[Gpdd] Condolences for Mr Cooders

[DebJonSara at aol.com]

Oh Alge
 
How terribly sorry I was to read that Mr Cooders had joined Ebeneezer and  
Wilson at The Rainbow Bridge. I totally understand how broken your heart must  
feel. As you may remember, Red Dandy began his fight for life exactly a year  
ago, and he was syringe fed for over a month. I well understand the ups and  
downs. They eat with such gusto some days that one is sure recovery is imminent, 
 and they seem lively, interested, wanting to live. But then there are the 
other  days when they sit hunched and need much persuasion to eat or drink. And 
all the  time they are gradually losing weight ... . 
 
You were braver than I. I promised myself that when he had lost more than a  
certain amount of weight, beyond which someone here (I think Hermann) had said 
 he could never recover, I would take Red Dandy to be helped to The  Bridge. 
But when that point came, he was still trying to eat, and looking  eagerly for 
the syringe and ... I chickened out, and spent all my birthday money  on my 
birthday moving him to people in another country who I thought could save  him. 
They did their best, but ... about a week later, he went to The Bridge  
anyway. He was being held when he died, and I am certain he knew he was loved  ... 
but oh how the news hurt.
 
I am sure Mr Cooders would thank you for what you did. I have only been  that 
brave once in my almost 50 years, and that was with a rabbit. I was  
absolutely distraught in the vet's surgery, and driving home. I can imagine how  you 
must be feeling. And if you are unwell yourself as well, the pain and  
emptiness are all the more acute. 
 
I know there is absolutely nothing any of us can say that will ease that  
terrible pain and emptiness. I am sure it is even worse when one has invested  
much time and effort into nursing a sick piggie before the departure - it is a  
sudden and unwanted hole in ones routine as well as ones life. But may it just 
 bring some small grain of comfort to you to know that others understand and  
care. 
 
Huge hugs to you and the remaining two piggies - look after one another  well 
at this difficult time.
 
Love Debbie and the 16 Dolly Mixtures