On October 2nd 2019, I lost my baby girl, Amy, due to a condition called ‘pyometra’ which required a surgery. Since she was 9 and half years old, we were worried she wouldn’t make it through the surgery or wake up from anesthesia. But then if we left her, she would suffer liver and kidney failure later! We were cornered between two bad options! Every veterinarian advised us to do the surgery so we decided to do it and prayed hard she would make it. She had the surgery, woke up from anesthesia, and sounded good to go according to the vet. So we took her on a 3 hours and half ride home. As soon as we arrived home, her condition changed from well (of course she wasn’t 100% okay due to the surgery) to gone in less than 30 seconds!! We were all shocked because we thought she passed the most dangerous phase which is the surgery itself and waking up from anesthesia! but we were wrong.
Till this day we don’t know what exactly happened and we’re extremely devastated for losing her. Some people laugh at us saying “it’s just a dog” These people never had pets and they can never understand the extreme pain of losing them. Basically, it feels like losing your child! Yes, it’s THAT strong of a feeling and you get attached to them more than you get attached to humans because they give you true unconditional love that no human is capable of giving!
Whenever I cried, Amy would come to see why I’m crying and try to cuddle with me to comfort me. She would always wait for us to come back home and even go downstairs a little to welcome us back into the house. That’s pure unconditional love! How can you not love that?! And how can you not learn compassion and consideration for others by just watching them be themselves? I’m more compassionate today because I learned that from them! (Amy and Rocky who’s the dog I had before Amy). They really do teach you to be a better, kinder human! That’s why losing them is the hardest thing ever to go through.
And despite this, I still want to get another puppy because it’s just not fair to deprive another sweet soul of love and care just because I’m afraid I’ll suffer greatly when that horrible day comes. I also think it’s a way to honor Amy and Rocky by caring for another soul of their species or any other soul of God’s creatures. I mean, loving another animal is a way to keep showing them love, knowing they’re in heaven watching us and KNOWING that we love them very deeply!
In conclusion, dogs, and pets, are really like children whose loss is deeply devastating just like losing human loved ones; if not even more. So please respect us and respect our babies whom we’ve lost!
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