Hi
there!
You thought you’d be rid of me??? Naaa, I’m gonna live on forever!
Let
me tell you about my final weekend. Mum and dad saw me going downhill quite
fast. I was constantly trembling on my feet. And the diarrhoea, my goodness!!!!
It was relentless. Mum got me some medication from the vet. That didn’t help.
She got me something else, that didn’t help either…. But when they went on
holiday to Ireland (I wasn’t invited for some bizarre reason) I went on holiday
with several friends (Melissa, Dominique and Luna, Marleen and Isidoortje).
When it was Marleen’s turn to care for me, she decided to go online and find a
solution for the diarrhoea.
Mum
and dad cooked her recipe for me ever since: rice, chicken, boiled eggs,
Weetabix, yoghourt, I loved it!!! I didn’t know where Marleen had been my whole
life, but she was a godsend!
But
still, after a while, it got worse again. I went on holiday to grandad for four
days and he too thought that I was on the way out. I was glad to be spoilt by
him for the last time though.
So,
I decided to put mum and dad out of their misery. Together we picked a date for
me to cross the rainbow bridge and Sophie decided to come over to say goodbye.
It would be Monday 14 October. We had a fantastic weekend before that. We were
determined to have lots of fun and all be brave about this.
On
the Saturday we went to the dog beach in Antwerp. The weather was beautiful.
Dad said that this was the closest we could get to dog heaven. I played in the
water for at least an hour and a half.
On
the Sunday Sophie said her goodbyes and went back home and in the afternoon,
and then all my friends from the Ireland holiday knocked on the door!!!! Melissa,
Dominique and Luna, Marleen and Isidoortje! Oh and Monique, the neighbour lady
came too. She used to walk me very often when mum and dad decided to go into
town. They never knew how much fun I had with Monique.
So
we all went to the Wolvenberg pond for a swim (that would be only just me). We
took chairs and drinks and I swam for at least an hour. Swimming was something
I wasn’t allowed to do anymore because it made me too sick. But for this
weekend, Mum said it was OK. She was gonna clean up the shit. Cleaning up
someone else’s shit is what she does for a living, she said.
She
had also gone to the butcher for some bones. I was also no longer allowed to
have those. My tummy wouldn’t take it.
So
a nice weekend with all my friends in the next best thing to dog heaven….
That night, I was terribly sick. Mum had to wake up several times to clean up. We cuddled a bit that morning, in between sickness. We had a last walk in the park, and that was it. Off to the vet. That afternoon, mum and dad went back to the Wolvenberg to find the last log I had chewed on and took it home.
I
am now on the other side and I can tell you that it is great! Swimming, bones,
rabbits…. And all my friends who had passed already are here too: Sandy,
Cupido, Diesel, Oscar,… there were all waiting for me.
Dad
is a bit lonely. He takes himself on walkies now. And mummy has to clean the
kitchen floor herself. But that’s OK, I have shown them plenty of times how to
do it.
Sophie misses my cuddles
terribly, but she can cuddle her friend Archie. Anyway, they know that I will
live forever in the hearts and memories of many.
Take
care of them for me, will you?
Charlie
