[Gpdd] Re: Announcement: I'll miss Panda...

Off1Knight at aol.com Off1Knight at aol.com
Fri Sep 19 00:27:42 EDT 2003


I so hate to write so often in the GPDD since the majority of the time it is 
to say farewell to one of our very loved little guys. This is NO DIFFERENT 
except that for the past 4 months, Ms. Panda has been included in the daily 
prayer that is whispered over my little guy George. You see, about 4 months ago I 
read an entry in the GPDD about Panda's condition and the accumulation of water 
in her system leading to congestive heart failure. Having been a human with a 
similar if identical condition, I recommended that her mother/father contact 
the vet and ask if there should be any liquid restriction based on the lasix 
being administered. Be that as it may, I from that day to this very day have 
included her in the daily prayer over George. You see, since I had inquired 
during that interim via the digest about her condition and not too long ago 
received information that she was doing so much better. I felt so much better but 
instead of asking God to make her better, I asked him to watch over her as I do 
my little guy. So this night, when I read of her passing, it darkened my heart 
for the second time in as many days..In reading her mother's tribute, it was 
obvious she was a very loved and cared for guinea pig...From her singing to 
the to the wiggling of her ears...Whenever I read of one of our little guys 
going over the bridge, one more star no longer shines, one more tear falls from my 
eyes and the world is just not the same as it was yesterday. And as I have 
said so many times before, there is one thing I ask God for when it is time for 
my boy to cross the bridge, and that is not to have him suffer for a single 
day...and to take him peacefully. Well, maybe he remembered that when he helped 
Panda across the bridge for in reading of her passing, she seems to have 
simply slid into that place where all our little ones will meet and wait for each 
of us. And it is for that through the darkness of sadness of her passing that 
some solace to be found...that solace being her never suffering...She will be 
missed not only by her parents but by me...She was a SPECIAL little girl...now 
God can watch over her on his side of the bridge...I can almost see her 
breathing freely and running around singing and wiggling her ears...Telling all her 
stories about how she trained her parents and one day she will show them all 
how well...I am truly sorry for your sadness and no words will ever comfort you 
but just know that she was special to someone else, someone who never met her 
but prayed everyday for her...

Sincerely,

Joe Petrillo, George the guinea Pigs father 




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