[Gpdd] Rainbow Bridge

[BKRice0880 at aol.com]

Hi everyone my name is Brenda. Right now I am pigless, but I had to finally  
tell you about my babies.  My son got me hooked on Guinea Pigs when he was  in 
High School.  When his piggie Gibralter passed on, I felt very lonely  and we 
ended up adopting 2 brothers.  Harry Caray and Mortimor.  They  were about 1 
yr. old when we got them, the person who had them moved.   Well, they were the 
loves of my life, I have always had cats, and I still do,  but those 2 were 
SO MUCH FUN!!!!!  One evening I noticed the dreaded red  pee from Mortimor, 
sure enough he had a bladder stone.  He was on meds and  the Vet thought it might 
shrink enough from him to not have surgery.  That  was not the case, Mortimor 
passed away the evening before the surgery.  I  was holding him and it was SO 
peaceful.  Now, there was only Harry  Caray!  He never wheeked but, I guess 
he didn't have to because he was VERY  spoiled.  Only the best of everything, 
he had better salads than my husband  and the kids had.  It's only right.  Nov 
23 2005 Harry just wasn't his  usualy boss self, I took him to our Vet, she 
did x-rays and found out that he  had congestive heart failure.  I knew what had 
to be done, it was very  peaceful and he knew that I loved him and I told him 
to be nice to his brother,  and sleep in the sunshine, one of his FAVORITE 
activities, when not  eating.  I had him cremated.  I know everyone has 
different reasons  for these things, but to me I needed to have him close by, so I can 
talk to him  or just hold his little box.  It REALLY helps at times.  I ad my 
20  yr. old cat cremated when she passed 3 months later. She is in the middle 
of the  living room,  on the stereo stand so she can keep her eyes on her  
family.  Harry is by my bed, so I can see him every morning when I wake  up.  I 
know I should have done this with my other 2, but as they say 20/20  
hindsight, they are buried in our back yard. I wanted to let everyone know about  my 
story.  I look forward to the GPDD everyday to see what is going  on.  I cry on 
the passings and I laugh at the antics that you all write  about. Please know 
that my heart goes out to ALL of you and your piggies. You  guys and gals give 
me something to look forward to everyday.  I don't have  a piggie right now, 
I'm not through mourning, but one day I will be able to be  adopted by a new 
piggie.  Thanks for reading this. Also, one thing my cat  and piggies got along 
just fine, I always supervised the visits, but they were  great together.  
Take care, Brenda
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