[Gpdd] [RAINBOW BRIDGE] Condolences for Martin Luther

[DebJonSara at aol.com]

My computer modem got struck by lightning (again), so I have been offline a  
while and catching up. I was just beginning to rejoice in the fact that, for  
once, there was a long run of gpdd's with NO departures for the Rainbow Bridge 
 to grieve over when - bang, I read about Martin Luther.
 
I was so sorry to read about his long struggle, and I am sure you made the  
right decision, heart-breaking though it must surely have been. Martin Luther 
is  now painfree in that sweet meadow beside the Rainbow Bridge, and all of us 
on  here know what excellent company he is in, as I think we all have furry 
friends  there ourselves.
 
I do have just one little query. You say he had a fungal infection - was  
this a fungal infection in his lungs? Only I know external fungal infections can  
be treated with special oils and shampoos, and I have never heard of internal 
 fungal infections.
 
How I wish there was more widespread knowledge of guinea pig  ailments.
 
Anyway, may it bring you just one tiny shred of comfort to know that a  
piggie slave across the ocean in France shares your sense of loss and wishes you  
well. Please give Pippin a special cuddle from me.
 
By the way, the thunderstorm was forecast, but we had to go out. I spent  all 
my time covering the guinea pig runs so the piggies wouldn't get wet, and  
foolishly left the modem plugged in, even though we'd already lost one in a  
thunderstorm. I got my priorities right, as you can see!
 
Debbie and the 15 Dolly Mixtures
 
"The animal  shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete 
than ours they  move finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the 
senses we have lost or  never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. 
They are not brethren,  they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught 
with ourselves in the  net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour 
and travail of the  earth". 

Henry Beston