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[kestle]

Hello all.

Our "Baby" was born 27/11/97. She was a Patterdale Jack Russell.

She was dead at birth and left in the membrane by her mum who rejected her. I broke the membrane, she was lifeless. My husband tried to take her off me to bury her. I held onto her and told him to leave us alone. My husband went out in disgust saying "she's dead". I immediately started to vigorously massage here tiny body (about 5" long) and put her nose and mouth in mine, how long for I do not know. Suddenly there was a movement in one of her tiny paws. She then just sprang into life and squeeked. She was alive. I have never prayed so hard in my entire life.

I have always rescued animals, so perhaps my experience helped, my husband said that I must be a witch! She was so loved and spoilt. She was the boss. She was tiny but perfect, ginger haired and beautiful. I bottlefed her and I was her mummy.

It was her 13th birthday on the 27th November 2010. Her lovely ginger face was now white with age. I was so glad that she made it to 13. We bought her a new collar, lead and coat. She loved going out in the car and had lots of caravan holidays. Recently she just went out on little walks as she was doddery. From the 7th December she refused any of her favourite foods. On the 8th December her little legs began to give way and she just wanted to sleep. She was in the house on a quilt, comfy at the side of the radiator. She was telling us that the was ready to go to heaven. She went in her sleep peacefully, with my sons and I stroking and kissing her, holding her little paws. We are so grateful for 13 wonderful years and she will always be with us. She is buried outside my front door in her new coat, collar and lead.

My husband died five years ago aged just 53. He loved Baby so much, as we all did. I hope my husband is now looking after her as we have, our Baby was a miracle.

We are devastated yet happy for her.

Bless her, be happy our precious Baby, we love you so much.

It's the ones left behind who suffer. She really was our Baby from the day she took her first breath to the say she took her last. She was there for us and we were there for her. It could never have been long enough. ***

[moon_beam]

Hi, Kestle, please permit me to offer you my sincerest sympathies in the loss of your beloved Baby. Losing a beloved companion is never easy regardless of the circumstances or how long we have been blessed with the privilege of their company. It doesn't matter if it's our first, our tenth, our fiftieth - - our earthly journey with our beloved companions is never long enough for we will always want just one more minute, one more hour, one more week, one more - - life time.

How wonderful that you were there to give Baby her "breath of life" so that she could have a lifetime of love and comfort with you and your husband. Unfortunately, like our bodies, our beloved companions' physical bodies are not designed for immortality on this side of eternity. But the love bond we share with them during their earthly journey is eternal - - it continues to live on in our hearts and memories for love is not confined to the physical laws of time and space.

Kestle, please be assured that your husband is indeed enjoying the company of your precious Baby in heaven's perfect garden. Clinical studies have shown that the physical loss of a beloved companion, particularly one that is shared with another human family member, is doubly hard, for it can feel as though you have lost your husband all over again since Baby has now gone to the angels. If you find you are feeling this way, please know this is normal.

Kestle, this grief journey is a one day at a time journey, sometimes a one minute at a time journey. It is filled with so many different emotions sometimes overwhelming us all at one time. It is unpredictable - - sometimes from one moment to the next - - from one day to the next. It is often described as a horror roller coaster ride. Please know this is a journey you will not be making alone, Kestle. Each of us are here for you for as long and as often as you need us. Perhaps at some point in time you will feel up to sharing a picture(s) of your precious Baby with us, and perhaps some of your memories.

Kestle, thank you so much for sharing your precious Baby with us. Please know you are in my thoughts and prayers, and please let us know how things are going.

Peace and blessings,
moon_beam