[Gpdd] Re: Sometimes even God wants a musician

[Off1Knight at aol.com]

I am so very sorry to hear of the crossing over of BEETHOVEN a talented piggy 
indeed and my condolences go out to his mother who loved him so dearly. Alge 
has so well expressed what a special piggy this little guy was. But special is 
not always in a piggies accomplishments as it is in how he lived within and 
brought so many smiles to his mother's heart. It is that which makes every one 
of our piggies the greatest stars in the world. BEETHOVEN went that one step 
further and brought smiles to all those who knew of his vocal accomplishments. 
I am one of those who have heard his wonderful voice in the hit "Rumblestrut 
Blues." His mother did EVERYTHING humanly possible for this little guy, again 
Alge documented the anguish his mother went through and the contacting of 
another vet and ultimately doing the ONLY thing left to give him a fighting chance 
and have the stone removed. There is no doubt without this intervention 
shortly down the road there would have been a great deal of suffering in store for 
the little guy. His mother did what any of us would and gave him that chance. 
He fought valiantly to get better I'm SURE since he had such incredible love 
and caring to help him. But sometimes all the love on this earth and all of the 
caring sometimes just can't keep them here. When God calls them home, we are 
left only with a tearful good bye and the memories that will live in that place 
in our heart where each of them has lived from the day we set eyes on them. 
BEETHOVEN will be missed by all of us for he was part of OUR family, and just 
as a family grieves collectively so we all grieve collectively for this 
wonderful little guy whose fame is known to all of us but whose real fame was that 
special love he shared with her. So once again please accept my sincere 
condolences on the loss of BEETHOVEN.

Sincerely,

Joseph C. Petrillo, George the guinea pigs daddy