[Gpdd] RAINBOW BRIDGE: Li'l Red Saphire

[Lynn Williams]

Dear Ellen,

I am so very sorry for your loss of your furbaby.  I know how much you ar 
hurting, as do we all on here.  From what I read, Li'l Red was quite a 
fighter and she showed a lot of spirit and courage during her last days.  I 
am sure she will be met by all of the piggies who have gone before her and 
they will show her where all the best clover and dandelions are there at the 
bridge.  My thoughts and prayers are with you and I hope you will find it in 
your heart to share her story with us.

Hugs and whisker kisses,

Lynn, Samantha and Tabitha in my heart and memory

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>   1. Re: gpdd (Rainbow Bridge) (Li'l Red Saphire) (Ellen Garrison)
>   2. virtual:Fairwinds (ANDREW SILL)
>   3. Re: HEALTH- Mel our foster piggie (Penny Charlesworth)
>   4. Re: Rainbow Bridge, Li'l Red Saphire (Ronald Zimmerman)
>   5. ANNOUNCEMENT- Lynn's future piggies (Ronald Zimmerman)
>   6. VIRTUAL- a letter home from Mimi (Ronald Zimmerman)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:20:19 -0800 (PST)
> From: Ellen Garrison <guineamom88 at yahoo.com>
> To: "gpdd at gpdd.org" <gpdd at gpdd.org>
> Subject: Re: [Gpdd] gpdd (Rainbow Bridge) (Li'l Red Saphire)
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> Dear friends at Gpdd,
>
> ?It is with a sad heart that I tell you my dear little friend Li'l Red 
> Saphire has crossed over the Rainbow Bridge. she showed a strength of 
> purpose that words cannot express nor explain.? I will write more later. 
> Right now I just need to cry, and heal this grief. Thanks for being there.
>
> Aloha,
> Ellen
>
> {RIP Li'l Red, I will see you later on. You are having a ball at the 
> bridge with the grand folks who went on before you. How I love and miss 
> all of you!}
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:05:14 -0800 (PST)
> From: ANDREW SILL <jaggs4 at sbcglobal.net>
> To: gpdd at gpdd.org
> Subject: [Gpdd] virtual:Fairwinds
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> I received this email! WOW I didnt even know my babies could use a 
> computer so
> well!
> Jean
>
> Dearest Dearest Mommie and Daddie,
> this is Anita and Adrianna with the help of Adaline typing what we tell 
> her!? Oh
> mommie there are two very very cute boars here that we just cant keep our 
> little
> eyes off of!
> I (Anita) think that Bosworth is soo cute. And Me Mommie(Adrianna) think 
> that
> Rafferty is the bomb!? We are being very giggly around them. We dont want 
> them
> to know that we think they are so handsome.? Anita keeps reminding me that 
> we
> are here on a mission.. not to be all giggly and silly.
> But mommie she is giggling more than me! but ohhh mommie those boys are 
> soo soo?
> handsome..? We were trying to spy on them when they were playing with the
> starfish!? They were being all ruff and tuf with each other. You know how 
> boys
> can be. Dont worry mommie we will be good. Ava told us we were being 
> ridiculous
> acting all giggly. But we cant help it mommy!!? so we just wanted you to 
> hear
> our side of the story before some piggy? tells on us!?
> your?little sweet giggly girls
> Anita and Adrianna?(misfits)
>
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>
> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:08:50 +0000
> From: Penny Charlesworth <piggyfriends48 at gmail.com>
> To: Ronald Zimmerman <rzm.2 at verizon.net>
> Cc: gpdd at gpdd.org
> Subject: Re: [Gpdd] HEALTH- Mel our foster piggie
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> Poor little Mel.
>
> I was talking on the phone to C, my Rodentologist, while waiting for the
> digest pages to load and immediately turned to yours, which I read out to
> her. Always good to get a second opinion. Whitish discharge meaning the
> piggy is on heat? "Rubbish" she said.
>
> She agreed with my first thoughts that it could be an excess of calcium
> being excreted or a UTI. Is there a smell with this discharge? It would be
> a rather stale smell - C describes it as a nursing home smell if you know
> what she means. This often accompanies a UTI.
>
> Certainly she cannot be on heat and pregnant at the same time. I do hope,
> for her sake, that she is not pregnant. You both have enough to worry 
> about
> but you have had pregnant foster piggies before so you know what you are
