[Gpdd] (Bridge) Serendipity

[Stacy Harvey]

All,
  It is with a broken heart that I must announce the passing of Serendipity to the Bridge. My husband found her this morning, so she passed away some time late last night. I sort of had a feeling that she didn't have much time left, and I spent a long time with her on my lap yesterday, stroking her and telling her it was okay to go if she needed to.
   
  I know we shouldn't have "favorites", but Sera was very much "my" pig. I was the only one who could hold her properly; she squirmed when anyone else tried to hold her. She was Mama's Girl. She was so tiny and sick and frail when I got her just after September 11, 2001...and she was pregnant as well. I thought I was going to lose her a couple of times. When we got her, she was being bullied by other pigs, and they kept her away from the food and water. I had to put a drop of water on each pellet so it would soften enough for her to eat it (this was before I knew about Critical Care). I would crush up Vitamin C tablets in water and feed it to her off a teaspoon. But she got better and then I started to feel movement in her belly. When she finally went into labor, I had to go to work and couldn't be home with her...I was frantic with worry. I got to leave work early and she still hadn't given birth. I was afraid I would lose them both. She delivered a very large baby that
 looked exactly like her...but it was stillborn. I heard her chirp shortly afterward, the first and only time she ever chirped. She was pretty healthy after that, right up until these past few days. Guess I must have been doing something right : ) She was one of the six pigs who traveled all the way from Hawaii when the military transferred us back to the Mainland. Practically a world traveler! Now she is one of the Original 3 who has passed on to the Bridge. She was the last of the 3 pigs that my husband and I got when we were first married.
   
  I would like to thank everyone who e-mailed me privately and offered advice on how to make her feel better. That's one of the things I love about the Digest--there are so many people who understand just how much our little furbabies mean to us. I will get around to answering everyone, but it just hurts too much right now, so please don't be offended if I don't answer right away. I will write a memorial for her on the Rainbow Bridge page...I still need to do Max's too. It's amazing how much one short little life can affect our own.
   
  Goodbye Serendipity--I love you, my little Princess Pig.
   
  Stacy and the heartbroken Squee Squad

 				
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