15pm. I have been crying off and on since. My family is not real supportive. They like animals but think they are just animals. My friends understand more. It is just so hard right now for me. This is not the first Doxie baby I lost either. My very first Doxie was Rufus. He was also a black and tan silver dapple. He was hit and run by my neighbors teenage kids on purpose. They had to come across the road to hit him. That was 5 years ago. This new death is just jaring the old one open also. I just need a place to talk about my feelings and this seems like a good place for it