Missing My Sweet Maltese/pekingese Boy Options

[LoveMyMickey]

Sept. 20, 1996 - Feb. 22, 2011


Eight weeks ago today our little boy Mickey passed away here at home. I'm glad we didn't have to make the choice of putting him down. He was 14 years and 5 months old. We got him from a couple who could no longer care for him when he was 5 years old. He came home with us and accepted us as if he knew us. He was such a sweet loving little boy.

He was diagnosed with a heart murmur a few years ago which didn't seem to bother him. But as time went by he could do less without getting out of breath and coughing. At his regular checkup last Oct. the vet prescribed a blood pressure and diuretic pill. It helped his breathing until a few days before he passed in Feb. He was always lively and frisky even if it got him out of breath. He had such a happy playful spirit. He went downhill pretty fast. One night he was trotting behind me for his Pupperoni treat and the next day he started not eating as much, but he always drank plenty of water. He lost some weight during the next few days and we kept in touch with the vet. She said to give him some Pedialyte and we also got his meds refilled. We decided not to take him to the vet to get him stuck with needles and upset him, because he was getting weak and we knew this was going to be the end. I could tell his heart wasn't beating normal and the pills weren't helping much.

He had his good days and bad days which they said was normal. The day he passed he had gotten up early that morning and ate a little hamburger I had left out for him in the kitchen. During the day he did his potty outside and even barked at a neighbor through the carport storm door. In the late afternoon, he got in his little soft bed in the living room. My husband and I were in the living room too. All of a sudden Mickey got up out of his bed and collasped. He had a seizure. We got down on the floor with him and comforted him until he took his last breath, which didn't take long. He seemed to be unconscious, so maybe he didn't suffer.

We put him back in his little bed on his side and put it in a heavy duty plastic container which we had ready. We put in some of his favorite things and covered him with a little quilt I had made. Before we covered him with the quilt, we left it open for awhile. He looked like a little angel laying there. Then we sealed it up good. We buried him in our flower garden beside our last little dog.

Needless to say we are heartbroken. I will write more about him later. I can't see through these tears.

To everyone here, please accept my condolences on the loss of your pets. I have been reading here for awhile. I found the board on Google as I was searching for pet monuments.

God Bless You All!

[LoveMyMickey]

Dear Moon_Beam and Peggy's Human,

Again thank you both for your kind words. I guess I'm doing better, but I still get tears every day. But husband and I do smile more and talk about the funny things Mickey did. Eleven weeks ago yesterday, seems like forever he has been gone. I don't like Tuesdays anymore.

I am thankful that the storms did no damage in our neighborhood. I tell Mickey to watch over us.

Moon_Beam and Peggy's Human, I hope you both are doing better in this journey of grief. I always remember you in my thoughts and prayers.

God Bless...

[Peggy's Human]

Hi LoveMyMickey,

I'm glad you're both reaching a point where you can smile through some of your tears and enjoy your wonderful memories of Mickey. I know it's still painful (big cyber-hug to you both!) but it sounds like the healing of your hearts may be underway - I hope! I'm sure Mickey is staying on high-alert when the storms roll in, making sure you both stay safe. And I know what you mean about not liking Tuesdays any longer. I feel that way about Friday nights and Saturdays. I'm not sure if either of us will ever be able to view those days without remembering the negative/painful association again. Time will tell, I guess.

I've been meaning to ask you, do you still have the animal restaurant service going on in your garage? I now have 5 turkeys coming to the yard twice a day to eat, 2 mated pair or Mallards and 2 bachelor Mallards coming to the pool several times a day to eat - don't even ask how bad it's going to be if any of the leftover food on the cover falls in when we pull it off in a few weeks. Not to mention the squirrels and various birds that come to visit and bus in all their squirrel and bird relatives every day so they can all get fat. LOL I realized the other day that I've gone through almost 80 lbs of birdseed in less than a month and told Mom that if I make them too fat to fly, I'm turning them into some predators fat dinner so I have to back off the food. I think I need to learn moderation when putting out the food and I do try but when I see some skinny little bird, who clearly had a hard winter, come looking for food, I don't have the heart to not throw out 'just a little more'. P.T. Barnum was right - and I now admit to being an animal sucker! LOL

I hope you're doing well today, my friend. And you know you all are in my prayers.

Take care of yourself.

Peggy