> doing.
>
> With her crusty ear flaps, is there an actual crusting that falls off or 
> do
> her ears just look thick and crinkly. My Lavender has no ear flaps and 
> what
> is left is a thick edge rather like a boxer's cauliflower ear. She had no
> infection and the odd look is just scar tissue from when the damage healed
> over ( before she came here ). Does Mel scratch at her ears or is there 
> any
> bleeding?
>
> We use Cymex cream for fungal infections. I don't know if you can buy this
> in the US. It is applied very sparingly to the affected area and is also
> used for those nasty mouth sores to which some piggies are prone.
>
> I'd send you a pigture of Lavender but she is a black Abby with black ears
> and, having looked at all my pigtures of her, none of them show her ears
> very clearly.
>
> Good luck with Mel. If she is pregnant, you will know to be very careful
> what meds she has whilst she is carrying. If she has a UTI, the barley
> water treatment would be safe.
>
> Penny and the Piggyfriends.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:22:36 -0800 (PST)
> From: Ronald Zimmerman <rzm.2 at verizon.net>
> To: Ellen Garrison <guineamom88 at yahoo.com>, Gpdd at gpdd.org
> Cc: Jaime Zimmerman <rzm.2 at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [Gpdd] Rainbow Bridge, Li'l Red Saphire
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> I'm very sorry Ellen. Lil Red was a GPDD piggie, therefore one of our own, 
> & she will be missed. Losses seem to come in numbers. Only God knows why. 
> I am sad for you & all who have left you but we will all be together with 
> our loved ones (both human & animal) someday, I truly do believe. My 
> thoughts & prayers are with you. Hugs...
>
> ~Jaime, Mimi & Captain Phil the betta fish~
> ~Missing Albert, Molly, Radar & Daisy~
> http://s652.photobucket.com/albums/uu246/chirpy123/
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>
> --- On Sat, 1/28/12, Ellen Garrison <guineamom88 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Ellen Garrison <guineamom88 at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: Rainbow Bridge, Li'l Red Saphire
>> To: "ann.evans at hintlink.com" <ann.evans at hintlink.com>, "warm breath 
>> (shipwreck sam)" <warmbreath at comcast.net>, "penny gpdd" 
>> <piggyfriends at tesco.net>, "jaime and mimi" <rzm.2 at verizon.net>, "cindy 
>> gpdd" <calliope at geeksnet.com>, "dogcatpiggymom at yahoo.com" 
>> <dogcatpiggymom at yahoo.com>
>> Date: Saturday, January 28, 2012, 6:10 AM
>>
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I will post of? this to Gpdd too. I wanted to mention it
>> to you first.? It's hard to post anything right now,? I am
>> in so much grief and you know, we want to be happy; and
>> sometimes it's just not on my radar! I am looking into
>> getting a book on Amazon titled Healing Grief, by James Van
>> Praagh.? It is so hard, to lose loved ones regardless.? I
>> love my pets, that is the bottom line.
>>
>> It's normal to feel sad, if someone close dies, and there
>> have been some lately in my life.
>>
>> I feel like "why didn't I take her to the vet like I had
>> planned, last week, to help her to the bridge?" And the
>> answer is: because she seemed lively when I came home, last
>> week Tuesday (the 17th). She greeted me when I came home
>> from work.? She showed interest in food.? I just did not
>> feel that it was the right time to end her too-short life of
>> 32 months.? And I held on to hope that maybe Saint Francis
>> of Assisi, patron saint of animals, really did do something.
>> Well, if so, he gave us one week longer. 2 days ago she
>> showed signs of slowing down. However I still did not think
>> anything different, until she would not eat when I tried to
>> syringe-feed her 'Critter Be Better' yesterday.? I was very
>> upset, and felt myself becoming frustrated and scared.?
>> Since I am a night owl in general, it was 9:00 pm when I
>> left a message on the vet's voice mailbox, last night, and
>> shortly after that, I contacted Sandy via email.
>> ? I did not want to contact the other vet's after-hours
>> emergency line (they really don't seem to care too much; the
>> charges are astronomical, and I don't really have that kind
>> of money, although I have not tried to count how much I have
>> already spent on vet bills, as it is, they already charge an
>> arm and a leg, and then some.?
>>
>> ?I felt horrible that Li'l Red was suffering, that she was
>> ready to go; I had regrets; I had wished I had all the pain
>> meds to help her to the bridge, but all I had was ibuprofen
>> and rimadyl,? I gave her children's ibuprofen (non-dyed,
>> grape flavored) earlier in the day. When I noticed her
>> condition, that she was dying, even though it was awful and
>> I still did not really accept it, I gave her some more of
>> that ibuprofen about 0.5 mL to get her out of pain, which
>> thank God she did swallow, even in her state; I don't know
>> what got to her, she could have gotten pneumonia,? she was
>> lying on her side, and doing that running thing, and I just
>> held her and grieved for everybody.? Then I thought that
>> because she was still conscious, I mean she was looking at
>> me, and such a sweet little face, even without the weight
>> she needed she was still adorable, I wanted to help her
>> sleep, to alleviate the pain if at all possible, so I mixed
>> about half of a packet of
>>  something I had gotten at the drugstore, "SuperC".? it's
>> by www.drinksuperc.com. It says "Rest your body and
>> mind...ZZZzzz" on the package. it has electrolytes,
>> antioxidants, amino acids, and melatonin, which I normally
>> do not take, unless I'm jet-lagged, which hasn't happened
>> recently since I haven't gone anywhere in 3 years. I gave
>> her a little bit of that in water (tastes like mint/lemon),
>> and put her on a soft piggy bed, covered her, then checked a
>> few minutes later and her eyes were closing.? I had gotten
>> myself very attached to this little one, and it was very
>> hard to let go. When I woke up today I checked on her, I had
>> wrapped her in one of her fav blankets, and I finally
>> realized she had gone to the bridge. It was so hard to
>> accept. But I felt relief that she was no longer suffering,
>> that this ordeal with her was over. As I sat and cried for
>> my niece, and all the piggies, that had crossed over the
>> bridge, my mom, dad, etc. I felt a wave of
>>  relief, vast relief, knowing that one day we will all be
>> together again. I really want to know that. I really want to
>> feel good. I really feel bad that I let my piggie suffer,
>> that looking back I have let other pets suffer because of
>> sheer ignorance.? and I feel like I can't let that happen
>> ever again. I have made mistakes, true, we all do, but I
>> can't stand judgement and can't stand beating up on
>> myself.? There is a spiritual link, that binds us together.
>> thanks for being there, and listening, if you did. Love,
>> Ellen
>>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:40:22 -0800 (PST)
> From: Ronald Zimmerman <rzm.2 at verizon.net>
> To: mlwilliams at clear.net, Gpdd at gpdd.org
> Cc: Jaime Zimmerman <rzm.2 at verizon.net>
> Subject: [Gpdd] ANNOUNCEMENT- Lynn's future piggies
> Message-ID:
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>
> Lynn-
>
> I'm so happy to hear you will be adopting again! You & your hubbie are 
> such perfect piggie parents. 2 special piggies will be so lucky to find 
> you! Can't wait till the big day comes! Hugs...
>
> ~Jaime, Mimi & Captain Phil the betta fish~
> ~Missing Albert, Molly, Radar & Daisy~
> http://s652.photobucket.com/albums/uu246/chirpy123/
> http://www.etsy.com/shop/AintThatCrafty
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:58:46 -0800 (PST)
> From: Ronald Zimmerman <rzm.2 at verizon.net>
> To: Gpdd at gpdd.org
> Cc: Jaime Zimmerman <rzm.2 at verizon.net>
> Subject: [Gpdd] VIRTUAL- a letter home from Mimi
> Message-ID:
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>
> Arrggg, this be Mimi! Hi Mommy! Um, I mean Arrrrgggg! I be havin a most 
> grandest time aboard the Black Pearl. Hector of the Ticklish Tum, 
> otherwise known as my sweet Hector, um, well not MY sweet Hector, well, 
> unless he wanted to be, but not that I am asking or anything, but, um, 
> anyhow, um, Arrrggg.... being the tech piggie that he is hooked up an 
> e-mail so I could let you know I be ok out here on the rough seas. I be 
> wantin to go see the Australia Zoo while we be here & pay my respects to 
> the Croc Hunter by liftin a pint of carrot ale. I see if any of me other 
> mates be wantin to go along. I talk to you again soon says I. Arrggg...
>
> ~Mimi the piratin piggie~
>
>
>
>
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